Marble elevators

In a parallel line of development, we are playing around with marbles and chain reaction elements. One of the problems that we’re constantly facing is how to work against gravity. It’s easy enough for a marble to roll down an incline, but how do you bring it back up? Here are two solutions Walter came up with.

Tags: chain reaction, contraption, elevator, linkage, marbles, mechanism, motor

2 Comments to Marble elevators

alex
April 21, 2009

in reaction to this video, overheard on twitter from @coreyfro: @Exploratorium I’ve always wanted to make a solid state ball bearing conveyor using a slowmo version of a rail gun.

Luigi
April 22, 2009

Hey Alex, keep an eye out for that, sounds cool. If he ever actually makes it, we’re interested!

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