{"id":20882,"date":"2015-12-31T10:23:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T10:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20882"},"modified":"2015-12-30T22:23:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T22:23:51","slug":"marble-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/marble-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Marble Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, building this marble run was a lot more complicated and took a lot longer than we had expected. All done now though and I did have a bit of help from Morgan! We just need a battery to see if we can get it working fully automatically now.<\/p>\n<h2>Marble Run<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x04A4hjVVi8\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"amazon_ad_left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=alslikklworls&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B00RZX95A6&amp;asins=B00RZX95A6&amp;linkId=&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Every little bracket and supporting arm had to be built from 5 separate pieces, these than had to be positioned on the vertical rods and put in place. 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