Constructive marble run

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Introduction

A constructive marble run kit allows children and grown ups to create their own marble run.

A marble run can be used to explain some physics principles.

Types

A quick online search revealed several types. These can be classified according to several criteria

Commercial / free
Finished pieces / Do it Yourself
Compatible with an other construction set (e.g. Lego) / Not compatible
Large / small
(Support) for complex / simple runs

Lego compatible marble runs

A number of free and commercial lego compatible marble run systems exist. On [ thingiverse] we selected the following 3D printable systems.

3D printable Lego compatible marble runs on Thingiverse
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:994812 Lego Duplo marble run set by thecrash74 Sep 1, 2015)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:736756 LEGO compartible flex marble run elements by erdinger Mar 23, 2015 Can be fixed to Lego Technics)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:675917 Lego Marble Run - Individual Files by garthvh Feb 10, 2015)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:148232 LEGO marble run by mathgrrl Sep 9, 2013)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3251292 Lego Marble Run Brick by jtronics 4 days ago Only includes one free element. The rest is commercial (cheap STL files for download) https://pinshape.com/users/413821-jtronicsde)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2668311 Lego Compatible Marble Run System by lovedzc Nov 25, 2017)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3072314 Lego Marble Run by metallguru Aug 29, 2018)
(https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1624151 Quarter Helix Marble Run by JmsDwh Jun 14, 2016)