How Marbles Are Made! 

How Marbles Are Decorated! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pseo6Bg9LEA.html please watch this video for a closer look at the detailing /decorating process of these marbles. Thanks for watching !

The most prized "marbles" when I was 10yo were called "Steelies", they were ball bearings in fact. If you were very lucky you had a grown up relative who could source you the larger ball bearings from trucks or earth moving equipment. I am amazed that they are still in demand in this day and age.

Shooters / boulders / purees / solids / cat's eyes all in a worn brown leather draw-string pouch. Fond memories as a child.

I just bought a complete set of this run. Then I found this video and never knew what I had when I bought it. What a great treasure I have now!

Notice how much fun these people are having, and the smiles on their faces.

I wasn’t a marble type person but my twin brother was, boys from school would be in our backyard everyday competing for marble God status. Kids these days don’t know nothing. Good content

I always thought marbles look just like planets...beautiful

Joyful joyful. I grew up in the 50/60s watching films like this but without speech, just gentle music. Short films about how things were made. They were the best things on TV.

I still have my marbles from the early 60s. They started me on a lifelong love of glass.

Would also be interesting to see how the transparent marbles with the colours inside are made... these are still my favourites, especially when it looks like a swirling flame!❤

This was such a joy to watch and was so hypnotic. From a 54 year old man who still loves the total individuality of each and every single marble. Thank you so much for this 🥰👍🙏

When I was 13, on my birthday my grandma told me that you are born with 13 marbles. Every year that passes, you lose one marble. So when you turn 13, you’ve lost all your marbles.

This seems like a fun place to work. Nobody's uptite or angry. Just having fun making marbles.

This video made me recall my childhood when I would play marbles with my friends and we will always trade marbles or i would play my best looking marbles for theirs. Beautiful memories!!

I’ll never see marbles the same again. How neat is this? 🎉

They look just how you would want marble makers to look. Happy, fun job

Huh. I never gave the making of marbles any thought at all. I have to say, I’m surprised they’re still being made! Quite fascinating.

I had no idea how much went into making marbles ! I knew they came in little mesh bags and that was it, so much artistry and craftsmanship involved. Excellent video !

200 years ago when I was 13 years old, you would be gutted to lose your favourite marvels.

As a girl, I loved playing marbles with the boys! I acquired a lot of them. Now, 67 years old, I had even seen a marble in 45 years. WOW! Glad I watched this video. Brought back memories. TY❤

Love marbles, as a child around 1960, a neighbor made a patio floor out of marbles and it was so beautiful!

I wish they would make blush pink marbles with lighter and darker pink swirls. And a turquoise marble with lighter and darker turquoise swirls. Very light pink and regular beautiful vibrant turquoise marbles would be the most beautiful ever. I've never seen them and I sure would like to. I will put them in Clear vases just to enjoy the colors❤

As a kid, I used to love these marbles. As an adult now, it is a different ball game. Now when someone says 'you lost your marbles', I can go to a store and buy some of these.

I am joyfully amazed to see just how many workers are there. They look like a close knit bunch almost like all family. It’s nice to have coworkers u enjoy working with every day

This is the most enjoyable video that I've seen all day! I had no idea how marbles were made. Amazing, and these people really enjoy what they are doing. What a job to have!

I spent 33 years working in the glass factories. 21 of them with Owens Brockway and just shy of 12 of them with Glenshaww Glass in Glenshaw Pa. All but 3 of them working in the Hot End. In 2004 Glenshaw Glass closed and I decided no more glass factories. I retired from Caterpillar Corp. In 2012. The reason that I'm commenting on this video is that in all those years I never knew how marbles were made. I've often wondered about it but never took the time to find out. It was actually the same process but on a much larger scale. And the furnace rebuilds were an experience to say the least. God bless and have a wonderful day.

I really like the milky swirled marbles, but still love the old cat eyes!😻

This video is wonderful! As a kid from the 1950's marbles were (are!?☺) some of our favorite toys/treasures. I still have a large jar of them I've had for 65+ years. Knuckles-down-bony's-tight!

i had no idea there was a whole world of marbles.. amazing

When I was a child I had many marbles. I loved and, I collected them because I love their colors. Growing up in my neighborhood, we had what we called ‘marble season’. We made up games and, we placed the marbles in different classes for example: the larger marbles were called Jumbos and, to us, they were considered to be more valuable than the average size smaller ones. The solid color ones and, the clear ones with colors on and, inside them, we named cuties and, beauties. I loved and, collected them for years.

I am 46 years young, and still have a marble collection! The most simple thing, a small glass ball, brings joy to so many, for so long.

I played marbles with friends at primary school back in the early 70's We all had our favourites in our own collections - lovingly cared for in velvet bag, pouches, with draw-strings Those little things were like treasures to us ! I even know where some of them are to this day - 50yrs on ! How cool is that 🤩 Cars come & go, houses come & go, money comes & goes . . . many women in my life, have came & went . . . . . . . but the marbles have remained !

Growing up in our neighbourhood there were mostly boys so naturally I gravitated to playing marbles with the guys. Our dirt streets were ideal for this game. I never realised this was the complicated process of making some of beautifully coloured marbles that excited us kids.

I do appreciate you posting this video. I've been collecting marbles for years but never knew how they were made. I had no idea how much time and effort go into producing such beautiful, round little spheres of absolutely pure joy. Once again, thank you so much. God Bless All of you.

I was 10 in 1967 and losing a prized marble was like losing a golf match today- life is, was, and ever shall be- AMAZING!

I had an uncle who worked in a glass factory, and made handmade marbles using wooden forms. He had a collection of some of the most beautiful marbles I've ever seen. When he passed, everything was stolen.

Marbles bring me back to my childhood. Never knew how it was made. This video somehow popped up on my feed. Thank you. 😁👍

I like to learn something new every day and this has been a really interesting video. I actually carry a small bag around with me so that nobody can say I've lost my marbles!

Love the titles like "Run Director", "Senior Executive Run Advisor" and "Glass Master", seems like everyone has something to pad their resume.

Marbles and comic books were the currencies of my boyhood youth, contributing to hundreds of hours of entertainment. Marbles (along with banana peels) have produced countless laughs and gags while foiling the nefarious plans of many evil-doers. Thank God and these hard working men and women for the marvelous invention and mass production of marbles (because without them, we would be playing with rocks and stones).

Super video , wish I could buy a bag for my granddaughter . When I was a kid we loved our special marbles , our aggies and shooters were always trading to get the neat ones. The not so great we used in sling shots.

I can now die happy in the knowledge of knowing how " marbles " are made ...... " GREAT " content

My stepfather's first wife worked at a marble factory and would take them home. When my mother married him, we went to live with them. We would find marbles in the yard every so often, and it was like finding treasure. I love marbles.

I remembered how envious I was of the kids who owned the cat eye, steely and purey boulders.

I asked my mom once why Mike the neighborhood boy always had cool marbles. She looked at me and said, “ Mike’s dad was the U.S. National Marble Champion”. My mother the sports person in our family had actually played some games with him and told me with a grin, she had done pretty well.

So cool!! I'd always wondered how marbles were made. I still have mine from when I was a kid and played and traded marbles with my friends every day on the summers.

Thank the Lord not all hope is lost for some folks without any anymore😄

As a career carpenter I had the pleasure of collecting marbles from homes built in the early twenties,thirties and forties that always had marbles hidden away in the walls and flooring.

Marbles were very popular when I was kid and most kids had them and we played with them lot, but I very seldom see them now

Been needing to know this for nearly 40 years since I was a kid 😁 I do still wonder how the clear ones with leaf type structures inside are made however 🤔 The black sparkly ones were always the most valuable at school 😆

Brilliant! I'm nearly sixty and when I was a boy I played marbles often. My grandfather promised to take me to a marble factory but never did 🙁. That broken promise always irked me. Thanks for making it right.

The true skill is the engineer and metal workers that designed and made the machines making the marbles.

I didn't realize how much goes into making them and i now understand enough to have a greater appreciation for the process. Many thanks ❤

I remember playing at the Marble Pit at High School. It was a huge stretch of sand behind the school and every morning we would play. Nothing felt better than winning those Toms, and Steelies. But defeat was always around the corner, and meant sometimes losing some of your most prized marbles. Great memories of that time, and a great video

I'm 74 and doing all right. I credit my good health to saving marbles from childhood. No joke. When I was a kid and would act up my Mom or Dad would asked me if I had lost my marbles I was to young to know what they were talking about, but I kept those marbles in a safe place, so that today at 74 I still have all my marbles.

Absolutely Marble-ous!!

This video brought a smile to my face. I used to love picking through the jar of marbles my dad had when I was a kid. I now collect rocks and gems but I sure appreciate marbles on a whole new level now. Thank you for this!

I always had some idea that marbles were made in a furnace of some type because they're made of glass but how they got those amazing designs inside the glass ball always amazed me as a kid.

I fell in love with the 'tank wash' marbles shown at approx 3:13. They look like distant planets, sorta.

In Jr. High School in the early 70s, playing marbles was all the rage among us boys. 😊

Very cool

I wonder if anyone who has ever worked there lost their marbles.

A whole cadre of older craftsmen who revisit their childhood every day ... how does it get better than that?

Such a joy to watch people who haven't lost their marbles

Near our cottage in Tennessee there is a shelter with an old cane press and a shack with a drying pan. A few years ago I helped them boil down hundreds of gallons of cane juice for syrup. It was a similar situation, lots of family members and neighbors pulling together to make the syrup at the end of summer. That was the last time I saw it used.

Easily got our thumb-up .... we love the good ol' fashioned folks and their work ethics. Thank you for the video

I'm 71 and back in the day we had to win our marbles from the richer kids whose folks could afford to buy the marbles, we all had our favorite shooters and the pot (circle) could be 2 feet across or larger,so your thumb and pointer finger had to be strong as well as your aim and taking turns after deciding the shooting order by tossing your marble at a line drawn in the sand,the closest to the line determined shooting order. You could clean out the pot of 3 guys playing with 5 marbles each in the pot by shooting hard enough to knock the marble out of the pot and your shooter remained in the pot you get to shoot again,I cleaned out the pot more than once to add to my collection, that was back in 1963 and the marbles and baseball cards were my trophies. Those days are just faded memories now but I still have a handful of marbles if any of the guys feel frogy and we get off our bikes long enough for a game,Harley's not schwins! Maranatha, Greetings from Tampa Florida 😎

I'm 70 and still love marbles.

you must have a child in your heart to land a job in this fascinating factory. such amazing people who simply loves what they're doing.

Loved every moment of that run, Stephen. Thanks for showing us the process and the pride that goes into the DAS runs.

Marbles were a big part of my childhood, but it's probably close to 50 years since I played with them. I've never thought about how they're made until now. This was wonderful. Thank you.

All marble makers go to Heaven when they pass. Every single one.

Wow, Those are big marbles compared to the small cat’s-eyes!

Fascinating video of how machine made marbles are produced. The passion and excitement of the people involved is present in a way that only an event like this can produce. It really interesting seeing how the swirls and mixes are created and the dedication the glass masters put into their craft. Thank you so much for this video. I hope you and yours are doing well.

I'm 72 and still collect marbles. All sizes, shapes and colors.

I'm 65 and just started collecting marbles! This is amazing😊😊😊

I have often wondered how marbles are made....this is very interesting & informative! Thanks for creating this video. It looks like those old timers (investors?) had a lot of fun in making those marbles, something like a labor of love!

I love them but my Brother was older and got them I found the ones he lost in our garden 😂😂❤❤Thank you for this Video amazing.😍

I have many small jars of marbles that I found on my Mammy's land that was passed down to me. I would find them digging in my garden, in my horses pasture, around my barn, while building our house on this land! I would think of my family and find one where I was at! It gave me great comfort, my marbles from heaven! When I would spot one, I would gasp and knew a family spirit was near me! ❤

Fascinating. I am 59, since I was a kid, marbles always fascinated me.

these people are adorable! I loved playing Marbles as a kid, we had the regular clear type with a coloured swirl in, but if we got anything like this they were worth much much more.

Oh l loved it l used to play marbles a long time ago, things were simpler better and more enjoyable in those days. But this video bought it all back it was a joy to watch this video , thank you once again well done

The vibe here is undeniably pleasant

I used to play all the time, 20 years ago! Traded every color so I would have a full blue bag! They were my most prized posession! I dont know when or where I forgot them but those were the days ❤

Ok...from my school-boy memories of the 70's...Cats-eyes, Beachballs, Crystals (clear but either smoky brown or bottle-green) Bird-cage's, Spaghetti's, Ghosts and (dead man's) Eyes.

I love marbles! I always wondered how they are made. I’m so thankful to see this video. This is fabulous.

Awww, I'm so happy this tradition is still alive. 🙂

I never would have thought so much work and care in the making of marbles. Now I look at the ones I have in a whole different light. That's really cool.

Now that was brilliant to see in action!! What stunning marbles came out of that run. WOW! Thanks to you and the fine folks for putting this video together. I have a newly found respect for the people who made these and the older marbles I dig in the city dumps. Thankyou Stephen! Andrew.

I used to play marbles when I was in elementary school... we also used the steelies (anyone remember those?), and those (steelies) and the big or unique marbles were the goal. I'm glad I saw this as a suggestion, I finally see how these beautiful glassworks are made. Thank you.❤

Making marbles for kids to play with at recess, is a true reflection of old school Americana. I really miss it...

We played a lot of marbles in the 60's . When you are 5/6 years old, you don't think of HOW they are made ,just the cool designs. Now that I see this , it has renewed my appreciation of them and the craftsmanship it takes to make them. Glass has always fascinated me and this just adds to it. Thanks for the video. I see a trip in my future. I will look them up. Thanks again.

Beautiful and wondrous creations. Glass is a magical medium and I love watching artisans create these mini masterpieces. Thank you for this video and to the great people who work hard to give us these amazing works of art.

As a kid growing up playing marbles with friends, this would have been an awesome school field trip to visit this factory!

Growing up, we had this Chinese marble game set. The marbles are the prettiest- fully clear with color ribbons going through each marble. It is not just random swirls.

Absolutely love the cranberry colored ones. Absolutely gorgeous!

A well done, important video, with good explanations, pacing, & editing. Thanks for including the names & spellings of the key parts of this process, and for giving name credit to all these craftsmen, and some history & credit to the founders - all are very rarely done in such videos. This may be one of the last records of this hand-made, small industry. Thank you!

What a fantastic video! Really appreciated the explanations of how frit, lutz, and color swirls are added; all other marble making videos skip over those parts! Plus showing “tank wash” marbles and how the run is ended covered the entire process start to finish. Thanks for creating and sharing!!

My brother and I played with them as kids. Such memories.

I was once sent to a training class ( out of my home state ) where the instructors were having serious issues with their computer linking up properly to actually present the class. For 2 straight days we sat in class , not getting the training we had been sent to acquire. Finally one of the instructors became so frustrated he asked if any of the students had any ideas . At once a young man in his early 20’s raised his hand & volunteered his services , and sure as Hell within mere minutes he had the whole computer linkup issues solved and the “ Real training “ could begin. The instructors thanked that kid up one side & down the other & even offered him a job at this particular factory, but the kid declined politely. He sat back down with a smug grin plastered across his face and stated that “ His generation would show all us Old timers a thing or two in the future” . I looked over at him and commented that he probably came out of the womb with a Game Boy controller or something to that effect right from birth & mentioned that “ Back in my day we drew a circle in the dirt & put in our prized glass orbs inside that circle & proceeded to try to knock outside the line our friends ones we wanted with some others we hadn’t put inside “. He looked blankly at me & I continued “ You know Played Marbles”?? …. Still blank stare and noise of crickets playin in the background…. My Buddy Walt who was a few years older than me said “ Miller , you were LUCKY you had marbles in your generation, we used to roll the old iron wagon wheel hoops down the street with sticks “. The instructors laughed but that kid looked at us like we were all from Mars or Pluto or somewhere…. 😆. Anyway It was an eye opener for me that a kid only maybe 20 years younger than I was had never heard of nor played a game of Marbles . Sad times indeed . Liked this video , and yes , now that I am 63 , I STILL have ALL MY MARBLES …😏😉😆👍😎