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  1. 4th February 2013, 02:28 PM #1
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    Default Anyone for a game of Marbles?

    This project is a result of seeing a simple marble pump on the internet; I thought "I could make one of those" and so it began. It was one of those projects you start where you have no idea where it will end.
    I made this for my youngest grandson so it comes with a 5 minute warranty as I have seen him in action and this is only made from scraps of wood that were lying around the shed. If it was from steel it would have a 6 minute warranty.
    There are no plans, just lots of plagiarised ideas from looking at videos of marble machines. My 14 year old grandaughter kindly supervised and down loaded a video of the machine to You Tube. One day I will get her to show me how to do all that stuff.
    You can see the video here. Magic Marble Machine - YouTube
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  3. 4th February 2013, 02:56 PM #2
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    Now thats a different way of playing doogs, which I haven't played since Jesus was a boy.
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    Nice
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    you want to hope you don't lose too many marbles.......
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    Spot on Ruddy looks like a great adult teaser I hope the grandson gets some time with it.
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    What a ripper.......great job Ruddy.
    Many hours of play there.
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    That's fascinating mate. A certain amount of head scratching went on there I'll bet

    BUT! Did you cheat or did you turn the balls too
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