6mm Marble Machine

inspired by the great marble machine from tulio (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1385312)

I wanted to create my own marble machine using a pack of 6mm diameter steels balls (airsoft ammunition with the same diameter should work too)

I wanted to try a different method of elevating the balls/marbles. I created a system where they are pushed into the vertical shaft one by one using a kind of geared wheel

this pushwheel is connected to a wormgear to have it self-locked and with a high torque to push the tower of balls inside the elevating shaft

the marble machine is seprated into the base, with the elevating mechanism and the elevating shaft and the marble track itself with the nozzle on top

It is a modular concept, to be able to have different track options with only one base

the parts will need a little bit of glue during assembly, but don´t glue track and nozzle if you plan to keep it modular

I plan to release more track designs in the future

all parts are designed to print without any support

parts you need to print:
1x base_bottom
1x base_top
1x pushwheel
1x drivegear
1x wormgear
1x handle
2x washer
1x bushing
1x nozzle
1x track(4 revolutions) or track_slower (5 revolutions)

model untis are [mm]

https://youtu.be/cC-1rk9BMTk