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3/2/2016 3:33:28 PM EDT


3/2/2016 3:38:55 PM EDT
[#1]
That rhyme with frag-i-le
3/2/2016 3:44:06 PM EDT
[#2]
Two thoughts:
He should have used metals, I fear that thing is going to fall apart (but maybe he can just replace the broken wood bits as they occur with metal bits)
He needs a motor and a VFD.
3/2/2016 3:49:01 PM EDT
[#3]
That was really cool. Thanks for sharing Op.
3/2/2016 3:50:13 PM EDT
[#4]
That is some Dr. Seuss looking shit right there. Pretty neat. How would you even design/build something like that. You could have given me a decade and I wouldn't have come up with that.
3/2/2016 3:50:55 PM EDT
[#5]
Fuck this guy. This is exactly the kinda bullshit Trump talks about. Lets make America great again.
3/2/2016 3:53:44 PM EDT
[#6]


Someone has too much time on their hands?  Or too much grant money.

This reminds me that just because something can be done, does not mean it should.

Obviously it is an impressive allocation of time and resources.

Still, I'd rather hear 200 lesbian whores orgasm "Oh Christmas Tree" than listen to the marble machine.
3/2/2016 3:58:01 PM EDT
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Someone has too much time on their hands?  Or too much grant money.

This reminds me that just because something can be done, does not mean it should.

Obviously it is an impressive allocation of time and resources.

Still, I'd rather hear 200 lesbian whores orgasm "Oh Christmas Tree" than listen to the marble machine.
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Someone has too much time on their hands?  Or too much grant money.

This reminds me that just because something can be done, does not mean it should.

Obviously it is an impressive allocation of time and resources.

Still, I'd rather hear 200 lesbian whores orgasm "Oh Christmas Tree" than listen to the marble machine.


Rule 34 link please?
3/2/2016 4:00:27 PM EDT
[#8]
ok see people, this is art.  piss christ?  not so much.
thanks op that was awesome
3/2/2016 4:02:03 PM EDT
[#9]
Reminds me of a Linotype machine! haha.

Thanks for sharing OP, that was really cool.
3/2/2016 4:07:19 PM EDT
[#10]
Very cool

3/2/2016 4:15:28 PM EDT
[#11]
Holy crap that is freaking cool.
3/2/2016 4:23:05 PM EDT
[#12]
That was awesome.  Arfcom hates creativity and innovation for its own sake.

3/2/2016 4:24:23 PM EDT
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Someone has too much time on their hands?  Or too much grant money.

This reminds me that just because something can be done, does not mean it should.

Obviously it is an impressive allocation of time and resources.

Still, I'd rather hear 200 lesbian whores orgasm "Oh Christmas Tree" than listen to the marble machine.
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Someone has too much time on their hands?  Or too much grant money.

This reminds me that just because something can be done, does not mean it should.

Obviously it is an impressive allocation of time and resources.

Still, I'd rather hear 200 lesbian whores orgasm "Oh Christmas Tree" than listen to the marble machine.


Meh.  The machine itself is art.   I am impressed.
3/2/2016 4:24:41 PM EDT
[#14]
OP title is misleading. Those are ball bearings










Cool post, thanks OP
3/2/2016 4:33:29 PM EDT
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That was awesome.  Arfcom hates creativity and innovation for its own sake.

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3/2/2016 4:34:52 PM EDT
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OP title is misleading. Those are ball bearings

Cool post, thanks OP
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Of course - it's all ball bearings these days.
3/2/2016 4:36:10 PM EDT
[#17]
I bet that guy is a liberal.

Smash it.
3/2/2016 4:39:00 PM EDT
[#18]
interesting

it looks like a engineer and a artist and a wood worker worked on the machine
but at different times

the large gears appear to be laser cut among other things
the bearings and bearing supports are some nice work among other things
while some of the other wood work is horrendous like it was hacked until it fit  

it must be one cruel bitch to keep that thing running smoothly for any length of time

ETA: watched the build video but im not convinced
dude cut those gears with super precision but then hacks up tons of other stuff?  makes no sense
3/2/2016 4:49:02 PM EDT
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Fuck this guy. This is exactly the kinda bullshit Trump talks about. Lets make America great again.
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Oh man effing lol! What will you do now that you have just won the internetz today?






3/2/2016 5:02:02 PM EDT
[#20]
Can I have ten thousand marbles please ?
 
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No, make that  ball bearings... thanks.
3/2/2016 5:15:10 PM EDT
[#21]
Anyone notice the mega force movie poster???

3/2/2016 5:24:48 PM EDT
[#22]
Awesome.  I see 3 or 4 ball bearing music machines, a giant screen for a camera crew to shoot video too as he plays, and a badass show where he plays the various machines and tells the details (with video) on the build.  I'd go to that show.
3/2/2016 5:34:17 PM EDT
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Now add a giant compressor and appropriately engineered gatling like devices to that as the music reaches it's final crescendo the ball bearings get diverted from the machine to the guns, mowing down the audience in a crescendo of steampunk flavored mayhem.

Wait - did I just say that out loud?
3/2/2016 5:37:46 PM EDT
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Now add a giant compressor and appropriately engineered gatling like devices to that as the music reaches it's final crescendo the ball bearings get diverted from the machine to the guns, mowing down the audience in a crescendo of steampunk flavored mayhem.

Wait - did I just say that out loud?
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Awesome.  I see 3 or 4 ball bearing music machines, a giant screen for a camera crew to shoot video too as he plays, and a badass show where he plays the various machines and tells the details (with video) on the build.  I'd go to that show.


Now add a giant compressor and appropriately engineered gatling like devices to that as the music reaches it's final crescendo the ball bearings get diverted from the machine to the guns, mowing down the audience in a crescendo of steampunk flavored mayhem.

Wait - did I just say that out loud?


Vegas wouldn't like that..  
3/2/2016 5:45:54 PM EDT
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Awesome.  I see 3 or 4 ball bearing music machines, a giant screen for a camera crew to shoot video too as he plays, and a badass show where he plays the various machines and tells the details (with video) on the build.  I'd go to that show.


Now add a giant compressor and appropriately engineered gatling like devices to that as the music reaches it's final crescendo the ball bearings get diverted from the machine to the guns, mowing down the audience in a crescendo of steampunk flavored mayhem.

Wait - did I just say that out loud?


Vegas wouldn't like that..  


Eh, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.  This time it's bodies.
3/2/2016 5:48:53 PM EDT
[#26]
Heh, this showed up on the Rare and Strange Instruments FB page I follow today.
3/2/2016 5:53:52 PM EDT
[#27]
All that time, attention to detail and meticulous work and they label the levers in 5th grade handwriting using a pencil.
3/2/2016 5:54:13 PM EDT
[#28]
Steampunk synth.  Those cosplay chicks eat that shit up though.
3/2/2016 5:57:29 PM EDT
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Noticed that, too. But I can appreciate it. Something about it works. You've got this highly intricate machine with labels that are super sloppy.

3/2/2016 5:58:05 PM EDT
[#30]
Looks like he's trying to bring Animusic to life.  Would love to see this get more complicated and faster.



LL
3/2/2016 6:03:25 PM EDT
[#31]
Can it play "Stairway to Heaven", though?
3/2/2016 6:03:29 PM EDT
[#32]


I bet that with a little bit of thought and effort, you could repurpose that into one heck of a sex toy.


3/2/2016 6:05:15 PM EDT
[#33]
Seems way more complicated than having a band. Perhaps he should probably be a little more sociable and make some friends so they could form a band.


That was actually really neat.
3/2/2016 6:10:14 PM EDT
[#34]
Sweet. I wonder how many hours are involved with that?
3/2/2016 6:21:22 PM EDT
[#35]
That baltic birch plywood is good stuff.
3/2/2016 6:21:44 PM EDT
[#36]
Very kewl, but somehow I'm really doubting Mr. Metrosexual-lace-cuffs knows enough about engineering to build that thing.
3/2/2016 6:21:56 PM EDT
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Of course - it's all ball bearings these days.


 
3/2/2016 7:09:26 PM EDT
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That was awesome.  Arfcom hates creativity and innovation for its own sake.



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I agree and get made fun of from time to time for trying to get people to think

outside of the box when it comes to what we are capable of. People have that

we cannot do attitude and it sucks,



 
3/2/2016 7:19:13 PM EDT
[#39]
Reminds me of this a little:

3/2/2016 9:25:08 PM EDT
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Very kewl, but somehow I'm really doubting Mr. Metrosexual-lace-cuffs knows enough about engineering to build that thing.
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I must have imagined the series of videos he has on his channel detailing the build.



 
3/2/2016 9:42:10 PM EDT
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Reminds me of a Linotype machine! haha.

Thanks for sharing OP, that was really cool.
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Yep, my thought as well.
3/2/2016 11:54:56 PM EDT
[#42]
That was cool, OP.  Thanks.