Marble Machine - Ring Gear Lift - Figure 8 Transfer - Vortex Funnel

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Marble Machine (definition: A Do-Nothing or Rube Goldberg Type Machine)

This is intended to be an awkward, overly complicated mechanism for the sole purpose of entertainment and to make noise in the process. People seem to enjoy watching gears turn and marbles running around in circles making noise.

There are 16 gears hand-cut from ½" Baltic Birch plywood driven by an electric gear reduction motor.