i've heard of marble madness but 2: Electric Boogaloo

January 9, 2024 2:00 PM

Ivan Miranda decides to use a lot more 3D printing and a lot of hand tooling to, both figuratively and literally, complete his own seven-segment digital clock: BUILDING A MARBLE CLOCK - Pt. 3 and BUILDING A MARBLE CLOCK Pt.4 - NOW FASTER!!. Previously.
posted by hippybear (5 comments total)

We're gonna need a bigger nightstand.
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:07 PM on January 9 [3 favorites]

This series was my first introduction to Ivan and I totally loved it. It turns out that there was a bunch of crossover with other YouTube channels that I also watch that he was involved in, like this Steve Mould video that I somehow neglected to make the connection with.
posted by Dr. Twist at 3:38 PM on January 9

Every time I see someone build a (marble clock, instrument, machine) I always go through the same steps:

1. Wow, that looks amazing!
2. I have a few ideas that would totally improve on this.
3. A number of hours drawing and planning.
4. Wait, everyone who builds something like this is driven insane.
5. Maybe next time...
posted by flyingfox at 5:41 PM on January 9 [3 favorites]

Seems like you could have separate white and black feeds and a selector at the top that placed either a white or black in position for each row simultaneously instead of waiting for the right color to pass up the elevator. Then you'd need some way at the bottom to re-sort the drained balls into the white and black buckets. No I do not want to attempt this.
posted by ctmf at 11:01 PM on January 9 [1 favorite]

I’ve been loving this series and am so glad to have Ivan Miranda to watch too now!
posted by ellieBOA at 8:32 AM on January 10