I was asked to build this Rolling Ball Sculpture for DRAPL — the Durham Region Amateur Pinball League, also known as the “Wizards Den.” This one has four tracks: a tall coil, a loop d’ loop, a single-marble long track and a ball-collecting long track.

These four tracks are a combination I use often because each gives me different options for the elements I can build into the sculpture. The fast tracks provide the quick action, while the two longer tracks give me room for more complicated elements and lots of track.

This RBS has a horizontal zig-zag, large spinner, flat spiral, “balls on track,” wavy track and lots of curves weaving in and out through the sculpture. All four tracks eventually merge into a flat collector plate that funnels the balls back to the chain lift. The 1-1/2" acetal resin balls also make this one surprisingly quiet.

I personalized the sculpture for the players at the Wizards Den with a pinball machine made from stainless steel rod on the left and the large letters DRAPL on the right.

100% stainless steel, TIG welded.