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| str1der:
Brad, Didn't know if you saw this on Ebay since the guy spelt it Ski-Ball. Thought you might be interested in it for the rings. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3945&item=6144140102&rd=1 |
| Ixliam:
Thanks! I dropped him a line about what shipping it might run. Brad |
| unclet:
The ball would definitely go into the gutter area .... no free retries ;D Check out the pic below and you can see the gutter area. Actually all balls eventually hit the same spot in the gutter, except most balls first go through a target chute then fall vertically behind the target area into the same gutter location. When a ball enters the gutter area, then it will roll to the right and go back to the ball return area. When it reaches the right handed tube area (where the ball goes back where it started from) then the ball first rolls under a mounted microswitch metal arm which is used to keep track of how many balls have been played so far. You probably already know this though...... I attached a second picture showing you the vertical drop and the gutter area without the target board on the machine. PS: Notice my custom made sound dampening material (ie: old padded seat cover) which I decided to use to lower the noise of the balls slamming into the bottom of the gutter area after falling through the vertical drop. Under this yellow seat cover is plastic so you can imagine the noise a wooden ball had when slamming into black plastic after every ball. I thought my wife was going to shoot me ...... :o Anyway, it works quite well. |
| Ixliam:
That helps, some reason my brain went foggy on me. Can you take a picture of where the gutter ramp goes into the ball return ? Maybe position the camera facing toward the front of the skeeball ramp shooting a closeup of the ball return ? Thanks - Brad |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Ixliam on January 03, 2005, 11:22:35 pm ---I really like RandyT's display he came up with. Will be nice to see in the future where this all leads. I'm almost torn to go that route and put a monitor in there. On your display Randy, how customizable are the positions of the ball # and score ?. I wonder if you could just have that display through a marque in place where the numbers are. Its a thought at least. --- End quote --- Currently, position and size are fixed. I'll take a look at how much of a pain it will be to make size and position of the elements configurable. Ideally, a skinning app would be the ticket here, but for now, a little "hit and miss" with a config file would be ok as well (hmm..just had another thought about this one....but I'll see how it works before I talk about it too much ;) ) In any case, Brad, send me your address. Due to the unique nature of the project and your fervent attention to it, I'm willing to donate a KeyWiz Eco2 to the cause. uncleT: Sorry if this has been asked/answered already, but could you tell me the height and thickness of the material used for the scoring rings? I'm trying to find some suitable material that won't break the bank. Thanks again for all the info! RandyT |
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