MARBLE MACHINE MEDLEY

[@user-wo7rz3yn4o]

I spend a lot (too much) time on KZbin watching amazing, mind blowing talent and creativity from musical, athletic to mechanical and I get a real charge out of your talents. Thanks for sharing and know that your work is appreciated by people you will never know.

[@Jbot123]

Wonderful set of machines. The wooden spirals on the first one are absolutely gorgeous, and the launching mechanism at 4:12 is something I've never seen before. Lots of really cool ideas here.

[@timehunter9467]

The last lifting mechanism is a very elegant design.

[@DavidLindes]

My favorite is the antepenultimate one (2:51).

[@LukeHowarthLEGO]

I agree

[@PunmasterSTP]

Those lifting mechanisms were incredibly imaginative!

[@LeslieProper]

My grandchildren play with them and they get out of adjustment.

[@readysetnogo]

I'd say that's a good reason. I'm sure these machines are inspiring to at least one of them and they'll have great memories of these for the rest of their lives. 😊 If you don't mind me asking, how do you get such even and smooth bends in the wire tracks?

[@LeslieProper]

I use 1/16" brass rod in straight 48" lengths. I bend them on cylinders of different diameters. I have several little clamps that hold the tracks for soldering. The clamps are made with two 1/2" pieces of 1/8" brass rod with a small bolt in the middle to draw them together. The 1/8" brass pieces have grooves which hold the track the correct distance apart. When I have a good sized section of the track clamped and adjusted I solder it and move on to the next section.

[@dathat555]

@@LeslieProper Would like to see a video of the clamps and your fabrication process.

[@diesalweasel]

Love your designs. I bet the grand children love coming round your house

[@solinvictus5706]

What a loved grandparent you must be.

[@bensneller5797]

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[@MarxyBasement]

LMAO

[@tanmayvadhera3805]

More entered

[@GuardianTiger]

Your mean *Joined*

[@tanmayvadhera3805]

@@GuardianTiger yup

[@tanmayvadhera3805]

I can imagine him building such things when he was a child.

[@SteamerEdge]

Those machines are true works of art, the craftsmanship, intricacy and sheer engineering skill is astounding. Thanks paul

[@billfield8300]

As a toolmaker for many years, I can happily say you have made some beautiful and well thought out designs. excellent workmanship on the bending and brackets. Well Done!

[@LeslieProper]

Hi Bill, thanks for the nice comment.

[@txlabmansteamtoysmore4980]

Some excellent builds here. Thanks for sharing your great work!

[@jimhood1202]

Beautiful work. Mesmerizing mechanicals. I can see the lifting mechanisms are the main interest here. Very nice selection. Thank you for posting.

[@steamlangley1436]

Ruling in joy the different lifting mechanisms. Very creative!

[@icarlyIV]

This content : exists Wintergatan: *Im gunna end this whole mans career*

[@TheRealStructurer]

Fantastic workmanship! Nice to see some metalwork instead of 3D printed stuff. U just need some tweaking here and there and then, but then all together in one huge machine 👍🏻

[@juliancachete]

El nivel de ingeniería que tiene este señor en la cabeza es alucinante!!!!!!

[@FrazzledDoo]

Why do I smile And Laugh? Tyvm for this

[@juanmanuelmartínezchávez431]

Gracias al Creador por darnos la misma capacidad para la creatividad a todos los humanos y que pocos han dejado escapar la oportunidad de desarrollarla para que todos aprendamos unos de otros! Gracias!

[@MegaChekov]

Well done thanks for sharing all the best from John in Texas

[@japanrockhunt8277]

Beautiful.. I wish I can make something beautiful like this one day.

[@andymckenzie8031]

This is very neat: thanks for sharing it! I'm especially fond of the magnetic lift in the last one.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. Really nice. You have really been busy.

[@IshidaGorou]

love those designs and my fav is the magnet lift 1 :D

[@DannySullivanMusic]

You've got the most creative lifts I've ever seen

[@annehoskins5795]

The essence of mechanical engineering! My favorite branch of engineering.

[@александршихман]

It's amazing. Good luck. Это ШИКАРНО.

[@AllIsWellaus]

I loved the second one. More relaxing and both motions were almost in unison.

[@fenafisica]

I love the relation between this kind of system with electric system. :) I use to explain the work of a battery (for example :) of 'lifting' charges against a potential.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Magic. That's worth a like and sub.

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

When do the music play ?

[@Music7Ada]

It says medley not melody.

[@munchyii]

@@Music7Ada Medley is an actual song i thought like him at the beginning

[@gillesbkf4315]

dinde you hear the music of the marbles ? don't you dare imagine him stacking one music on top of this one.

[@yongewok]

@@munchyii a medley is a mix of different features it can be any medium, music medleys are a type of medley a mix of featured songs

[@Gravitraxer_AangCZ]

@omniscient why is your profile picture Extreme demon from Geometry dash?

[@johnbuck8460]

As my grandmother used to say"The devil finds work for idle hands" ! Brilliant fun !

[@geekbot5]

This person is my spirit animal

[@BalltrackMarbleRunGravitrax]

Wow nice Video 😁👍😁

[@bacalhaufrito8683]

hi, me and my friends are making a final school project for high school, we got inspired by this video and we are going to make one of this machines ( the 2:55 one ) if you could reach to us giving some informations about it (sizes, how it works etc.) we would be verry thankfull, thanks for your time

[@LeslieProper]

Hello, my marble machines were made without plans, so regrettably I have nothing to send you to help you build yours. The rails are made with straight 1/16" brass rod which comes in 4 foot lengths. The rails are soldered together with an electric soldering iron and soft plumber solder. The ball bearings are 9/32" diameter.

[@bacalhaufrito8683]

@@LeslieProper thank you very much Mr.Leslie that means a lot to us

[@samuelphillips2615]

And this person is the spirit of my marblelife

[@schizophreniagaming4058]

Super cool, I’ve always been interested in mechanical stuff like this.

[@tripwire4727]

Lol😄 this is great! Thanks for sharing!

[@pixelprizm]

These are very beautiful and inspiring!

[@kenm2679]

This is so fun to watch. So what kind of tools do you use to make these?

[@LeslieProper]

The tracks are made from straight 4 foot lengths of 1/16" brass rod. I use a electric soldering gun to attach cross braces and supports. The brass rod is bent around different diameter pipes and cylinders. I have a small bench metal lathe that I use to make the lift mechanisems.

[@aldrinalejo1810]

I love the designs ...

[@medivertidoaos50]

Lindas maquetes meu amigo. Parabéns

[@fsecofficial]

These are awesome. Really nice work man. Where is a good place to start with these the motor Mount?

[@thedownhillerboy]

So cool to watch, it reminds me of the awesome pinball machines and their wire ramps were the ball glides on to reach a different area of the pinball table increasing your score and triggering a specific reaction at times 🙂...

[@JuanFlores-rj1he]

Cool! El ultimo me gusto mucho!

[@CreativeChannel-KST_VN]

Hello !! The work you do is wonderful

[@davidsharp9166]

What I like is that these sculptures don't run at 100%. Or no video editing has been used. I'm looking at getting into this hobby.

[@tintintintin232323]

very impressive, some incredible construction, Wow!

[@littlewoodenguy]

Curious what kind of woodworking tools you use - would love to see a how to video.

[@billbaggins9961]

Old post that I just found and watched. Really amazing and beautiful craftsmanship along with attention to detail not only in function but also creativity in design! I truly enjoyed your video, Thank you for posting. what average rpm were the motors? I realize that there was 1 much slower but not sure if it was all changed in your gearing!

[@MarioRobles]

Que trabajo tan hermoso !!!

[@joaomartinscardoso4908]

Wonderful work👍👍👍👇👇👇👇

[@LeslieProper]

Thank you

[@raghupathyvp7105]

Amazing projects mind blowing. Thank you 😯😉🙏🙋

[@vdel9036]

Wonderful and fascinating machines. Very clean. Interesting mechanical devices i will remember for my future projects. What material wire tracks are made of ? Brass parts soldered together or welded iron ? Thank you.

[@LeslieProper]

Yes, 1/16 inch brass rod in 4 foot lengths. Soldered with lead free plumbers solder and an electric soldering gun. Thanks for the comment.

[@StixFerryMan]

They are great. Need some fine tuning, but absolutely wonderful. Now, chain them all together and make one big run😂

[@LeslieProper]

Glad you liked them, thanks for the comment.

[@ewanmchale5426]

Hi I’m doing my cba right now on this exact thing and I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about it??

[@ewanmchale5426]

In regards to the second one what lifting mechanism did you use ?

[@LeslieProper]

Certainly, can we use email? I am at [e-mail]

[@NealD]

Such beautiful designs. Great use of gears and so much work. And crappy noisy motors that ruin almost every machine. Don’t decent DC motors run quiet?

[@LeslieProper]

The motors are almost silent. The noise you hear is the gears.

[@caitlingee642]

The marbles flying off made me very nervous but these were so cool!

[@rj.tv.007]

This is what people should be watching at 3 am

[@kathycorner8727]

These are just wonderful to watch 😍

[@Haahvj]

That's one of my favourite videos since now 😁

[@sticky170]

The last one with the magnets is very ellegant.

[@peterreber7671]

I think the balls may get magnetized over time and then stick to each other.

[@raptorswire7212]

this looks awesome! I admire creative lever designs

[@chrisbao1390]

WHERE HAS THIS BEEN FOR T H E L A S T S I X M O N T H S

[@Abcxyzabcfhejfng]

This is amazing! Where do you get all the brass gears and gadgets?

[@LeslieProper]

The gears come from old water meters. I use to work for a City and I had the water department save some of the gears for me when the old meters were replaced and scraped out.

[@hieuhanhnguyen2103]

Amazing and awesome 😎😊

[@As1161712]

Muito bom. Gostei sobretudo do dos ímanes.

[@user-vk8uu9nv7n18]

All of them are great !!

[@borna5539]

I thought it says "marble machine melody". I was like few minutes in waiting to hear some melody and then i realize what i missed...😂

[@Atlantismonkey40]

I’m just getting into making these devices. I just really like magnets. Way cool

[@swmckanna]

Nicely done!

[@hpevans9041]

Excellent Les, are there any plans on how to build them?

[@LeslieProper]

I would just plan them out in my head and build them. I never made any plans. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have however.

[@roboticus3647]

Those are really nice machines. I'd be interested in seeing a build video where you show how you get those nice clean curves in that ?brass rod? you use.

[@LeslieProper]

I don't have anything to show how I bend the wire, basically it is done free hand on different size cylinders. I have made a bunch of little clamps that hold the two wires the proper distance apart and in position for soldering.

[@ivanmikhail7162]

Its awesome! Thank you!

[@DougSims]

I could totally hear the marble machine music in my head while I watched this.

[@heyimamaker]

Do you make the gears yourself? When I was a kid I used to take everything apart looking for anything that I could use with motors and Lego.

[@grand_master_glass]

Where do you buy these? Or do you custom make them yourself?

[@LeslieProper]

I make them myself. I have seen some little wooden on KZbin that you can purchase. Sorry, but I don't have any specifics on them.

[@fsecofficial]

Have you made any with a Geneva gear? I was looking into it and figured I would ask the master lol.

[@LeslieProper]

I don't know what that is, but I am interested to know.

[@fsecofficial]

@@LeslieProper it’s a little slotted gear where a crank peg catches it and advances it one division every so many seconds depending on RPM. You can make them with as many sides as you need and trim the motor speed to get some pretty interesting movements. I had never heard of them either. But I’ve been watching a lot of these and found them.

[@lilosama146]

What kind of board do you have and what are it’s dimensions?

[@AllIsWellaus]

5:50 interested to see where this is headed.

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

Very nice but 4:03 those open electrical connections are probably violating some electrical code, somewhere. 5:47 this is my favourite.

[@Calin1000]

Wonderful machines! Have you thought about making one steam powered by one of your engines?

[@maherougilles]

GÉNIAL...!!🤙

[@kcdakrt]

do you fabricate the little gears or are they purchased? and what kind of material do you use for the rails

[@LeslieProper]

The gears are for scraped out watermeters and the rails are made from 1/16" by 48" brass rod.

[@kcdakrt]

@@LeslieProper thanks. Do you solder them together? If so what kind of solder do you use?

[@LeslieProper]

@@kcdakrt Just regular plumbers solder and paste. I use an electric solder gun.

[@drewhunt9205]

Great fun I would like to build my own. Can you please tell me; the wire type and gauge, The marble (ball bearing) size, and the motor size. Thanks

[@LeslieProper]

The wire is 1/16" brass rod in 48" lengths. The motor is a 3 to 6 volt DC electric motor about 1" long. The marbles are 1/4" steel ball bearings.

[@surviver5738]

Nice description

[@purvel]

Thanks for watching??? Thanks for making it!!!!!

[@sky173]

Very nice. Beautiful workmanship. How did you get the angle correct for the gears in the last design? Also, how did you make them?

[@LeslieProper]

The worm gears can be adjusted up and down on the shaft and the spoke wheels have a little adjustment to the right and left so it is just a matter of individually adjusting all of the parts. Thanks for your comment.

[@sky173]

@@LeslieProper sorry. I meant the actual grinding of the gear angle itself. Unless those are pre-made gears.

[@LeslieProper]

Oh, these are gears from old worn out watermeters. I use to work for a City and I would salvage the gears for making stuff. The gears don't wear out, it is the other parts of the watermeters that wear out.

[@sky173]

@@LeslieProper Oh, thank you kindly. Nice work!

[@qlaephus]

amazing machines. I wonder how you calculate loss/leak of balls? Seems like your machines have a lot of fallen balls, not a critique, but I'm interested in the theory behind fixing the lost balls.

[@LeslieProper]

My grandchildren had been playing with the marble machines and little fingers are not always gentle. Some slight bending of the rails will easily remedy the problem, I just didn't take the time to do it. In the past my marble machine video got diddle squat views so I figured no big deal.

[@Close-Hunter]

Very professional and meticulous hobby craft I see you built pneumatic air rifles nice vids Have you ever tried building a springer air rifle now that would be interesting to see I enjoy your vids Have a great day

[@LeslieProper]

Thanks for your comments Bill62. I have not tried building a springer. It seems like the big springs could be dangerous if a person did not know what they were doing so I have steered clear of them.

[@Close-Hunter]

@@LeslieProper Thank you for your reply Sir your hobbies are wonderful to look at thank you very much Have a great day

[@jeanlovephoto7572]

It's nice and funny. Good work. Congratulations.

[@johneygd]

Some final adjustments are needed but then you have it,perfect working machines.

[@IBMSmaker]

great job, i love it :-)

[@juanp.ortizvalle1807]

Great, great, looks amazing! Do you sell the instructions? I would love to make one.

[@LeslieProper]

I am sorry. I built them straight from my head, no drawings or written instructions.

[@juanp.ortizvalle1807]

Thank you for letting me know. You're very talented.

[@nullmoore9943]

So this has nothing to do with Wintergatan?

[@highanddryful]

Beautiful pieces. Where can I purchase one of these pieces?

[@VGAplayer]

Hi Leslie Proper Nice video😃👍 shadow has four holes? 1:30

[@harrysingh4480]

Great👍👍👍👍

[@desmondjames4651]

The cam on the third lift needs an outward spiral just before picking up a marble to hold, not drop, the marble column. The last cam profile should also be a point. A lot of energy is wasted when you "drop the column" as you have done. That being said, I love the artistry of your models. I do not know why people compare you with "Wintergarten". They must not know that medley means " a mixture" not necessarily a mixture of musical tunes. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@LeslieProper]

Yes, a good point. Thanks for the comment.

[@marcelojesus6097]

Very interesting, Congratulations. it's like a terapy. :)

[@haziqikhwan7904]

I once played a similar kind of machine when I was a kid, but instead of marbles, they were toy penguins

[@ksOO7]

Strangely interesting 😁

[@GoranXII]

#4 appears to be very good at distributing marbles around the room.