llars

if you havent bought any yet, you can get them from amazon.it and they ship to the States. Took about a week and a half, they shipped out of GB to Calif My regular amazon login worked and i used google translate to get me through checkout. http://www.amazon.it/Quercetti-2530-Marbles-Refill-Ricambio/dp/B00TWFXCEA

I got them a couple of days ago but I have nothing built to test them with. The packaging says they are 14mm. This is the video which turned me onto them, it shows them in use in a ball factory. He has a few other videos too.

I whipped this up today, I'd appreciate feedback. Here's the .mpd http://www.filedropper.com/newspirallift_1

Hello. I'm curious to know if anyone has tinkered with the design of the spiral lift in the ball factory so that the front loader feeds properly? I had an idea that if there were more space on either side of the lift that the balls would be able to pass through but I have serious concerns that the balls won't go up the tubing. There's also some stability concerns with my current design. I've attached an image below of what I came up with in regards to this. My other thought on this would be to only widen the side opposite the lift which would still result in a few balls getting stuck on the front right side but I think the rest would pass through on the left. I'm playing with this idea now. And speaking of balls, I am not sure if this has been discussed as an alternative before but I found a source for some alternative balls that I saw someone else use with the factory in a Youtube video. They are 14mm balls for marble run toys. The only source I can find for them is Amazon.it but I was able to get two packages shipped here to the US. Here's the link. http://www.amazon.it...o/dp/B00TWFXCEA