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thatpurplestuff:
Quick update: Finished one bumper (still need cut off excess rubber and clean up some of the glue) and clamped it on to the machine to see what it looks like. Loving it so far! Also got my vinyl corner guards in the mail, so I placed them on and again I'm really loving how everything is looking. T-molding came as well so this weekend will be busy!

yotsuya:
Looks great. How do you plan to do the ball return?

thatpurplestuff:
DNA Dan- That's a good idea about the sound dampening material. I'm definitely going to look into it!

yotsuya- I'll be redoing the ball return as soon as the ramp is done... I'm still figuring some stuff out but I'll post pics when I do it.

So I didn't get a lot done this weekend... caught something nasty and I've been congested and coughing like crazy. Most of the stuff I wanted to do involved a table saw or a router, and I figured it may not be such a great idea to operate either when there's a chance I'll uncontrollably cough while using them.

I did finish creating the bumpers, but I still need to trim the excess white glue from the edges and trim the ends before I mount them. I clamped them to the machine to see how they look (awesome!) and I figured I would put my most recent purchase on as well to see how it looked (even more awesome!).

My original plan was to buy white rope lights for the ramp, but I decided to go all out and purchased a 16' RGB LED strip, so I can illuminate the ramp any color that I want and change it in realtime. I'm very happy with the results, and these pics really don't do it justice. When the LEDs are mounted they will be about 1/4" higher than they are in the pics, which makes a surprisingly big difference in terms of their brightness. When they are at the correct height the light appears brighter and more evenly distributed.

Second thing I did today was partially figure out how to integrate the lighting for the holes. I plan on having the rings light up for different game modes (lighting the last ring you hit for certain games with the color changing depending on how many times you have hit the same ring in a row, lighting bonus rings for others, etc). Adding this into the software will actually be really easy so I'm pretty excited about it. I'm still not exactly sure how I want to actually mount the RGB LED's under the holes, but from preliminary placements I love them.

One issue that I'm now seeing is that this flooring that I used for the ramp isn't adhering to the frame that well. There are certain spots (primarily on the hop ramp) that pop up a bit every few days. I can push them back down and they stick for a while, but I want a permanent solution. Does anyone have any ideas for adhesives that I can use on top of the sticky stuff that they included with the flooring?

Thanks for reading. Hoping to make some big progress this week!

AlienInferno:
That lighting will look fantastic in a semi-dark room. You could even make them flash when a ball is counted (scorewise, etc.) Maybe even an attract type mode of sorts. Hmmm...a voice out of nowhere (circus announcer/fair game booth person). "Ladies and Gentlemen come on down and try your hands at skeeball. Win a prize with every roll!" While the lights flash in sync with his voice. IDK. Has potential anyway I would think.

Edit: I was talking about the ramp lights for the most part. Attract mode could be all of them though.

ricand:
Does anyone have any ideas for adhesives that I can use on top of the sticky stuff that they included with the flooring?

I've had good luck with 3Ms Super 77 adhesive spray. It does a good job of sticking odd things together. I'm not sure how good it is at adhering adhesives though. You might want to take the old adhesive off first with some acetone or something.

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