Three track splitters take the single track coming out of the lift and turn it into four different tracks. The chain lift carries the 1-1/2" acetal resin balls from the bottom back to the top to keep everything running continuously.

The most prominent element is the “Ferris wheel lift” on the left. A ball-collecting tipping arm holds two balls and releases them together around the outside of the wheel. Their weight turns the wheel, which lifts a separate glass marble onto its own closed-loop track. That marble eventually returns to the wheel and waits for another two balls to come along and lift it again.

The loop d’ loop is also pretty unusual. After three inversions, the ball exits the loops and circles around twice, crossing back through the same area it just passed through. It makes for a great effect with the tracks weaving through each other.

The tall coil exits into an uphill section followed by a dip and then a vertical zig-zag. There’s also a large dip across the front, a flat spiral, regular tipping arm, wavy track, “balls on track” and lots of back-and-forth track filling the frame.

All four tracks eventually merge into the flat collector plate at the bottom, where the balls line up for another trip up the chain lift. The lift has a speed control, so you can slow everything down or speed it up depending on how much action you want.

100% stainless steel, TIG welded.