Archimedes Marble Roller Coaster Movie

[AvaliaKasa]

You should get paid for this kind of thing. Like, paid to make roller coasters in amusement parks. This is awesome.

[Grautaz]

Mute... Nice though. (I wouldn't have the patients)

[ChrisShute55]

Huh... my last name is shute, and this was uploaded on my birthday o.o

[domino37379]

that is awsome

[MarioMarioBW]

God...Oshi-! Just imagine yourself on a rollercoaster track just like this one going at the same speed as the marbles on this video...Let the shrieks begin. Great coaster, good job +1 like.

[mdscms]

@MarioMarioBW - Too kind! Thank you! :-)

[iamstormtrooper]

For a second there I thought I saw the Boardwalk Rollercoaster.

[Jcrexxor]

Now I wish I could be a marble for a day.

[DoneAndDust]

I just find it weird how something like that can take so long...

[mdscms]

@DoneAndDust - took a long ~4 month break in the middle of it b/c I had run out of patience. :-)

[DoneAndDust]

@mdscms Ah ok. :)

[raymondo162]

Very nice. Very nice indeed

[fatfolk225]

srry i just had to dance

[hey70872]

how do you make things like this its So beast

[mdscms]

@hey70872 - Draw it out on graph paper first. Glad you like it.

[Shadowlink3000GAIA]

Throw some dubstep on here and name it dubstep roller coaster...........watch the views skyrocket

[CrayfishYAY]

Ok, I know part of the thing is made out of toothpicks, but what are the tracks made out of?

[mdscms]

@CrayfishYAY - Actually no toothpicks. It's all balsa wood and the track is simply a piece of posterboard. :-)

[haroldcuber615]

@mdscms you cut a full piece of wood down to chopstick sized pieces? why not just use chopsticks?

[trainfandan]

@szdanielsz13 hey wuzzup

[rachrach2929]

THAT IS SOOO COOL!!!

[LolRogerr]

Damn u like a boss this is just boss man i wish i cud do that..

[slipknot5577]

I WANT IT

[anotherNYer]

Fantastic. 

[TheStickmen101]

now make just a little wider to put the new hot wheels camera car in it

[TheQvanty]

If that was a real life roller coaster i would like to try it out :D

[celticpath71]

That is amazing! :D

[Coasterdude02149]

That's absolutely fantastic! Beautiful curves to the design too!

[mdscms]

@Coasterdude02149 - THANK YOU and Happy Thanksgiving! Glad you like it!

[jrthetucan]

thats awesome



[tsnlawson]

Good to know. I will start with the elevator and work my way up. Thanks for the suggestions, T

[tsnlawson]

How long is the elevator dowel end to end?  I think that is where I will start by building the elevator unit first....I think LOL

[mdscms]

@tsnlawson Dowel rod is approximately 32" long, but you'd have to make yours to fit your hill. I HIGHLY recommend drawing each and every section of track on graph paper first (to scale). I used 1/2" = 1" or "half scale". This helped immensely in letting me know where each track-supporting crossbar (stick) was needed.

[tsnlawson]

did you use a computer program to design this? where did you begin? I have a motor & I am beginning there, but MAN....this is mind boggling...lol....any help on measurements would be great...thanks, T

[mdscms]

@tsnlawson No comp prog. Simply trial & error. Rolling steel balls on large poster board held approx at heights and dips I had drawn. I encourage u to use the STRAIGHTEST dow you can find. I used two layers of weather stripping as the "screw gear". To make the large straight pieces of track, I literally used very large graph paper and drew a 1.5" grid. I placed the vertical sticks ON the vert lines and the horiz sticks' TOP edge right on/below the horiz lines. Then stood them up when they dried.

[edmcadam]

sweet!



[veneratedaniel]

that is freaken SICK !!!!!

[supermonkeyballboy]

Very cool, Mark! Also, I liked how you got a better view on everything than the last video.