Building The Marble Pump

Also see ron walters demonstrating his marble pump.

Building the marble pump.

But i wanted to make a set of plans available for this marble block set so i needed to find a way to build it using more commonly available machines. Http woodgears ca marbles plans building the marble pump which is at the heart of the modular marble machine. The reason i like this pump design is because it doesn t let the marbles clack together when there are no marbles in the feeder. How the marble pump works the marble pump is the heart of the lego marble machine as well as the wooden marble machine 1.

In order to guide the pieces and the marbles most of the movement and working is hidden from view. I m just using a table saw drill press and bandsaw to build this marble pump. When i first built this marble pump i milled it out of a solid block of maple using my slot mortiser. It is also less likely to jam then a previous model i built update added a picture of the pump installed in the dragon marble reservoir.