| Project by Cedrus | posted 105 days ago | 493 views | 6 times favorited | 23 comments | ![]() |
Made from many species (count them) and about 200 hours. Original plan came from Forrest Designs. I added all wood except marble delivery tube. Zylophone is made from Cocobolo. Finished with Watco natural oil. The marble machine had no base so I designed and built this one with Wenge legs and some maple and blood wood for bling. Marbles are functional as they come down two different routes and ring bells along the way-thus the name as no one should ring Quasi’s bells!
-- Cedrus of British Columbia
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23 comments so far
cajunpen
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posted 105 days ago
Wow, that is an incredible piece. The design and wood selection really make this a very special piece. Great job.
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motthunter
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posted 104 days ago
crazy and really cool.
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toyguy
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posted 104 days ago
That’s my kind of stuff….. Fun to build, play with and a great conversation piece.
And welcome to LJ
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Scott Bryan
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posted 104 days ago
Cedrus,
This is a beautiful piece. I am sure that it is the focal point of the room. It certainly would get my attention.
Thanks for the post.
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Harry72
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posted 104 days ago
Cool!
dennis mitchell
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posted 104 days ago
Have you lost your marbles?
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GaryK
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posted 104 days ago
That is fantastic! I have never seen anything like it.
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DannyBoy
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posted 104 days ago
How about a video of it working???
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Scot T
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posted 104 days ago
Yes! A video, please.
Really great piece!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 104 days ago
Fantastic!
(P.S. I’ll bet GaryK is already planning his own version. <g>)
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romansfivefive
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posted 104 days ago
that is such a neat project. i would love to see it work too
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Damian Penney
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posted 104 days ago
:) Love it.
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David
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posted 104 days ago
What a piece of art. Anyone interested in rolling ball sculpture check out this guy. http://www.eddiesmind.com/rbs.html or search for rolling ball sculptures. Just an outstanding example of craftsmanship. Would like to see more of the “marble pump” ~ it looks different than outhers I’ve seen.
David
Blake
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posted 104 days ago
Very cool! Beautiful and amazingly engineered. I would love to see it work. Can you post a video?
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clieb91
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posted 104 days ago
Cedrus, Welcome Aboard.
Very cool piece. I second, third or forth the request for a video of it in action.
Looking orward to seeing more pieces.
CtL
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Douglas Krueger
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posted 104 days ago
I love it, memories of childhood games and the sounds of marbles on wood.
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rikkor
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posted 104 days ago
Zounds! That is absolutely amazing. Only 200 hours to build? Good work.
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Napaman
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posted 103 days ago
wow…200 hours…seems…this would take me 600…amazing work…Welcome to LJ’s!!!
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Marge
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posted 103 days ago
So many interesting pieces to make, very interesting.
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brianinpa
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posted 103 days ago
Very nice! Gotta see it in action.
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Cedrus
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posted 99 days ago
Thanks for the kind remarks…I’ll get the video link on soon!
-- Cedrus of British Columbia
pinkfish
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posted 62 days ago
That is pretty amazing, I have thought about trying a marble thingy on and off but they appear a bit daunting to me. :)
Zuki
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posted 62 days ago
I would love to see a video
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