The Marble Machine

[Alanrider7]

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[cheez]

So I fell in love with this video when it came out, and he's up to almost 80 million views, but this was the starting point for the Marble Machine and for Martin Molin of Wintergatan, not the final destination. In his own words- the video took 60 days to film, and the editing 60 days more- because the machine wasn't reliable. If you're into fabrication, you realize he designed and built the Marble Machine entirely on his own; he's now working on a Marble Machine X that is a performance-grade machine designed to very tight and exacting tolerances. The combination of humor and engineering/fabrication in his videos is enjoyable.

An example of the type of fabrication he's doing for the MMX build is in the most recent video- a muting system for the new machine that has 6 muting zones on a single mute bar:

In addition, he builds musical instruments. This is one of my favorite songs- "All Is Well" on the Music Box and Modulin.

Marble Machine X Build Playlist- 41 videos and counting:

Music Machine Mondays- a playlist of 15 videos from visits to the Utrecht Spielklokmuseum, a collection of various mechanical organs and carillons.