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Build your own Pinball Machine
quadmasta:
Why not use some 1/16" or 1/8" colored plastic cut like 1/16" wider than you want and rout out a spot for it to sit in. You could also put a dab of glue around the extra bit to hold it for sure.
IMMark:
--- Quote from: quadmasta on January 16, 2005, 01:53:04 am ---Why not use some 1/16" or 1/8" colored plastic cut like 1/16" wider than you want and rout out a spot for it to sit in. You could also put a dab of glue around the extra bit to hold it for sure.
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I agree I think that this is closet to the way they are done...at least in my Bally's.
But have to agree with the original nay sayers....I think a pinball project from scratch is pretty far out there...maybe if you picked up a working with damaged playfield...you could paint a cool theme and modify target placements, etc and have a nice project...but from scratch, wow that is dedication ;D
If you do it like they said, please take lots-o-pics and post
Good Luck!
Chris:
--- Quote from: IMMark on January 18, 2005, 05:13:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: quadmasta on January 16, 2005, 01:53:04 am ---Why not use some 1/16" or 1/8" colored plastic cut like 1/16" wider than you want and rout out a spot for it to sit in. You could also put a dab of glue around the extra bit to hold it for sure.
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I agree I think that this is closet to the way they are done...at least in my Bally's.
But have to agree with the original nay sayers....I think a pinball project from scratch is pretty far out there...maybe if you picked up a working with damaged playfield...you could paint a cool theme and modify target placements, etc and have a nice project...but from scratch, wow that is dedication ;D
If you do it like they said, please take lots-o-pics and post
Good Luck!
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Doing them from scratch has been done. There's a guy on VPForums that has done several... he solved the lamp insert problem by simply not having any. I suppose you could try this approach and use LED's on the plastics to indicate targets...
Reworking an existing pin has been done, too... if you look around, you should find a machine that started life as an Evel Knievel machine and was reworked into a Battlestar Galactica theme. This approach would work well for late 70's/early 80's pins whose sound effects and rulesets are not theme-specific. If you redo the playfield, though, you still have the lamp-insert issue to deal with...
Xiaou2:
I believe the lamp inserts are farily thick... and may have a deep surrounding edge to them. Youd then have to route out a perfect hole for them, (using a fostner bit would probably work very well). And use glue to hold them in place.
The depth of the thing has to be perfect as well.
While pins do have wood with laqure.... they are subject to the ball eating thru the artwork over time. Plexi or a removable mylar covering is a good idea to keep that from happening.
menace:
nice little homebrew table
http://home.insightbb.com/~galactica5/BG_Pinball/bgpinball.htm
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