Popular Post joe mendel Posted January 20, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Edited January 20, 2022 by joe mendel Added pics 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 That's truely astonishing work joe ... but we need a video of it working Edit ... found the video in the other thread ... amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 WOW! Unbelievable work my hats off to you sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 All I can say is WOW! And I hope the next step down't involve that baseball bat ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Joe that's just amazing! I love the title, too. I have to admit that seeing only the parts and pieces without the big picture I was beginning to think that M7 might stand for seven degrees of madness . But that is a real statement piece! Is there a term for the mechanical equivalent of a calliope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 That is by far the best looking and most ornate Rube Goldberg machine I have ever seen. Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 It's absolutely awesome!!! Thanks for posting about it. I tried to find the clip from Romancing the Stone, but couldn't find it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joe mendel Posted January 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Rube Goldberg was a poser. All that cat did was draw crazy contraptions. None of Goldberg's designs had to work, it was all conjecture on his part. I pulled out a shizits amount of hair to get this to work without flaws. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe mendel Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Some people call this kind of sculpture: Gravitram, Kugelbahn, marble run, marble maze, or a rolling ball sculpture. I was never setting out to re-invent the marble run. Instead I wanted to make common gadgets and gizmos which I have seen and dress them up with various embellishments which I use in making period style furniture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 As artful as the contraption itself, was the way you lured us all in, by starting with some smartly turned bun feet .... and ending with this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joe mendel Posted January 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Sorry to say but this is not the end, this is still foreplay. There will be more pictures. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Stunning work Joe, I’m in awe, what’s the final resting place for it ? It should be on display somewhere so others can be as amazed as we are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joe mendel Posted January 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 It resides at a man's home whom likes to write sizable checks--which clear the bank! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe mendel Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 1:09 PM, wtnhighlander said: All I can say is WOW! And I hope the next step down't involve that baseball bat ... I have to admit, I almost set it on fire when I was about 3/4 of the way through the project. It was so frustrating at times to get things to do what I wanted the marbles to do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 All Hail Joe! (MIB reference). That is a thing of beauty. I have loved "marble things" since building them with dad as a child. You have taken the form to new levels. Just great stuff! I totally get the thread on the odd looking bun feet now . Perfect for your beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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