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Quasi's Nightmare

Project by Cedrus posted 608 days ago 1226 views 15 times favorited 24 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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


24 comments so far

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cajunpen

5968 posts in 960 days


posted 608 days ago

Wow, that is an incredible piece. The design and wood selection really make this a very special piece. Great job.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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motthunter

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posted 608 days ago

crazy and really cool.

-- making sawdust....

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toyguy

720 posts in 732 days


posted 608 days ago

That’s my kind of stuff….. Fun to build, play with and a great conversation piece.

And welcome to LJ

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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Scott Bryan

20668 posts in 717 days


posted 608 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.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Harry72

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posted 608 days ago

Cool!

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dennis mitchell

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posted 608 days ago

Have you lost your marbles?

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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GaryK

9528 posts in 883 days


posted 608 days ago

That is fantastic! I have never seen anything like it.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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DannyBoy

445 posts in 760 days


posted 608 days ago

How about a video of it working???

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

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Scot T

14 posts in 671 days


posted 608 days ago

Yes! A video, please.

Really great piece!

-- Scot, SW Washington

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CharlieM1958

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posted 608 days ago

Fantastic!

(P.S. I’ll bet GaryK is already planning his own version. <g>)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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romansfivefive

258 posts in 668 days


posted 608 days ago

that is such a neat project. i would love to see it work too

-- www.robneves.com

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Damian Penney

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posted 608 days ago

:) Love it.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

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David

92 posts in 610 days


posted 608 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

-- Islandwoodworker@Gmail.com

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Blake

2757 posts in 769 days


posted 608 days ago

Very cool! Beautiful and amazingly engineered. I would love to see it work. Can you post a video?

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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clieb91

681 posts in 830 days


posted 608 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

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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Douglas Krueger

379 posts in 618 days


posted 608 days ago

I love it, memories of childhood games and the sounds of marbles on wood.

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

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rikkor

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posted 607 days ago

Zounds! That is absolutely amazing. Only 200 hours to build? Good work.

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Napaman

3488 posts in 972 days


posted 607 days ago

wow…200 hours…seems…this would take me 600…amazing work…Welcome to LJ’s!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Marge

144 posts in 848 days


posted 607 days ago

So many interesting pieces to make, very interesting.

-- Marge, Colorado

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 618 days


posted 607 days ago

Very nice! Gotta see it in action.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Cedrus

71 posts in 608 days


posted 603 days ago

Thanks for the kind remarks…I’ll get the video link on soon!

-- Cedrus of British Columbia

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pinkfish

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posted 566 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. :)

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Zuki

1229 posts in 972 days


posted 566 days ago

I would love to see a video

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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Andraxia

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posted 404 days ago

Did you work from a plan? If so where did you get the plan?

-- The wood slayer - Yes dear I did plan to make more kindling out of that wood I have been drying for the last year - honest!

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