Marble Making Scissors

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

Marble making scissors.

The marble scissors were invented around 1846 by elias greiner in lauscha. Or you can order a pack of colored duct tape and use the box that it comes in to make the maze. Historians point to 1846 as the invention of marbelschere marble scissors by a glass factory employee in germany. If you have some definitely use it but you can make this easily without too.

Initially the scissors were used to produce glass spheres for doll s eyes. Through the second half of the 19 th century a number of marble works were opened in lauscha by the greiner muller and kuhnert. However around 1850 the first playing marbles were produced. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.

The best part about this marble maze is you really just need cardboard boxes scissors and a marble to make it. This tool resembled a pair of tongs with a small cup on one end and a slicing device on the other. The colored duct tape is just for fun to add color. A molten glass rod would be forcefully inserted into the cup and the worker would then twist the cup which would help form the.