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| RandyT:
Brad, The speed of your progress is pretty amazing. Something we aren't used to seeing too much of around here (Ok, maybe it's just me ;) ) If you haven't already, take a look at this thread. Not as authentic as the original display, but definitely more possibilities available. And, if you happen to have some old hardware around, not too costly to implement. Also, do you have a drawing / CAD file (dxf) of your ramp segments? Have you actually thrown any kind of ball at it yet to see what happens? I have a few thoughts on the ramp, but haven't had the time to try to decipher the curve. Thanks for sharing your progress. While I'm at it, I'd like to thank UncleT for taking the time to provide the sorely needed info from his machine. I'm sure it will help a bunch of us who have had this gnawing at them for a while, but had little clue where to start and didn't want to get thrown out of Chuck E. Cheese for climbing on the machines with a tape measure :) . RandyT |
| Ixliam:
I actually have thrown some balls up the ramp to watch them go nicely up in an arc... and into the front yard where I was aiming :) I had the score section freshly painted so I didn't want to goof that up. I e-mailed you a DXF of the project, though it is a working drawing and so its geared more towards me. Part of this is figuring out how everything fits together/works, so some of it (like the ball release) is trial and error. With the pictures I took I should be able to come up with some decent documentation on building one of these, and hopefully others will as well. Cost wise I probably have about $125+/- in lumber/screws/misc. I am running a tally sheet but I'm at the office now so I don't have it in front of me to look at. The program you did is pretty neat, I do like it. I may even try to mod this one if I can to run either the original display or your monitor style display if you want me to beta test it in the real thing, since far as I know I'm the first to build a full scale machine. Brad Brad |
| unclet:
RandyT: Thanks for the appreciation ...... no problem really .. just glad to be able to help out where I can. Ixliam: As for your requests ..... here you go. The picture below shows the marquee measurements you requested (I think). All the wood on the sides, top and bottom are 3/4" thick. I was a bit confused on the metal bar thing you mentioned, but maybe that is because I do not have a metal bar used for my marquee. Anyway, let me know if you need anything else. BTW: You can see that my marquee art is held in place by a little piece of wood which can be turned to allow the marquee to be removed or held in place. Only one screw holds the wood in place so it pivots on that screw. BTW as well: Also, note that the marquee art is recessed in a bit when it is mounted (ie: check out my next photo for a measurement). Also, the bottom of the marquee is held in place by a strip of yellow plastic whicih is simply screwed into the bottom marquee frame. |
| unclet:
This next picture shows how far the "top" part of the marquee art is recessed. Reference the marquee picture above to see how the marquee art actually looks while mounted. Also, (based on the picture above), please note that the sides of the marquee art are gradually less recessed going from top to bottom. |
| unclet:
Also, something which I have not mentioned before was the "pegs" located behind the 50 and 100 chutes. These pegs makes sure the ball does not get wedged behind a chute. The ball will simply hit the peg and fall to either side. Also, I am showing you the height distance from the top of the target board and the bottom of the marquee area. |
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