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Haven't posted since last winter, so took me a while to figure out this web page :) For more details, see my woodworking site using this link. I made a YouTube video of the model in action. You can use this link to see the video.

My in-laws are crazy about games, any kind of game. Last winter I was introduced to what they simply called "the board game", which turned out to be Wahoo, or Aggravation as most know it. I was hooked immediately. The board they used was an old sheet of T1-11 siding with holes drilled through...

I made this Cherry 2'x2' four player Aggravation Game Board for a neighbor/friend. He asked for two boards a 4 player and a 6 player game board. I had to make a template for both board and Zachary our neighbor came over to help with the drilling of all the holes in the template. I'll post the 6...

Here is a kinetic marble gadget I've been working on. I hope to use it as a prototype and R&D for a couple more I need to make. (Grand kids, you know!) It took quite a bit of tinkering and tweaking it to get the "valve" opening right, the ramp angle right (10 degrees finally) and the arm...

I saw a picture of marble machine years ago and I finally got around to trying to make my own. I seriously had doubts about getting it working; so I didn't want to invest money in nice wood. Therefore, besides the dowels, everything you see was made from a scrap 2×4. As expected, it was a...

I have wanted to build a marble machine for as long as I can remember and just never got the chance. Well, I recently got the opportunity to get plans for one and jumped at the chance. building this has been the most fun I have had in the wood shop in a long time. Each and every step of the way...

This wooden marble run is inspired from the Marble Chest from Forest Street Designs. This marble run is intended as a toy for a family near Bogota (Colombia). It is slightly smaller and simplier than the FSD chest. I didn't have very much time because of the preparations of a much bigger project...

I like this box! I think it looks pretty good, and I've never seen one quite like it. It started with an idea… build a box for a brother in law that collects marbles. It's about 12' x 9" x 4" high. I made smallish compartments to hold some of his favorites. It doesn't really allow them...

I finished my second marble machine, the Marble Machine 2.1. It was designed my Matthius Wandel. Here is his site. If you've never seen any of his work, go check out his site. He has some amazing plans available. I have built his band saw, and now this. The plans for both are straightforward...

This marble machine has a tipping container that hold up to 1030 marbles which will be released all at the same time when the container is full. Then the 1030 marbles will race down the tracks with colorful obstacles. A lifting system will transport the marbles back to the top. There are also...

I did a WIP and posted in my Blog HERE Here are the finished Games

This came out really cool! I was originally trying to create a baked marble effect. (a sort of cracked glass look) Apparently it is not noticeable in black marbles. Which make perfect sense in hindsight (as most things do!) Finished with wipe on poly, the oak and mulberry seem to go well...

This box (Marble Machine) produces silly sounds… Put a bering ball on the red chute, it rolls down a carrousel chute which swings the ball to one of the 15 holes leading to different items to produce the sounds. The items are a door bell (on the red door!), clock gong (the black spiral thing)...

This marble run is intended to a son of a customer from my web site. It has 5 paths and lots of bells, chimes, funnels and a metalophone. Note the white box, it will hide marbles inside until it release all marbles at once. I work 3 months on it (mostly routing, sawing, sanding and painting)...

UPDATE 19-08: I am making a Marble Machine for Maron, a son from a customer who visited my site. It has a spiral elevator in the center of the cube shaped marble machine. The spiral elevator is driven by a 24 volts motor underneath the funnel shaped bottom (near the wooden xylophone). The...

For those interested in making wood games of all sorts you just can't beat "Board And Table Games From Many Civilizations", a book by R.C.Bell in the Dover catalogue. There are dozens and dozens described in it with plenty of line drawings, photos and diagrams. Many are familiar, such as chess...

this is a game i grew up playing with my family, most people know it as yahoo or wahoo but some of us know it as murder (play against three sisters and you'll know why). the flip side can be used as a chess or checker board.

I made a Chinese Checker Board that can hang on the wall while storing marbles in the board. It's made of Maple and Redheart. Check out the YouTube video if you want to see how I did it… I also provided a drill template for anyone that wants to make one themselves...