BUILDING A MARBLE CLOCK - Pt. 3

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You can watch the two previous videos of this project here:
Part 1: • BUILDING A MARBLE CLOC...
Part 2: • BUILDING A MARBLE CLOC...
It took a while indeed but it works!! The "small" issue of the marbles getting stuck everywhere brought me to do one redesign after another which in the end took me to reprint every single piece on the machine but at least it solved the problem. In addition to reprinting everything I had to use steel wire for the marbles to roll on because any minimal imperfection would get the marbles unable to start rolling from a standing stop.
While I was at it I moved the joints to the middle of the inclines and consequently moved the first gate too and that made impossible for the marbles to get trapped in there too.
I changed slightly the marble selection mechanism and now marbles are pushed into the channels instead of rejected out of the elevator. I don't mention in the video why I did it because I hope will be the key of my success in the next and last video for this project where I will try to make it work minute by minute.
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[@zanthraxnl]

It's like Wintergatan all over again. Martin has rebuilt everything on that machine at least 2 times now.

[@TheLsgaming]

That guy is so painful to watch

[@TheStarMachine2000]

​@@TheLsgaming Still love watching it, especially on his most recent try. He is working from the principles backwards to make the machine work before building a single part!

[@TheStarMachine2000]

Built two whole different machines that had to be scrapped! Aside from the main ideas, they are all each unique machines! Also, minor misconception, Wintergatan is the name of the band he is the lead for, and Martin Molin is his name

[@reinux]

I only tune in occasionally because, yeah, progress is pretty slow.

[@SaitoGray]

The clock is out and work at least. He's not chasing impossible impossible timing while simping for Musk.

[@leokimvideo]

This takes the term 'losing your marbles' to a totally new level

[@American_PhilippineA]

literally

[@janzibansi9218]

This guy has all his marbles together tho. Even sorted out the ones that are not perfectly round

[@nixkolaas]

totally should be the name of his channel

[@HASHBAR710]

Irrr knowwrrr rrrrrRrrightrr eets so crrrooool

[@zobook]

For the price of 3D print that on Argentina you could probably made it up of titanium in other countries.

[@u-wot-n8]

This is exactly the kind of thing that would captivate me for hours on display at a museum, watching all the little pieces work, fantastic build. I'd love to see a 24 hour video of this going through a whole day of time, split up by hour so one could "set it" as a clock throughout the day

[@zeecalsdecals7482]

Thats genius. I’d play that playlist

[@danielszanto2955]

So you watch the clock because time is indifferent to you?

[@PhingChov]

This definitely belongs in a science museum

[@user-rr5ce1wb2j]

I have a feeling you'd like the rolling ball clock in my city. Search "rolling ball clock whangarei" and it should be the first link for the Whangarei District Council. I can't link the page unfortunately.

[@cooperhedger]

Yea, except he admitted that it’s not accurate and fails at its only purpose 100% of the time

[@JerryRigEverything]

Very impressive! Nice work!!

[@kuldeepmishra1658]

Jerry, don't rig this 😅

[@calvinmiller3959]

oh hello there

[@Pihubeats]

This should be in your bunker 😊

[@saturatedodin476]

@@PihubeatsI agree that would be really cool.

[@Nhltrivias]

LOL

[@Semaze]

I mentioned this idea in the previous video: If you make the marble channels vertical instead of horizontal, it would allow you to clear out a single digit at a time. So if the time was 14:12, you can specifically just clear out the 2. This would speed it up significantly.

[@Semaze]

It wouldn't be as dramatic as clearing all of the digits, but it would be faster. If clearing all the digits is necessary, then you could possibly save clearing all the digits specifically for an hour change.

[@leolego2]

Yeah but it doesn't look nearly as interesting that way. I think he can manage to get this up to speed with some software thinkering and an additional Marble loader at the top

[@XceptionalBro]

With this setup I'm guessing you could "preload" the next number so that changing the minute is as fast as clearing the current one and allowing the new frame to roll in. Not sure if I'm explaining myself lol

[@chawakornchaichanawirote1196]

I had the same thought sine the first vid!

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

@@leolego2 How does it not look interesting? It's literally what most digital clocks do and even analogue ones like the foldover numberplate thingies...

[@andreasl132]

I had another Idea for this. Instead of using the Tower for unused marbles to come down, add an extra lane in the left (below the marble display) without stops. So you had 14 lanes, 13 for the Time and one below where you would see the owerflow marbles running down. I think, this would look nice

[@dwang085]

That’s awesome. Then there’s basically a constant stream of visual action happening!! I hope this gets seen by the big guy!!

[@fluffycritter]

I’d worry about that having enough bandwidth. Multiple such channels would be necessary, most likely.

[@jetison333]

Our maybe just use some acrylic tubing or something for the spiral

[@Kyokahnn]

was thinking this the whole time, would give it that marquee feeling

[@falklumo]

There are two unused channels already, strangely. The most top and bottom ones …

[@ItsBofu]

You might be able to make it run more effectively by doing some sort of "delta" processing where it only empties and loads the rows that have changed (for instance when going from 14:15 to 14:16, you only need to unload a few rows at the bottom).

[@fieldtrip2178]

Yeah. I noticed that too. With the length of the upper marble tunnels he could have also created some sort of multiple marble buffer that too delta the one after it. Making it so it each consecutive marble buffer would require less and less marble. It would make the whole marble machine way faster. Or even better, he could have used the marble elevator as the clock. Just make it wider to accommodate the 4 numbers and the divider and he would have been set.

[@ALBAKronus]

First of all, we need add 14:15 between 14:14 and 14:16, see on 9:40.

[@albabelen5628]

I don't think it is a good idea? By the way the marbles are discarded, I mean. They don't come back up the same way they fell (mix at the bottom) For doing that he would have to close the mechanism, and it wouldn't allow marbles to be discarded and swapped every now and then. He could (kind of close it) to make it go back up again the way it did with a little path in the bottom for the discarded ones. But still, the algorithm wouldn't have to be changed, it would leave the first ones the way they came (saving a bit more time) and changing the last ones completely (having to wait every time for then to go down and up again bc no extra marbles can go down the closed path)

[@pheonix3691]

Was thinking the same thing. Why change everything when in a minute is changing. During the hour it can load the upcoming hour and drop when it's time

[@luislaija]

In my opinion, the machine would not be the same that way, but more importantly, i think that in the the way it works would take the same time to change one or few row as all of them.

[@orangehatmusic225]

This man solves a problem no one has. And we all love it.

[@Nerdforge]

Awesome! Been looking forward to this, what an insane amount of work!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Thanks guys!!

[@romitchandverma7663]

Make it much faster by Using multiple input trays 1 black 2 White 3 output mix (sort these into the 2 trays ) First fill all holes in the belt by black balls then remove those which needs to be white and by the second tray they will be auto filled with white balls as they are empty. Just the output balls which are mixed white and black need to go through another belt which will sort it into the first 2 trays using same solenoid, sensor

[@AdmiralMinell]

@@ivanmirandawastaken Crazy idea, not every channel necessarily changes between two times, if you could selectively reset channels and leave some unchanged, that would require way fewer marbles between minutes. That might defeat the purpose, though.

[@kunkleeeeeeee77]

​@@romitchandverma7663 He could also encapsulate the slide with some sort of sound deadening enclosure to cut down on the noise

[@notafunnyuser]

Guys we need a Collab, please 😢

[@Semystic]

After you get it faster, we need an hour long video of it just running 😁

[@bombjack7000]

Make it 24 hours, so we dont need to build one ourselves and can just play the video!😅

[@smellslikeupdog80]

make it a livestream for like a week, just to be sure.

[@cern1999sb]

After 24 hrs you can just loop the video

[@fizipcfx]

i want a year

[@fizipcfx]

i want it until the marbles get destroyed because of all the collisions

[@henriklmao]

It's definitely a marble of engineering...

[@gbemigabolajoko1403]

No one understands the value of this joke. 🤧🔥🔥

[@oliverer3]

This is one hell of a lesson in the concept of testing complex machines in small discrete sections individually instead of building the entire thing in one go and hoping to be able to iron out any bugs with minor patches and tweaks.

[@basujj1151]

This clock definitely deserves to be a museum piece! Fantastic work, love the design.

[@Splarkszter]

The whole time i was "Pretty sure this will end up in a museum"

[@drekzy0]

I thought the exact same thing! Way to go Ivan!

[@BartBe]

It is art

[@tazgecko]

There are some modern art museums that would grab it. MONA comes to mind. They have a installation that makes words from water drips.

[@H1bbe]

Museum sounds great, or if he can get it to go every minute with high reliability it would be really cool to see at an airport or a train station.

[@Zardwark]

There is a fine line between insanity and genius, and this man is doing handstands on the edge. A fantastic idea.

[@lostSkyRyu]

​@@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus1who did he tell that to ?

[@leandervr]

I love that you include the whole process, because seeing you make mistakes and then fix them is very motivational to me. I have a problem with giving up too soon on my projects, and a reminder that even people way better at engineering than me need to reiterate and go back to the drawing table sometimes is very good to see!

[@erti655]

this needs to be in a museum, its so freaking cool

[@thaleosaurus]

I heard this comment in the voice of Indiana Jones

[@iamdarkyoshi]

Replace the spiral with some clear vinyl tubing in a holder to keep it in shape. The soft flexible tubing will dramatically reduce the noise from the marbles, and it'll look cool since you'll be able to see them!

[@indecisiontree382]

I was about to say that I would love to see the marbles! This is a great idea

[@travisfabel8040]

Well that's simpler than my idea. Just like he 3D prints everything, I often think of casting and molding. So I was thinking of a softer polyurethane molded in the same shape as his 3D print. So it catches in spirals and moves the same, but silently.

[@lordhelmchen616]

why not place the sorter lower? the marbles would just fall a few inches and the whole spiral thing wouldn't be needed

[@tijmentulp]

I was thinking you should put some insulation (like PUR) in the hollow part of the cylinder

[@crassirus]

I really hope this thing ends up in an exhibit somewhere for everyone to enjoy. This is some really unique kinetic art.

[@sfdxshow]

Eres una bestia Ivan!

[@benyseus6325]

Entre la bella y la bestia, no hay superioridad. Solo le tray a la ciencia

[@hhbuerger]

Awesome work! Maybe you want to sort the marbles in black and white after ejecting them. So you could have 2 containers, one for black and one for white. (I would place them above each other) - With that you could first add the necessary black marbles into the lift and then fill the "missing" white marbles into the empty slots. This would speed up things a lot, because you don't rely on luck anymore that the correct marbles are in the lift.

[@Podmore1000]

Additionally it would eliminate the noisiest part of the clock

[@DissYraiN]

it could pre arrange the elevator in the correct sequence and you could see upcoming times move up.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

7:10 use soft rubber clear pool tubing.. plus you can watch them fall quietly

[@codmod7456]

might make a cool noise aswell

[@conorstewart2214]

I think there would still be a lot of noise from collisions between marbles, but it probably would be better than the large spiral.

[@zecuse]

Definitely better than having the marbles run down all those layer lines.

[@DustinMaki]

@@codmod7456 falling marbles pushing air through a tube sounds like a compressor. Clock powered wind organ.

[@greenlodge]

I hope this gets displayed somewhere super public like a train station or an international airport terminal. It reminds me of a kinetic musical sculpture I saw in a glass box at the LAX international terminal. Absolutely wonderful 😍

[@DOSeater]

theyd have to put it inside of a soundproof enclosure first

[@PerformingNerd]

I'm not sure having a clock that isn't super accurate in a train station/airport is a great idea 😅

[@elazarpimentel5340]

Came to say the same thing. I can totally imagine this at an airport and me sitting there having a great time waiting just watching this thing.

[@Ordcestus11]

​@@PerformingNerdJust needs a sign. "DO NOT trust the accuracy of the beautifully overcomplicated mechanical monstrosity."

[@rrsch]

@@PerformingNerd as long as the machine was able to load up new marbles within the one minute timeframe, you could make it plenty accurate. It would just need to be triggered to change on the minute every minute via an accurate source.

[@Tolg]

Marble madness! I love it. Reminds me of the old-timey airport flight update screens. I love the sounds!

[@RajanKumar-ol2qf]

this marvellous piece of engineering should be put on display somewhere… appreciate the amazing work man ❤

[@rklauco]

Friendly tip - try to sort the marbles as they are returning, creating 2 piles of white and black marbles - 2 storage containers. Then, arrange them as they are getting to the elevator already, not pushing them out based on what color you have. This will remove the element of randomness. And you can still control if you have the marble or not and so on... And you won't need to "return" wrong color from the top, so it will be quieter. This looks cool, btw.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

That's definitely THE SOLUTION Robert, but I want to try to keep the random selection for now. I can always go for the nuclear option and make it super efficient so it can tell seconds right?

[@leolego2]

​@@ivanmirandawastakenif you want to keep the randomness, you need more than one loader. If you expel the GOOD marbles into the channel, and keep the bad ones on the belt, an additional loader above this one will be able to again check if any of the BAD marbles are now needed for the clock. This would help a lot. You just need to extend the elevator a bit and have channels flowing into one.

[@lomicwind]

A ton of fun ! Now make it so the marbles compose the digits vertically, that way you only change the digit that need to be changed (most of the time it will only be the minute one)

[@servitus]

This has been such an awesome series. I would love it if you set the clock up on a live stream when you finished. It's real art! ❤

[@mattlacdao3807]

form and function (for telling time not for convenience) of all of it together is fantastic man really satisfying to see it form the numbers out of marbles kinda like a more complicated waterfall clock

[@alessandro3218]

I’ve been waiting a month for this video after I saw the other 2 about this marble clock. Of course I immediately had to follow your channel!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Yeah!!

[@Srfingfreak]

I'm really amazed at how fast you iterate your work! It's amazing how many surprising challenges a "simple" project can have sometimes!

[@pyrojkl]

and this is why prototyping designs on a small scale to identify these issues sooner can make a world of difference. even just going in he didnt realize how much range the marbles he was buying could have in shape and size. while if he started with colorless marbles that he could paint. then he could have simple filtered all the marbles down then colored them by size as a way to impliment a manual marble filter in the machine into two buckets. then instead of designing a machine that selects marble colors from 13 random queues. he instead would have to fill 13 queues from two buckets of marbles. another problem on its own to find a simple method to distribute marbles. can be done easily enough but again. requires strict requirements and a knowledge of what the failure points can be before and after some prototyping of the piece on a small scale and making things modular like he tried to to avoid these kinds of rebuilds that take a lot of time

[@nukerock2451]

This is such a cool device and the engineering process/issues well thought out and explained! I love the enthusiasm and determination of this chap!. Wonderful - and thank you, Ivan!!

[@hahahasan]

It probably wouldnt be too much extra work to get this machine to display ascii art (albeit low resolution). I would love to make a version of this that acts like an alarm clock in the morning. The noise of the marbles waking you up and a funky marble image to enjoy when you wake up.

[@christopherbedford9897]

"The noise of the marbles waking you up" - by which I think you mean keeping you awake all night? 🥴

[@hahahasan]

@@christopherbedford9897 haha that would be awful but I was more thinking to not use it as a clock running the whole night but moreso for the alarm sound when you need to wake up, accompanied by some cute ASCII art. Or you could not use it as an alarm clock and just appreciate the ASCII art. There's honestly so much potential with this thing.

[@SwordFreakPower]

Bad apple when?

[@christopherbedford9897]

@@hahahasan Yah I was being (mostly) facetious 😁

[@swaree]

​@@SwordFreakPowerblack and white marbles and ascii art screams this

[@buffaloj0e]

Your dedication to this is crazy, well done on not giving up I think I would have.

[@jamescollier3]

yes we were all wondering why lol

[@usurpinesusanti3149]

I love you doing that crazy work, because so i dont have to do it.

[@maluajj]

you sir, are an artist. i want nothing more than to reach this level of dedication to my craft.

[@darta1094]

Fantastic engineering. Great job, and my hat off to you for being focused and stubborn in the most positive way.

[@tech_savvy_guy]

One of the best projects I've seen in a while! I can't imagine the amount of frustration that you had when the marbles kept getting stuck. I always wanted to see how everything would come out together! Finally, order among chaos! Loved it! 😄😄

[@ACCORDriver_NL]

Wouldn't it make more sense to separate the black from the white marbles, so you can better control where a white and where a black marble should be. After the marbles fall down after telling the time, you separate them again and have separate feeds for the black and the white marbles. But I really love how you just go with your ideas and solve the problems you face. Great stuff!

[@travisfabel8040]

Well you don't want a perfectly sort them. Part of the charm of the design is how It pushes out and uses the marbles that it needs as they go by, without having to sort them apart first. That said, if he is not getting enough white ones mixed in to certain rows he could make a sort of churn pit to randomize them a bit more. Much simpler and you don't have to sort them twice.

[@alanparkinson549]

Yes, looked at in a commercial sort of way it would make sense, but this is a WORK OF ART! The man's had a brilliant idea and seen it through to completion, I love it.

[@KyurekiHana]

More than that, in theory he already knows where each marble is. He can utilize the back space to extract the white marbles, then let the blacks all fall into the general pool. No sensors needed for that.

[@zerumsum1640]

@@travisfabel8040 two trays at the top below the return. one distributes black marbles to each channel, one does white marbles. same idea to sort, just punt the marbles into the trays in two places instead of one. have the thing track how many marbles are in each tray (as you'll know the number going in and out) and reject marbles to the spiral return path before the trays overfill.

[@ThatRPGuywithtoomanyOCs]

Knock both colors out into individual tracks that feed to the top reservoir. Then once it's got all it needs, it could have an ejector into a secondary reservoir for the extras to fill it up faster the next round. So basically- The top has a black and white reservoir, and only fills one at a time with a selective feed from the top. These feed into a sorter that releases them one at a time into the slots but quickly. As a safety to prevent overflow leakage into the wrong group, a dump track to the bottom could be used as well in between mode switches. A little below this is the backup white reservoir(since they are the hardest to reliably get). With a sensor, it will trigger an "All white" mode to refill the top as needed. At the bottom are the rest. The regular sorter that ejects black if white needs to be filled, and the original input feed. Essentially, this takes it from "fill for the next minute," and into, "Prefill the tanks and the next minute dispenses when needed." Is it complicated? Yes, but it would fix a lot of issues since it would be able to fill quickly. Of course, the fastest way would be to combine this with a "next minute" row that prebuilds the time for after the release. And even faster would be a vertical fill, but that's not as fun to watch.

[@ChristianAdamovich]

It's nice to see the comments... there are so many ways to solve this problem... but the dedication and work that Ivan Miranda is doing is absolutely amazing.

[@lukasvandewiel860]

Amazing to see you got it to work! Thank you for sharing this fantastic project, and looking forward to seeing the faster version. 😀

[@bomai559]

Great fun project and looks like everyone leaving comments has suggestions on how to improve It :) I bet many of you have suggested something similar but here are my 2 cents. To make it smaller in size, quieter and more practical the marbles should arrive from the top down and each column should be released separately. Only those columns that actually change should be updated. Black and white marbles should be kept in separate pools, mixed when building digits and then separated again when they are released. Knowing the order marbles were placed to present each digit it will be very easy to sort them back into separate pools with just a single servo per column.

[@JosiahKeller]

They could be mechanically sorted by having one color slightly larger than the other, so a gate could separate them.

[@Respectable_Username]

He doesn't want to have the marbled come from the top down in columns. So many people have suggested it in the comments but that's not what he wants the design to be!

[@himickat4789]

Litteraly got to comments to suggest exactly the same thing 😅

[@Youspoonybard1]

It’s here?!? Holy crap let’s go!!!

[@Lellba47]

If you add some felt or soft materials on the spiral and some weights on the bottom of the device you can reduce the rolling and vibrating noises by a lot! This is looking really cool! Congrats!

[@anthonygonzales7820]

Super cool, can't wait to see the next version that works be the minute. Hopefully a helpful suggestion, you could make the rejection at the bottom with the solenoids just above where the marbles enter the elevator, then use the "flexible pushers" at the top to have the apceted/nonrejected marbles enter the channels. This means no loud spiral down.

[@BobBrandon]

I love the process you got through to process these. I wonder if separating the colors earlier wouldn't be easier? You have more control that way, it seems. You are a master fabricator!

[@williamstrachan]

This! Sort them by colour immediately after they've been used to show time and then feed them into the conveyor separately, or then use a screw feed conveyor for the lift and input marbles into it serially, converting back to parallel at the top... oh god the madness is catching

[@MrRobarino]

@@williamstrachan That would only add an extra level of complexity. Sorting them at the top means he can take advantage of gravity as part of the sorting process.

[@techheck3358]

@@MrRobarinoyeah imo he should use the current pusher mechanism to sort into a black and white stream for each line, then use gates or another pusher to select the colours needed individually.

[@cameronwofford8709]

​@techheck3358 I was thinking on that. Perhaps just sort them so the rows alternate between white/black (all white one row, then all black on 1 or 2 rows)? Sorting this way follows the clock format (one row all black, then it becomes mixed white/black for last 2 digits, then there's a black space before and after the first 2 digits). I think if he could extend the new spiral to deposit earlier (maybe run it over the current marble storage like a double-back staircase?). That would provide enough space for a color splitter (not sure if there would be enough space to arrange a new time).

[@rileyflieg6360]

I love this so much. It serves zero purpose other than the fact that you can say you’ve built a marble clock and that is amazing. I really hope you can get it minute by minute just for the hell of it! Good work man!!

[@miraculixxs]

Clocks are actually quite useful

[@holyngrace7806]

Way to go, Ivan! Your determined focus is impressive!

[@anToha_UA]

Oh my god, it is so satisfying to see how it showed the next time after flushing the previous. When the project actually worked. Congratulations!

[@mosin_boi]

These multi stage videos are great for people who want to learn engineering and things of the sort. These series show the trial amd error involved in anything. Thank you

[@yoshums7970]

Been checking your channel fairly frequently to make sure I haven't missed anything. With all the revisions, I'm honestly shocked this vid came out this quickly.

[@1111josh11111]

Just did this on my PSVita without a hiccup! This guy does the best tutorial. Amazing. Thanks heaps bro

[@bulatmarin5628]

Man... you are incredible! And so is your clock! Love it.

[@papafrank7094]

Impressive. Your tenacity paid off by inspiring many people. Well done!

[@yelvallejos9677]

I’m so invested in this series. And i genuinely hope he succeeds in improving this project

[@VernL4]

I have no idea how you are able to make it all work, but you do. It's AMAZING!!!

[@jakeyboy7656]

This thing RULES! Great job!

[@sebbes333]

DON'T DISCARD THE MARBLES! Use the elevators FULL CAPACITY to bring up as many marbles as possible, THEN at the top you sort out the black & white marbles into 2 reservoirs, then the clock picks the colors & amounts it needs from each reservoir, it can do this by enable one of several lines of each color, use a marble counter & have a "lane router" go guide the marbles into right place, in that way it can build the entire time within a minute.

[@HenryLoenwind]

Not 2 reservoirs, but 2 lanes for each output lane. Then, at the end of those buffer lanes, use a movable gate (the old "block with a hole that lines up with either input1, input2 or output") to feed the display buffer lane. That way, no marble path needs to be faster than "time resolution" divided by "display width".

[@oliverbroadbent6978]

You both have great suggestions. Either way, you have both identified an area that could be made more efficiently. I think he should focus on doing that next.

[@MiesvanderLippe]

The goal is not an efficient clock.

[@WeAreQuestionDutch]

​@@MiesvanderLippe, no, but a change by minute would be nice imo. And the delivery speed seems to be up to it, just the sorting isn't efficient if been waiting for one or 2 specific white in a transport lane while other arrived whites in other lane fall back down. All that is going down through that round tube is transported useless upstairs while that shouldn't be needed and if used improves speed overall in my logic.

[@aurtosebaelheim5942]

Just keeping the lanes consistent rather than dumping them all in a single pool would help. The top and bottom rows never need white, so any white that ends up in there is wasted, the middle row needs between 0 and 16 white and that's the row with the most variance. Maybe have up to 94 marbles total per lane, should give you enough for any 2 configurations ((max black needed + max white needed)*2), excess can cycle around their lane's holding area and the elevator.

[@Carthybp]

I have been so excited to finally see this clock working. Can't wait for the next one.

[@SidsDrakon]

Trial and error. This is how things are made. Love the process and the result

[@user-xf1ij5wg3f]

It looks so cool when they fall into places. Good job Ivan!. this needs to be in a museum, its so freaking cool.

[@living_on_a_line4516]

You can't imagine how long I've been waiting for this video

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Me too!

[@foobar201]

The way the time flows in and out is very aesthetic. Congratulations!

[@TheBellsandwhistles]

Such a great project and a brilliant demonstration of the engineering process. It's not just OK to make mistakes, it's a great thing; so long as you learn from it! Well done, every young person shold see this to learn the joy that engineering and making things can give.

[@MarcusHegel]

What for a great Project. Thanks for showing us

[@malfeitor1]

I’ve been eagerly awaiting this video and noticed the delay. I can’t imagine how much of your time and effort when into this project but, congratulations on this incredible creation! ❤

[@ItsHaldun]

It's MARBELous! Seriously, one of the coolest DIY projects I could think of!

[@kMITHEN1337]

It's AWESOME before watching video I can't believe what this is possible in real life. Thanks you ! Very great job

[@dylandaugherty2380]

Even if it’s not every minute, you should consider doing a live stream of just the machine doing its thing. The white noise of the marbles is relaxing, and it’s a clock. win win for keeping people focused

[@valentinebivilehto3354]

I think an idea would be to have the marbles go in vertical channels insted, that way you only need to change one number at a time insted of changing everything. That way it would be faster and be able to tell every minute insted, anyways, love how it looks, keep up the good work!

[@ZzZ-qd1zo]

But that's not nearly as interesting to look at.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

​@@ZzZ-qd1zo The rule of cool is definitely a huge factor in this magnificent thing.

[@JamesSmith-qs4hx]

Probably the most interesting build project I have seen on YT ❤

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Thanks!

[@hedgie9357]

Amazing! So much effort just for a clock!

[@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13]

I am so impressed with your dedication to this project

[@makers_lab]

Love seeing the evolution of this, and the metal rods are great for the aesthetics as well as function. Merry xmas and all the best for you and the channel in 2024!

[@GrahamDIY]

I think this is my favourite video of yours You’re a genius ❤

[@chrismerrell7957]

This turned out really cool! Returning commenter from previous concepts where I mentioned the longer than a minute problem (apparently one of many). Really interested to see how you tackle that issue. My thought was to make a bank system, where the marbles are sorted then dispensed at the top to reduce the randomness of the right color marble appearing in the right channel.

[@spicywolfsongs]

I think the easiest solution is just to sort the marbles by color and dispense from there

[@NakulKhairnar]

I love you for this. You are an inspiration!

[@DIEGO-GLZ]

Para las canicas que se quedan atascadas podrías añadir a los railes, por la parte trasera, un motor con un contrapeso para que genere vibraciones justo cuando hace el cambio de hora. Un saludo desde Galicia!!

[@paulbehrens5842]

Brilliant! Extra effort definitely worth it.

[@ikaikapulotu7865]

It looks so cool when they fall into places. Good job Ivan!

[@oreuchannel]

Increíble reloj, muy creativo, tiene sus desventajas pero es fascinante!

[@dguy-xk4fc]

Very impressive, you are a crazy scientist but in a good way!

[@TheMallow81]

this is SOO dang cool!! I've loved this story. It'd be cool if there was a montage video of you actually building the parts and testing (or coding!). Can't wait to see your "by the minute" clock.

[@bluematter435]

i love this guy, you can tell he really likes what hes doing, also the ending was great

[@GB-bl6hn]

Absolutely brilliant

[@ZZollstock]

I love the dedication

[@BersekViking]

WOW! 😲Such an over engineered clock! 🤓 Love it! 👍

[@mayakovski]

Dude, that is Epic beyond words.

[@davspa6]

Great job sir! so tough to get this done, but there it is...

[@bobafetting6373]

This needs to be the official timing parter for Jelle’s Marble Runs

[@jeffsergeant]

Blue Sparkly wins with a time of Fenfitty Minutes and Sentty Seconds

[@someoneyounowknow]

Congrats on getting in the top 10 in trending man! Also cant wait until the next part is out so we can watch you solve all these problems (and probably make more that needs solving too lol 😂😅)

[@thestormofwar]

The quintessential example of do what you love.😊

[@gmrn3014s]

Amazing work, This is somethin I would gladly see in a museum

[@irkandcrew]

Once it's perfect, would you consider putting a live video feed of the real time clock on KZbin streaming? Actually if you could just get a perfect 24 hour cycle uploaded that would be incredible.

[@bencohen9624]

Can’t wait for the next part!

[@arvee5960]

takes me back to Wintergatan - Marble Machine days..great work!

[@PegLegKegCraig]

I actually want one of these. The noise it makes is so satisfying.

[@darktemp_de]

That's a really cool project and I love how it looks when the prepared time rolls into place! :) I also have an idea to make the clock more complex, but maybe faster. Coarse idea: add a sorting mechanism to put the correct combination of marbles already in the elevator. More detailed: At the lower part of the elevator, you could detect the color and eject them (at 2 height levels) into 2 containers. From these containers the color could be injected into the elevator with the correct position. Problem: the sorted marbles are lower than the elevator with unsorted marbles. Maybe the 2 containers could be at the top and the selection is directed directly into the marble tracks to prepare the time? Bonus: This would also remove the loud overflow helix, although I really like it (would be great to watch if transparent :D ) !

[@mognakornachname7275]

i immediatly noticed the reliance on randomness and was wondering as well why he isn't using black&white reservoirs. I think the best place to put them is not at the top, but at the bottom before the entry to the elevator. The alternative would be to split black and white at the bottom and then have 2 elevators (or reuse the current one with a left/right split), have and feed from the elevator into those. Then feed from those into the lines through a demultiplexer.

[@TheRedKorsar]

Two elevators is great idea! With one elevator some cells may be missed so pre setup may fail@@mognakornachname7275

[@jeffsergeant]

I think you've just invented a marble-jet print head!

[@itagil2005]

muito bom 👏👏👏

[@jemakrol]

Captivating, mesmerizing, fun and awesome!

[@bhuchowalayaar]

Marvelous! I didn't thought this could be possible. Crazy idea but great! 🎉

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

Amazing! This should be an art installation at MONA ... the Museum of Modern Art in Hobart, Tasmania.

[@onecircuit-as]

Tassie! 👍😀

[@travisfabel8040]

We can argue over which museum but this very much should be a functional art piece in a museum.