Tumbling Block Ladder

This started as a challenge from Steveinmarin on Lumberjocks some years ago. I finished this ladder the night the challenge came out but did not win because I could not load my video . I have since had to put all the videos from my camera on You Tube first.

This is a ladder with a flipper block  that tumbles all the way to the bottom. It worked after 3 attempts on the flipper. I started by drilling 11 holes in each of the sides of the ladder then I glued in 1/4 round dowels leaving a 1" wide space between the sides. To make the rungs flat, I ran the ladder through the router table to get the rungs all in a line and at 1/8" wide. I put two dowels in the ends and mounted it on a base.
 The ladder is cedar and the flipper is rubber tree wood because it is heavier.
 
 I added Steve's picture to both side of the flipper block initially. Since them I changed the photos on the block to McKinlee when she was a baby . She and Mylah have spent a lot of time playing with this ladder.
The video of it running is in the first comment because it would not load into the project!
I added a few process shots that I saved while making it...
Cheers, Jim