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btp2k2:

I have been making cabinets for a while now and recently got addicted to VisualPinball. Luckily for me, Maximus Arcade just released an update that includes support for VP and Future Pinball.

For my next cab, I would like to set it up with a "Pinball package". You know, the flipper buttons on the side of the control box, etc.

Anyway, I have been thinking about how cool it would be to have something on the front of the control box like a plunger that would trigger the microswitch or even a plunger-esque button, like potentiall mod a standard Happs button to look like a plunger. Is any of that possible? If so, where the heck would I start?

Kevin Mullins:

Something like this?

http://www.johnsretroarcade.com/hardware_pinball.asp



Fozzy The Bear:


--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on January 31, 2007, 07:36:03 pm ---Something like this?

http://www.johnsretroarcade.com/hardware_pinball.asp

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That's interesting.... But it's a really complex way of doing something that only requires a microswitch to be hit by the plunger.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

btp2k2:


--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on January 31, 2007, 07:36:03 pm ---Something like this?

http://www.johnsretroarcade.com/hardware_pinball.asp



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No, actually exactly like that!

That is awesome, thanks for pointing that out!

JustMichael:

Honestly I think he should have placed the sensor just past the fully compressed spring (like when the plunger is pulled back).  Then it could read how far back the plunger was pulled.  The way he has it now, having the plunger hit a button would do the same thing.

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