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| unclet:
I was wondering what you were going to use for the long rubber bumpers which are to be mounted on the sides of the rolling panel ..... not the little round bumper things to slow the balls down in the chutes...... Any thought as to what material you would use for these? |
| Ixliam:
I want to find rubber for that actually. I haven't dug around in the industrial catalogs yet or scrounged to see if I can find anything that would work for that. I did order trip-wire switches today from Happs to wire the panel. I'm going to go simple at first, since if I went optical I would have to create a nice little circuit for each ball, and I really don't feel like doing that :) Brad |
| JackTucky:
awesome progress so far. You HAVE to post a video of this thing in action. Art |
| unclet:
Then go ahead and call a carpet distributor and ask what the rubber striping (which separates carpet and tile) is called. I believe there are many different shapes to this stuff and there is also a track which the rubber can slide onto. Basically, you can attach the track to the side of the SkeeBall rolling lane and then simply slide the rubber striping onto the track..... no visible screws either. I tried calling a carpet distributor this morning since it is buggin the hell out of me that I can not remember the name of this stuff, but I was put on hold way to long .....had to get back to work. |
| Ixliam:
I played my first real game of skeeball on this tonight. First off, it played really well, but I don't care for the 100 rings up there. Just not quite my style, I prefer the earlier configuration. On the ball chute, because my initial incline into it is higher than it needs to be, I ended up cutting a mousehole in the target. However, I did get the balls to return after being thrown, so this weekend I will take off the right side and drop that section down, then rebuilt parts of the ball returning stuff on the inside. It was pretty much trial and error to get that to work right, and there is one 'dead spot' that I might need to sand to give it a slope since the ball caught on it. I should have my wooden balls in tomorrow, so that will give me a true test. I will end up recutting another target (no biggie) without the 100 rings. Padding wise on it, it needs some heavier padding or 1/4" cork surfacing. The thin layer of cork that I plan on using on the ramp doesn't cut it for the target, as the ball might as well be hitting bare wood. One thing about this is that it might cost me a bit more on some things than someone who might build one after me, since I'm figuring out all the issues as I go along. Well, here are the photos with some of the ball being airborne. I dragged my wife away from our MUD long enough to play some. Foul Ball!! If I drop the part where the ball goes into the return, I wouldn't have to cut this "mousehole". Cheap pathway on left side. Ball comes out of hole on right, then down to left side. Ball falls through holes and then hits angled wood at end, dropping through hole to picture above. Closeup of hole from the target tube. Brad |
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