I love watching Marten's designs evolve.

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've lost interest in watching his videos due to the new direction of the marble machine. I enjoyed the previous one as an art piece but then Martin got obsessed with perfection and turned it into a soulless bland engineering project with a frustratingly poor understanding of engineering.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I also miss the old version. that marble lift was so cool. seems a shame to have scrapped it instead of making some music, whatever it wound up being. on the other hand, I assume when this version gets further along it'll start coming to together like the last.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still watch his videos and in my opinion he has seem to improved a bit when it comes to understanding engineering. He still has some obsession with perfection but not as much back in the MMX era (the current machine is actually called MM3)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just couldn't forgive him after he tried to design his own crappy version of pillow blocks. It was at that point that I knew the machine wasn't going to be either an amazing art piece or an amazing piece of engineering.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    At least he's starting to take feedback better https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzhaz7WsJ-A he decided on more traditional pillow blocks and the flywheel mounted to the shaft via a shaft clamp

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh he is STILL at it? Wow, that's 5 years? Or more? Gotta give him this: he's persistent! I watched him at first, even if it's infuriating at times, but eventually even I lost interest, and I build shit like that myself. No marble machine, but giant mechanical calculators, a pneumatic organ, boats etc But I think that's what happens when musicians fabricate stuff. I know one who builds his dream guitar for 16 years. Next year he'll be done. So he says. But then again, so he says for 15 years.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Any idea what filament he is using? I'd like something like that

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    *Marble Machine 3. The Marble Machine X was the one that Martin cancelled.

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