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Good afternoon & Seasons Greetings to all. This is my first attempt to communicate via the Lunberjocks forum, so would appreciate your patience. I am looking for plans for an ‘old fashioned marble game’ that my wife promised my grandson I would build for Christmas; our celebration is yet 5 days away. The design that I am looking for has 2 upright channels, connected by 4+ sloped horizontal channels, which empty into a box at the bottom. Drop the marble in the top channel and it zig-zags to the bottom. I know that this is very a very basic project, but I would appreciate some dimensions, sketch, etc. Thanks in advance for any response….

-- Bob

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patron home \| projects \| blog 12059 posts in 1510 days #1 posted 148 days ago	go here http://lumberjocks.com/search_results?cx=016283335483199634424%3A4na88symhay&cof=FORID%3A9&safe=high&q=marble+games& from the search at top right of every page -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
thedude50 home \| projects \| blog 3316 posts in 647 days #2 posted 148 days ago	I think Norm Abram made a marble drop like this I looked but I dont have the plan but you could check his website at newyankke.com and look for the plans good luck and welcome to lumberjocks Merry Christmas ! -- when I am not on Lumberjocks I am on @ http://thisoldworkshop.com where we allow free speech
clieb91 home \| projects \| blog 2674 posts in 2104 days #3 posted 148 days ago	Welcome Aboard Bob, Merry Christmas. Here are a few links I found online regarding the idea I believe you are looking for. http://theworkbenchutah.wordpress.com/ http://www.amishworkshops.com/item/Double-Marble-Race-197 Norms Marble Run Plans There doe not seem to be a lot of plans but these give you some dimensions and maybe a starting point. Good Luck with it an look forward to seeing it posted here. CtL -- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."
Grumpymike home \| projects \| blog 632 posts in 484 days #4 posted 148 days ago	WOW Clieb that’s a ton of information. I never knew that there were that many variations to the old ‘marble chase’. And the LJ’S come through again!! Yeah team … -- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.

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