Marble Pump Lego

Lego great ball contraption gbc module with a simple pump mechanism.

Marble pump lego.

Great as a starting module as it only uses ordinary parts. Early experiments at building marble pumps out of legos back in 1996. The marble pump is the heart of the lego marble machine as well as the wooden marble machine 1. The pump is always the thing that looks like magic because the pump itself occupies a very small space.

Markus posed the problem of building a marble pump which would elevate marbles by adding marbles to the bottom of a column of marbles and push them up. All the observer sees is that marbles fall. First i explain you how i made 3d printable parts which fit the duplo bricks. Lego gbc marble pump v3 no motor needed.

Lego hexbug racing with raspberry pi and scratch duration. In order to guide the pieces and the marbles most of the movement and working is hidden from view. A pump is one of the most classic gbc great ball contraption modules but is indeed difficult to get right one of the best illustrations i know is on this site. The marble pump is compatible with lego duplo bricks and designed to use with hubelino marble tracks.

The lego marble machine it all started christmas 1996 when my brother markus pulled out the big box of legos at home and we started building various little machines again. I built a 3x3 version narrowing it to 2 5x 2 5 with serveral tricks because 3x3 would be too wide. Controls the lego gbc. Jack s video blog is cool today because i just perfected my lego marble pump.

A new ball takes a place beneath another ball and then pushes them up. If you think you have the time and patience to assemble your own gbc with near clockwork precision verbeek has made the plans available to download. Can pump up to 3 marbles. Second i show you how is designed the marble pump witch lift the marbles from the finish to the start of the hubelino tracks.

They don t fit into standard 2x2 lego dots marble pumps.