Marble machines aren't new, but the community of artists and engineers devising fantastically innovative marble machine plans continues to grow. This article will explore this amazing contraption and describe the fundamentals of how to …

Marble Machine 4.0: This is the fourth design of my marble machines. This was a collaboration between busted bricks and myself, he originally came up with the design and I have modified, …

This is a piston marble pump i made for my marble machine after seeing It takes 5/8 inch marbles. The reason I like this pump design is because it doesn't let the marbles clack …

Detailed plans for the modular marble machine. I love showing off these plans, and have included a preview of the plans so you can get a better sense of what's inside before buying. The plans include: Detailed plans and instructions for …

Under normal operation, the marble pump is just this rumbling piece of machinery underneath the table on which all the action happens. Marbles magically disappear in a hole in the table, and are pumped up the central column to …

The plans include an extensive writeup on how to build the marble pump, marble run building blocks, and marble machine. Below are thumbnails of most of the images from the building instructions, in random order.

This marble pump takes in marbles from one side of the mechanism and pops them out the other. It is intended to be used as the heart of more elaborate marble contraptions, pumping marbles up through a channel so they can then …