Magnetic wall marble run

Build your own magnetic ball track in just a few steps

Author: Elterngruppe Windredli, Schwerzenbach

Online since: 18/03/2021, Number of visits: 119023

We from the Windredli parents’ group noticed that some marble runs are very unstable. If you want to build a track on the ground, you need a lot of precision and a steady hand. So this is not something for smaller children. And when older children play with it or parents set up the marble run, it is usually destroyed (unintentionally) within a very short time. Our idea: If you glue magnets to the individual marble track segments, they become interchangeable and can be combined in new ways again and again. The only prerequisite is a vertical metal surface on which to attach the marble run with the magnets. You could call it a magnetic wall ball track. Thanks to the magnets, it is possible to construct much larger marble runs which are fun for all ages.

All the materials needed for the magnetic wall ball track

We used the following materials for the magnetic wall marble run:

A galvanised metal sheet as a surface for the magnets
HABA ball track segments
self-adhesive magnets type S-20-02-FOAM
UHU adhesive (in case the magnets do not stick well enough)

We equipped each segment of the ball track on both sides with the self-adhesive magnets. Longer segments were given two magnets per side so that they would stick well to the metal sheet. The magnetic wall marble run was completed in no time and all of us have a lot of fun playing with it.

The completed magnetic marble run on the metal sheet

Close-up of the individual parts for the magnetic ball track

Magnetic wall marble run #WaMuBa

Magnetic marble run made of beechwood with coloured segments and laser engraving.

Addition from FBNK, April 2022:

The young company FBNK from Germany takes a similar approach in the production of their magnetic wall marble run #WaMuBa. Here, S-05-05-N disc magnets are pressed into the beechwood tracks instead of being glued on. To ensure that the tracks stick to the ferromagnetic surface, two magnets are used for each track.

The magnetic marble run #WaMuBa is entirely handcrafted in Germany. This wall marble run can be purchased directly from FBNK at www.fbnk.de. The company also offers personalised laser engravings.

Thanks to disc magnets, the tracks can be placed flexibly on the wall.

Articles used

S-20-02-FOAM

Disc magnet self-adhesive Ø 20 mm, height 2 mm, holds approx. 2,3 kg, neodymium, N35, nickel-plated

	10 pcs.	1,06 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,93 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,87 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,82 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 500 pcs.

Available: 83 630 pcs.

UHU MAX REPAIR

magnet glue, waterproof, without solvents, shelf life of 24 months, 20 g tube
To glue on super magnets

1 pc. 8,02 EUR ea.* (401,00EUR/kg)

Available: 2 348 pcs.

S-05-05-N

Disc magnet Ø 5 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 940 g, neodymium, N45, nickel-plated

	20 pcs.	0,33 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,28 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,24 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,21 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 200 pcs.

Available: 1 849 100 pcs.

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