This has been my favorite episode; I really mean that.

@mgweatherman08

3 жыл бұрын

Mines too! This episode really made it seem like a corner has been turned! So satisfying!

@Wintergatan

3 жыл бұрын

@@mgweatherman08 It totally feels like a corner has been turned! The new marble gate hasnt failed once since i put it on, And Earlier when i fixed stuff there was always something else falling down somewhere else, this time i did 7 fixes and that resulted in 0 Fails. Lots and lots of more issues will appear when i start using more of the instruments at the same time, but feels like our current plan is working. 20000 Marbles using two channels and marble divider is the next target, then MAYBE i can keep doubling every wednesday... that would be cool.

@nestormorberg1211

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wintergatan very cool!

@Wintergatan

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! so happy that the machine seems to be under control for the first time

@MG24998

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. Even though I’m just a subscriber watching this fantastic journey of the MMX, this result was actually what you and us all needed; a revenge. The feeling of finally seeing years of work being worth the effort. And I’m loving it. Keep it up Martin 🤘🏻

2019 : man loses his marbles 2020 : man gets his marbles together

@pvic6959

3 жыл бұрын

the year 2020 is a mess because there had to be balance in the universe. all the good vibes went to martin lolo

@twistaj32

3 жыл бұрын

seems hes the only one

@elvis_mello

3 жыл бұрын

@@pvic6959 I would be careful wishing another type of vibrations

@bobkinhopwood861

3 жыл бұрын

he's probably the only person geting his marbles together this year

@gerrenoff

3 жыл бұрын

just oposite of the world, now :)

Normal musicians: My E string is a little flat Martin: There's a problem with the planetary gear set

@diznuts7225

3 жыл бұрын

@Michael Colvin yay

@Punygeoduck-xz8jg

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean... Martian 🤐

"Pain is temporary. Friction is forever." That's a great quote.

@Stemaa1

3 жыл бұрын

one second later: removes the text using friction xD

@szymongrabarczyk3561

3 жыл бұрын

Pain is forever, until you remove friction

@robertmarmaduke9721

3 жыл бұрын

DHL driver to music venue, "Uhhh, we hit a pretty big pothole on the way over here." 10,000 marbles on the floor.

@Sun_Tzu1

3 жыл бұрын

what do you mean friction is forever? SANDPAPEEEEER! Lol jk

@marcusdirk

3 жыл бұрын

I liked "If something happens one time, we have to make it impossible."

This mans dedication to getting a 100% efficient custom made marble player is keeping me going right now.

@Ta-ll

3 жыл бұрын

This comment sounds like an Undertale save point. It's also very true

@FlipperinoPasterino

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ta-ll you are filled with determination

Martin, a good test you could have done to help determine how much resistance you removed would have been to measure the amperage of the electric motor before and after your tweaks. You could also still add in an in-line amperage meter to see if you develop any additional resistance in the future after running the machine for extended periods by taking an initial reading and comparing it down the road. Great job BTW.

@ejmtv3

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that is genius

@elminz

3 жыл бұрын

iirc the motor is driven with a VESC, which has onboard current sensing + graphing in the interface app.

@dorusie5

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Baseline testing!

@ratchet1freak

3 жыл бұрын

or measure the wind-down time after removing power. The long it runs on just the flywheel the less loss through friction

@foxxyytofficial

3 жыл бұрын

@@elminz yeah, you are correct

Lol the stray marble causing “ghost sound” 😂😂😂😂 so glad for you that you found it before taking all the things apart!!

@EntergeticalakaBot

3 жыл бұрын

Im liking until its 69 edit: i reloaded after 3 seconds and it came from 66 to 113

@KAINARTZ

3 жыл бұрын

imagine if that actually got stuck in there that would be disastrous wouldnt it

@NF-le7wc

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment on that

@D3nn1s

3 жыл бұрын

I though someone was ringing the doorbell for 20s lol :D

@FirebladeXXL

3 жыл бұрын

i built a new pc last weekend. when i booted it up to see if everything works, something made a high pitched hissing sound and i was like noooo what if one of the fans is rattling or somethings fucked up. i opened the case and realized a cable tie was scratching against the cpu fan. i was so reliefed, cause it was the easiest fix possible. martin must have felt exactly this way.

"Forget the results, focus on the system, kids." Damn, I really, really needed to hear that today.

Dad: I think you should pursue a career in engineering. Mom: I would love it if you pursued a career in music. Martin: Ok

@itbemccoy7606

3 жыл бұрын

And he wanted to be a youtuber

@qrae_qrae6629

3 жыл бұрын

but he didn't want tò dissapoint his parents

This thing will become a legendary item at one of the world's most prestigious museums one day.

@dhananjayringe

3 жыл бұрын

Museums store dead entities. Let this be out in the open playing till the end of time

@maximusowo

3 жыл бұрын

@@OHOE1 wintergatan is the swedish translation of the glaxy we live in ie, the milky way.

@PeterPan-fb3xg

3 жыл бұрын

Im very impressed of the marble machine.. but is it not like a very big watch with a bunch of complications?

@Tattootin

3 жыл бұрын

Or

@itszitchy

3 жыл бұрын

More than that. It costs 200,000 dollars to play this instrument.. For 12 seconds......

Normally I feel like I'm watching "Martin stuggles" this week felt more like "Martin completed" Great job, been watching since episode 1

The Wintergatan Marble Machine, now available as World’s Most Expensive Metronome!

@lichguard

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@exintrovert6803

3 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it XD

@exintrovert6803

3 жыл бұрын

It is absolutely perfect though!

This is how a true genius looks like, I'm speechless

"I found where the vibration is coming from!" This was, in fact, *not* where the vibration was coming from.

@KitZunekaze

3 жыл бұрын

More precisely, it wasn't the ONLY place that the vibrations were coming from. He'd made the silly assumption that there was only one problem somewhere in the machine, instead of 10.

@garnknopf155

3 жыл бұрын

@@KitZunekaze yes its name isnt marble machine X for nothing

@bottomode7366

3 жыл бұрын

@@garnknopf155 I see what you did there

@4g4m3n0n

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure why I read the second line in Morgan Freeman's voice, but here we are.

@nimennacnamme6328

3 жыл бұрын

Vibration goes brrr

"Making up for my past mistakes is the best of all feelings" Every human would love that opportunity, especially KZreadrs

@kekkaisenn6497

3 жыл бұрын

Its never to late to change something. At least when its on your end.

After rebuilding his truck's diesel engine, a friend was frustrated for days by a similar "ghost sound". His "marble on the belt" was a 10mm socket that had fallen between the crank shaft pulley and the timing belt. It took about a week of daily driving for the socket to wear enough of a groove in both the belt and the pulley that, rather than being pinched out of the way, it was finally able to be trapped and carried around the pulley. The added tension on the belt from the ingested socket caused a catastrophic failure that blasted the timing case cover to pieces. Unfortunately, the loss of timing control also caused the pistons to hit the valves. This shattered valves, broke pistons and bent connecting rods. It also lifted the cam shafts, destroying the heads. Two lessons learned. 1. Always find the origin of ghost sounds. 2 Never start the engine until that missing "marble" has been found.

@henryrodgers7386

3 жыл бұрын

My cousin decided to change the oil in his girlfriend's Mazda pickup, but he broke the filler cap. So he stuffed some red shop rags in, and drove it about 15 miles to go get a new cap. He noticed the rags were gone, and assumed they'd fallen out... Girlfriend gets her truck back, and hears a weird noise in the top of the engine... You can see where this is going. The whole engine had red cotton strands everywhere. It wound up being completely worthless. Needless to say, my cousin got his backside kicked to the curb... And not six months later, he filled his boss' Dodge Ram 3500 work truck full of gasoline. Two lessons learned HERE: Do not put rags near spinny things, and keep Mark away from anything mechanical.

@JoeBattle

3 жыл бұрын

That damned 10mm always not where it should be.

@sketchylandbeast4378

3 жыл бұрын

My heart hurts reading this

@jordanwebb3728

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeBattle next time I can't find my 10mm i'm checking inside my engine

@blakemicah9780

3 жыл бұрын

I would cry for days

Holy hell. When did Wintergatan become so inspiring? The whole focus on methods, systems, dealing with failure, keeping motivation. This feels like a show about growing up, hidden behind a persons struggle to master the world's most complicated project. I love it.

@CalebBohanon

3 жыл бұрын

This is a show that has been happening for years. We are lucky to be around when it's happening 👌

@pierQRzt180

3 жыл бұрын

The shows gets more value as it proceeds

3 жыл бұрын

wow, yeah! I'm a software engineer and this was so inspiring to watch, how you can in mechanical engineering try to work with a single parameter at a time in such an extremely methodical way! And all the time finding value and happiness in the small steps!

This is the most catharsis that has ever been observed on the Wintergatan channel. I actually cried. It feels so good watching you work so hard for it to finally get to this point. This is a milestone.

@TheBengineer3712

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Happy tears.

@humanman9942

3 жыл бұрын

29:32 IT'S OVER 9000!!!!

The level of engineering is something I can't even pretend to understand. There is also something beautiful with having such intimate knowledge to fine tune a complex machine. This guy just oozes talent.

Teacher: What instrument do you play? Him: M A R B L E S

@NukelearFallout

3 жыл бұрын

Marbles can be a musical instrument; just as a hollow log produces a musical sound, so do marbles on different surfaces.

*Software developer* : "Yeah, code is compiling, I can't work atm..." *VFX artists* : "Yeah, it's rendering, I can't work atm..." *Martin* : "Yeah, it's dropping 10000 marbles, I can't work atm..."

@NKCubed

3 жыл бұрын

*procedes to do guitar solo*

@junkynioy

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Najolve

3 жыл бұрын

@@NKCubed Hmm, I wonder if my boss will let me bring in a guitar for when my code's compiling...even though I don't know how to play one

Super tip: To locate where sounds are coming from, use a long tube and hold it to your ear when you search around with the other end ;)

@therianCatastrophe

3 жыл бұрын

Genius!

@jakobhettinga1669

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this would be the funniest thing to watch as a third party

@MrDuck-cb2tb

3 жыл бұрын

Keep the likes at 69

@Nighthawkinlight

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's one I've not seen before. Great tip for all sorts of projects.

@danielwallace6422

3 жыл бұрын

I actually use this alot working on cars. It really really really works.

I LOVED this episode. Great energy and emotion. The constant joy of announcing the problem, followed by the disappointment of being wrong. It all made the result so satisfying! And then to top it off with Southpark! Brilliant!

Hands up for this wonderful duet !!! MMX snare drum + Martin's guitar 🤩🤩🤩

I feel he still missed one very important problem, and that wood (even plywood) shrinks and expands. So the tightness of the gears will depend upon weather when he starts playing in concerts.

@RobertKreegier

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about that, too. I don’t remember seeing him put any finish on the wooden parts, either. If anything, a wax would at least give a little lubrication.

@hairymcclairy3694

3 жыл бұрын

upvote so he sees!!!!

@smamwang

3 жыл бұрын

”upvote”

If he manages to finish this thing and get on stage with it, I swear, everything is possible. He already made me reconsider my own life in some ways. Hang in there.

@GrandmasterofWin

3 жыл бұрын

I went back to college for computer science and quit my dead end job because of these videos and also one day I was randomly inspired by Dark Souls. I realized that after playing for a while that what frustrated me was now enjoyable. Epiphany: if it works for Dark Souls then why not calculus?

@jangohemmes352

3 жыл бұрын

@@GrandmasterofWin Welcome to the club! IT is awesome and it'll give you a challenge everyday

@patrickbodine6010

3 жыл бұрын

It will be an *EPIC* concert. 😉👍👍

He is like that strange inventor in a game, could imagine him 500 years ago telling people he build a flying machine and no one would believe it.

@FrankHarwald

3 жыл бұрын

You mean Apple Kid? Apple Kid > Orange Kid!

17:13 This feels like an animated short-movie I'd find in my recommended. I also completely forgot how good you were at playing guitar.

@jackmcgowan6653

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know the name of the song

@omarpachecovelasquez304

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackmcgowan6653 i NEED the name of that song

Seeing Martin playing the guitar at 28:28 suddenly made me remember that Martin is a really talented musician, and now I'm even more excited for music with the MMX

@ObesityStupidity

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I miss his small Besecamp releases from these videos(

In these longer tests a good quality thermal camera would identify further friction.... just a thought. Keep going!

@andreasSoyland

3 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant idea!

@Shinigumi

3 жыл бұрын

You should mention this on the Discord if you haven't already. :) That's where the MMX team is mostly tracking suggestions right now.

@waylonk2453

3 жыл бұрын

That's a brilliant idea! Also, I can't help but think that it would reveal a discouraging number of hot spots

@paulyoung181

3 жыл бұрын

By adding piezo sensors to key bearing areas, you could more quickly find problems.

@dirtbuilder4615

3 жыл бұрын

I litteraly wanted to Wirte the same thing and the same your comment

As a master machinist and a guitar repair person. this combination of machine technology and music is fascinating ! Outstanding work !!

The TRUE art here is your commitment and dedication to this project! THANK YOU for sharing it with us! GREAT JOB

Martin: "We did it! 10,000 marbles without fail!" Me: *thinking about the original marble machine video with 10,000 marbles on the floor at the end* "Well, how far we have come..."

@waylonk2453

3 жыл бұрын

I also couldn't help but think about all the spilt marbles in the original video

@nolongerlistless

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Martin has spent 4 years pefecting a very large metronome! Hurray! 😳🤭😉😆🤣💐💐💐 Well, a bit more than that: it is, as metronomes go, one with huge potential for future melody and harmony making! It is the bottom line!

@noesunyoutuber7680

3 жыл бұрын

@@nolongerlistless In that sense a human is just a big, fragile, and inconsistent metronome. The marble machine's ability to play acoustic and electroacoustic instruments is the real draw. It's an analog sequencer, the kind of tool commonplace in digital but unavailable to traditional musicians. Calling it a metronome kinda undersells what this thing is.

This is a _FANTASTIC_ milestone. I don't think that I can overstate how incredible this is.

This was unexpectedly touching. You've created more than a contraption here, you have captured imaginations and hearts. Truly an inspirational video... almost, it seems, on accident. Thank you for this moving work of art...I've been a fan since I first heard the machine in the background of a meme and I had to chase down the original video here.

Just a thought: have you tried a dial indicator for measuring true center for your gears? They have them available for precision machining and lathe operators, measured in thousandths of metric/US units. This would allow you to fine tune your gears to within fractions of a human hair. Assuming your parts are precision machined, this would all but eliminate vibration and oscillations entirely.

Martin, you are a huge source of inspiration to me. I am a biomedical sciences Ph.D. student and I keep images of the MMX all around me in my office to remind me that no matter how many obstacles come between me and finishing my goal, I must always carry on and take the next step. One step at a time. One marble at a time. You will get there. I believe.

Building the MMX is like writing software: you spend the first 90% of your time writing the code, and the last 90% debugging it. Glad to see you working these bugs out and making progress. Thanks for sharing!

@DominioSantos

3 жыл бұрын

and marbles on the floor are those damn memory leaks.

@AttilaAsztalos

3 жыл бұрын

In my experience, you spend 90% of your time writing 90% of the code, another 90% of your time writing the rest of 10% and the rest of your life debugging it (unless you give up early).

@rgoodwinau

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought. We are now in performance and stress testing. The end (of version 1.0) is near!!

@dvandamme00

3 жыл бұрын

it would be interesting seeing some stats on professions of the people here... loads and loads of engineers and software devs....

@theblackbaron4119

3 жыл бұрын

@@AttilaAsztalos Or try the Ubisoft approach. Copy paste and then burn down the server farm.

20:39 "It only happened one time. But if something happens one time, we have to make it impossible."

This is downright inspiring, sir. Bless your patience, diligence, and the humility to share all your failures and learnings with us.

Request: The final test is a 3 hour livestream of the original MM song.

@jamesallen4050

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that the final tests are going to have to be with all channels in use, and we gonna hear some sweet tunes!

@billkeithchannel

3 жыл бұрын

Me: 3 hours into 10 hours of Owl City - Fireflies KZread: New upload - 10 hours of Marble Machine Song played on the MMX! Me: YES!!!!!

@NightVisionOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

I want this

@ulysseslee9541

3 жыл бұрын

The original MM song with MMX is a must😍

@illustriouschin

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you want to listen to the same song for 3 hours?

Martin, there are 2 machines you’re looking after: MMX and yourself. You look exhausted after all that! You can slow down a bit and rest more. We’ll still be here

Im not sure if you are brilliant or insane, but there is no denial of the fact you are incredibly talented.

I'm so glad you've decided to keep slaying the dragons but I'm really going to miss this time watching with excitement, hopes and joy. I'll always be rooting for you Martin even if the machine is never completed. I've learned so much from this whole community. Thank you so much to everyone for inspiring me over the years. Especially this last year.

You are in the fine tuning phase. Small changes that have huge reliability affects. That's an amazing place to be, Martin. You're so close. So close. Keep going. Keep letting the structured testing and troubleshooting guide your actions. You've got this. And you're crushing it.

Hey Martin, don't forget to coat your metal parts colliding with marbles like 19:35 and 20:42 to reduce the volume of the collisions, coating your rails might be good too as the location allows a loud resonance.

You truly are creating a modern work of fantasy. Thankyou for gifting the universe with novelty.

I am a technical man all of my life and appreciate your attention to detail and your diagnosis skills. Great project.

You are so deeply involved in problem solving mood that maybe you can't realize that the mmx journey is the goal, not the mmx itself. You have built a passionate and friendly community which will listen to your mesmerizing music with or without marbles. Thank you, Martin.

Martin few years back: "I want the drums to move up and down when a marble hits them" Martin now: 24:47

@racsofischer7601

3 жыл бұрын

basically this whole video is martin going from "I wanna copy the animusic videos" to a real engineering marvel.

@blahorgaslisk7763

3 жыл бұрын

Well a few episodes back he did say he's prepared to compromise on the aesthetics if it means much increased reliability or functionality. The marble funnels were originally designed to articulate a lot, but has over time been tightened up quite a bit which increased reliability, durability and generates less noise. The current design are however still articulating to a degree and give some of that visual feedback he originally envisioned. The drum never really moved enough to be visible from a distance so dampening that movement didn't impact the visuals by much. A lot of the visual theme was inspired by that marble drop music animation from some years back. Sorry can't remember the name. It showed an imaginary music machine where marbles were playing the instruments. Every instrument would articulate as would funnels making for a very compelling illusion of mechanics. In a real life marble machine things doesn't work as smoothly. Every marble has to hit the instrument at the same distance, at the same angle and at the same velocity every time to ensure that the marble will rebound close to exactly the same way every time and hit the funnel. By limiting the visual feed back in the instruments there is only the movements of the funnels that introduces some uncertainty as to exactly where the marbles will hit and if they will be safely collected by the funnel. Now it just has to be stress tested with a lot higher drop rates to see what happens with the funnel as it is hit by several marbles per second.

@blahorgaslisk7763

3 жыл бұрын

@@C4pt41nN3m0 Thank you! It's been so long since I saw that.

@MisterMatheusNeves

3 жыл бұрын

People said he was crazy but man needs to lose every hope to change : p

@greysonberndt6548

3 жыл бұрын

that's what the kinetic fingers are for lol

That guitar segment was giving me big Future Retro vibes, I love it

I would love to read a book at the end of all of this that describes your ideas and philosophy around approaching giant projects and the lessons you learnt from your big beautiful mad machine.

The most elaborate metronome in the world xD

I really feel like these videos are WAY more than just watching the construction of a machine. Its about how to overcome adversity. Seeing the mountain ahead of Martin and watching him just put one foot in front of the other, relentlessly moving forward is truly inspiring. Never give up Martin! When it comes to my area, I WILL be at your world tour.

@TobiasWeg

3 жыл бұрын

Me too:)

@4IN14094

3 жыл бұрын

Well, a spring scale pulling on the gates is simpler and faster and work about as good by all means but oh well...

@gizmo9987

3 жыл бұрын

Mcjesus, well said. Martin, I too will be at your world tour.

I just watched a crazy Swede troubleshoot his gigantic marble machine for 36 minutes. Time well spent 😁

This is the genius and dedication that few want and the rest don't believe exists.

“Pain is temporary, friction is forever” I mean he ain’t wrong, friction IS indeed forever

@doxielain2231

3 жыл бұрын

Entropy is forever.

@pvic6959

3 жыл бұрын

welllllllll friction will eventually wear away because the things grinding together will be reduced to dust

@d3vitron779

3 жыл бұрын

@@pvic6959 then the dust will grind against each other

@fletchro789

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Heat death of the universe.

@NicholasMarshall

3 жыл бұрын

He's still grasping for that angle grinder.. to solve all of his problems.

The detective process of tearing the machine down piece-by-piece to solve long-standing issues is one of the most satisfying things you've shown in this series.

Probably one of the most genuine individuals I have seen on KZread and this video deserves 10 million views. Truly inspirational. To you good sir, you are finding meaning in your life. To that, I cheers to.

Some people are so good they make you feel dumb, but this guy is so great he makes me feel smart.

Martin, I've been watching since the first episode, almost 4 years ago and I just wanted to share my utmost respect to what you are doing and what you've gone through to achieve this milestone. I think many many people would have stopped before and you've just shown an example of how to push yourself beyond your limits. So, to an epic journey, an epic quote for you and your team: "My Friends, you bow to no one." Take care and thank you.

@j.fruhling3061

3 жыл бұрын

Couldnt agree more!

it was so nice to see musical Marten playing with his baby instead of angle grinding Marten tearing it apart and trying to figure out what's broken.

@yjypyyj298

3 жыл бұрын

What video should we do next?

This was the first video of his that I've ever seen, I wasn't bored for even a second

Not kidding. The original Marble Machine video song is my ringtone. That's how much I love this.😢

When I starting watching this series, I thought I was watching a dude build a marble machine. It turns out you are actually answering some of life's important questions. This is a total trip my friend and I thank you.

@youssofk8094

3 жыл бұрын

ohh yes indeed you are 100% right my friend

I literally cried watching this. I've been watching since the day of the original MM and now I see the end is in sight. I'm absolutely going to miss seeing the build logs. I cannot wait to see this live. Even if I have to drive 7 hours to see/hear it. Keep moving forward, Martin. Our pain will be temporary, but the love we have for you and these videos will be forever.

The ending talk was incredibly motivational! You always hear about how you need to "break things down" but actually seeing it in progress as you develop a system to identify actionable short term goals to make significant process really puts things into perspective in a way that many "productivity gurus" just don't manage to get across. I wish I would have discovered this channel earlier, as this whole journey is amazing.

The standard of reliability you hold for your machine is so high, I do admire your dedication.

"Swedish man finally stops losing his marbles" So proud of you, Martin!!!! :D

Hey Martin! How about using a Thermal imaging device to spot areas that produces heat? Heat=Friction Just run the machine for some time, and the hot spots will light up pretty nice

@sonorational6521

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, that is a bit overkill, and Martin is skilled enough to know where to look for friction. And he already solved the issue

@ThanaLayla

3 жыл бұрын

I think its a great idea to keep in mind for final test of the machine to increase life expectancy as it already has a lot of damage from failures. which can cause new frictions, doesn't look like a problem now, but I think Martin has started a endless chase again. each year of testing the machine also going to slowly tear it down, always space for improvements. as it might reduce parts replacements over time. This is a long term project.

@danielf3623

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, if Martin were to buy an expensive high-tech device for troubleshooting, it should be an acoustic camera that colors areas by how much noise they're making.

@zhillic

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielf3623 A FLiR Addon to your phone costs you like 200 dollars, and thats 3rd gen. I have a CAT S61 phone, it has FLiR, i use it all the time on electronics, bearings, heat/cold loss in houses, picking out the coldest beverages in coolers, etc Besides, an acoustic camera sounds way more expensive, and not all frictions create sounds, but they create heat.

@MrJamesBanana

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielf3623 No need to buy it, you can rent it just for a day.

uh I LOVED this! I understood very little but people being passionate about their projects and improving on them is always great to watch. Loved the little piano break in the middle!

Love the journey of this episode ! So much more than just fixing a machine.

At this point I really think that "pain is temporary, friction is forever" is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. Following Martins amazing and hard journey is bringing so much joy through the screen. The downs have been horrible and the ups been further apart but grand. Thank you for producing this enchanting content! May the Marble Machine X spin forever

@jessiejanson1528

3 жыл бұрын

In a way, Friction can refer to other problems. It usually is for the best to suffer a bit of pain early if it means being free of problems from that point going forward.

Headlines read: Genius Obsesses Over Invention, Though Claims He's Lost Zero Marbles!

@IgnatRemizov

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!

@KermitFilms

3 жыл бұрын

I nominate this for the legendary comment hall of fame.

@liamsmith8518

3 жыл бұрын

jeez I took a double take when I saw this comment, I was so confused

@ChayComas

3 жыл бұрын

@@liamsmith8518 Lol! Sick profile pic!

@unifiedhorizons2663

3 жыл бұрын

Beat engineers are often have OCD or quirks that would drive normal person to madness

I loved the piano playing. Beautiful song.

MMX episode 200: "Machine has gain sentience. It wants to take over the world. Oh God.... What have I done.... What have I created...... What was it all for?" I'm so glad you are looking so optimistically at the progress of the marble machine! I've been watching since day one!

Can we just appreciate that the MMX is already more reliable than certain cars?

@LpSamuelm

3 жыл бұрын

My car keeps dropping all its marbles…

@Bill_N_ATX

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve worked on several systems where to go from 99.99% reliability to 99.999% cost millions. Going to 99.9999% and more is nuts.

@ERBanmech

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_N_ATX Yep, you can never reach 100% reliability since it would literally take infinite energy to make.

@benjamin_f_gates

3 жыл бұрын

@@LpSamuelm Hehe.

@benjamin_f_gates

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_N_ATX Martin definitely derserves a round-of-applause for this one.

Do not give up man, you've come way further than anyone else would have, finish it, you will be remembered.

@thescinema

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to say these exact words.

@CyberKnightX21

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing while watching through it. what are the chances that anyone else would have actually stuck with it this long to get this far?

@dylhole8401

3 жыл бұрын

This needs a pin and top likes

@captainprice2346

3 жыл бұрын

Who said he isn't remembered

@TorsosFancam

3 жыл бұрын

@@CyberKnightX21 he already did it once, this time its just much higher quality

I'm impressed. Great work with the design, engineering, production and problem solving.

Brother, the end of this video was extremely deep and hits hard. I’ve seen some of your stuff in the past and found it amazing, but this video was different and seemed more human. Still having humanity is something many have lost over time...something I’ve lost a lot of over time. What you are doing is next to impossible because your work is something that requires perfection from an artist, musician, and engineer and you are doing it yourself. This isn’t just a machine, it is the perfection of multiple fields that is nothing less than a legacy and life work, but it will be far more than that.

@NukelearFallout

3 жыл бұрын

I'm disturbed more than ever after seeing your profile picture.

@TheHookBoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@NukelearFallout Really? That’s me. I used do live body suspension performances. That was from one I did at a bar on Coney Island for a celebration. It is called an 8 point angel suspension and you can see why if you look at the ropes attached to the hooks: they make wings. It might be weird, but suspensions saved my life. Hell, I’ve had multiple people come up to me crying saying it was one of the most beautiful things they’ve seen...now that was weird to me but I am glad it somehow touched them.

@NukelearFallout

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHookBoy I only find it disturbing because I thought of the fact that kind of stuff happens unwillingly to some.. but, I didn't realize it was expressive art. I'm glad it has helped you, but in what ways would you say it helps you? Yeah, the people who say it's the most beautiful thing they've ever seen are twisted, but it never hurts to have fans. 😁

@NukelearFallout

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHookBoy Much love ❤✌🤟

@TheHookBoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@NukelearFallout I’m with you about how it touches others, especially when it is their first time ever seeing it; but I was happy it did even though I said “Why?” internally. 🤣 However, what you said about others unwillingly being put through that is actually very accurate in a certain way when it comes to how it helped me. I will try to be brief...So the best way I can describe what happens is similar to jumping off a cliff and into a lake. Everything in you body says “Don’t do it” but there’s that little piece within you that takes control and makes you jump. When you lay down to have those big hooks put in (it is done immediately before you go up every time), your body says no but that little piece that that controls you refuses to stop and the hooks are shoved through your flesh. As you walk to the rigging and are attached by those ropes, everything in you says “Don’t go up!” except for that same little piece and, through what is some serious pain, it helps push you forward as you are lifted into the air. Once again, it is extremely painful, but you begin to fly as your feet leave the ground. The turning point and true agony come after you go up and that little piece within you realizes it brought you to that point but realizes it has lost control. At that point it throws everything thing negative at you and makes you relive the nightmares of your past in an attempt to make you quit and go back down so it once again has control. Before I went up for the first time, I was an extremely depressed person, was put on many different medications, and saw a shrink every week. When that little piece in me started to freak out because it wanted to gain control again, it made me relive many of the nightmares that made me depressed. In what might seem to be an oxymoronic statement, the only way to win in that battle is to let go and submit to the steel. At that moment I was forced to either give up and touch the ground again or I had to finally let go of my past. The best description of what I personally experienced is I was finally able to fly but the chains of my last were pulling me down. Letting go of my past shattered the chains that pulled me down for years. I forced myself to let go and, when those chains were destroyed, the only direction I went was up. I know that sounds weird, but that is what happened to me. The first time I was in the air for over an hour and probably the longest I have ever stayed up was for over 3 hours. It was a brutal rebirth, but well worth it.

As an engineer: I feel such a profound sense of pride watching Martin’s growth over the years, improving and developing his approach to solve the “problem” of the MMX.

Martin at the beginning: “I want everything to bounce to indicate a marble drop”. Martin now: “ I want STABILITY!”

@thewhitefalcon8539

3 жыл бұрын

There are still the bouncy marble catchers and the registrator thingies.

@katharinavanbommel767

3 жыл бұрын

that's fine tuning for you...! :)

So this is what happens when an engineer is also a musician? amazing work.

You know, as much as I like the clean and tidy look of newly built parts, I especially love the slight wear on the parts, like the dark marks on the clear acrylic or darkened wood... It just adds so much character to the build.

It's impressive how easily the assemblies can now be removed if needed

@Nishijin75

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Where are you gone, angle grinders of yore ? 😕

@tomf3150

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nishijin75 Bad Motorsport Obsession.

This is by far the most complex metronome ever created

@BlueWolf-mp3ep

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaah

@ldub0775

3 жыл бұрын

And you technically need a metronome to play it in time

@ldub0775

3 жыл бұрын

@@mertkocogullar6485 isnt that beside the point

Your patience is as amazing as your problem analysis. Keep on going!

I love his approach, attention to detail, improvement orientation and dedication ! A creative and talented mechanical engineer and musician!

gear wobble is caused by shaft wobble, so that the gears are continuously aligned. to keep both sets of gears engaged and preserve your "helical gear" put the spacer between the 2 smaller gears. max torque transfer was a good idea, it will prolong the life and reliability of the machine. -source: self - industrial engineer

@georgplaz

3 жыл бұрын

couldn't it be that the wooden gears just got a little distorted over time?

@GregorShapiro

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgplaz It could be they are not exactly the same involute shape too!

@Drackeye

3 жыл бұрын

I actually said "between them" while watching the vid as if you could far me.

@wendymorgan4287

3 жыл бұрын

Wooden gears have a use. Testing, Aesthetics . Yes they will wear over time, but metal also wears. The grinding issue, I was surprised that he hadn't thought to use a washer in the first place. Also the lock pins, weight vs gravity/ friction clamp, gravity ALWAYS wins. Without those pins or perhaps a set screw the other holes would have wallowed out, again gravity wins. Large gear wobble, may be the bearing it's mounted on is slightly askew/ not connected perfectly straight. 10, 000 without a fail is good. Definitely working out the bugs. (family full of mechanical engineers) it's a beautiful machine.

@rustedfriend

3 жыл бұрын

@@Drackeye Haha, I did the same.

"Pain is temporary, friction is forever" is the most esoteric shirt that I really want to buy.

@malehuman

3 жыл бұрын

If you really want one, I will print it for you. your design or mine, I'm good either way. I'm not a designer, but I can occasionally make interesting shit/ And I have a dtg printer, so there's that.

@AttilaAsztalos

3 жыл бұрын

Complementary t-shirt: "You can fight many things. Entropy is not one of them."

@dag_larsson

3 жыл бұрын

@@AttilaAsztalos Of course you can. You'll just never win!

@malehuman

3 жыл бұрын

@@mertkocogullar6485 ---truth---

You, sir, are a genius! Never stop, never give up! What you do inspires millions of people around the world to pursue the complexities and challenges that befall mankind on an individual, and daily basis. The world needs more people like you. Keep up the good work. The world loves you, and may the wind forever be at your back, and the sun upon your face!

3 years and still watching please keep it going these videos mean everything to me!

I've just witnessed the world's most complicated metronome

@naiknaik8812

3 жыл бұрын

its more like a music box actually

@renookami4651

3 жыл бұрын

@@naiknaik8812 A music box that do the job of a metronome. Well, at least during the tests

@agitatorjr

3 жыл бұрын

@@naiknaik8812 not yet

36+ minutes of Wintergatan what is this paradise!😁

@moshahriz1346

3 жыл бұрын

Paradis*

@Trockenshampooleopard

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, Paradis is only 14 minutes long.

I first saw you play the marble machine song several years ago, loving your music, and the machine, but not knowing how much work it really took. Your fixing these crazy problems that have existed for a decent amount of time, all in one video. You're also crazy humble about it, and of course it all just makes you really happy, which makes me happy too lol. Good on you bro.

28:19 - best way to let time pass and not get mad by the snare 🤣

I started tearing when he finally didn’t loose his marbles. I believe that you can do it. Love all the work you do!

"Friction is removed." Now the machine spins forever and Martin invented the perpetual mobile machine. :D

@deephorizon1365

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

I've watched several of your videos, and the way your mind works is amazing! The first Marble Machine was jaw dropping, and the MMX is the most magnificent creation I've ever seen or heard. It's amazing to watch you work on the fixes. I can't wait to see the finished MMX, and the steps you take getting there. You are a genius.

This really encouraged me to think about my goals differently... I can keep trying too. Loved this video.