Marble Making Scissors

Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is subjected to high pressure or heat.

Marble making scissors.

However around 1850 the first playing marbles were produced. Initially the scissors were used to produce glass spheres for doll s eyes. Making the ramps now take the biggest triangle and draw the marble ramps using a pen and ruler make the ramps 1 5cm or a bit bigger depending on the size of your marbles once you ve finished drawing the ramps take some scissors and cut them out. Or you can order a pack of colored duct tape and use the box that it comes in to make the maze.

Through the second half of the 19 th century a number of marble works were opened in lauscha by the greiner muller and kuhnert. The colored duct tape is just for fun to add color. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.

The best part about this marble maze is you really just need cardboard boxes scissors and a marble to make it. If you have some definitely use it but you can make this easily without too. The marble scissors were invented around 1846 by elias greiner in lauscha. This tool resembled a pair of tongs with a small cup on one end and a slicing device on the other.