Materials

After tens of prototypes with different materials we found and decided on materials found at a hobby store. I strongly recommend visiting a hobby store to find materials, it's a great place for these kinds of projects. The plastic sheet that we used is called Styrene Sheet used to create miniature models. The sheet has grids which makes it easy to cut with a normal knife and any plastic bond can be used to put it together. This material was used to create the slots of the machine and the slider that opens and closes to drop the marble, which is all attached to the Rack and Gear Pinion and motor. In the next post I will talk about the Rack and Gear Pinion.



For the marble reservoir, the center block that was holding the motors and slots, and the result container we used ready made pieces that we found at the container store.