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