Rube Goldberg Machine with Rubber Bands and Marbles
Incredibly satisfying video from Kaplamino on YouTube. Definitely putting this on the ‘cold, snowed in weekend in February’ inspiration list!
The most complicated trick was the stack marble effect at 0:10 (check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UHS8… to learn more about it). The spacing between the two marbles had to be exactly the right one for it to work. This trick caused 90% of the fails.
My favorite part and the main idea of this video is as you can guess the loop. It’s very satisfying. And what impresses me the most is the simplicity of the launch system, just 2 dominoes and a rubber band. And surprisingly it works almost every time
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