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A DIY Pinball Machine
johnmartin:
It is now on my favorites list. Man that site has a lot of stuff. I had never looked at that site before and it is well organized and easy to find things.
You are right in those would be difficult to cut out properly. A Forstner only works for round components. I would think a Dremel tool and a LOT of patience would work but would be slow.
John
ChadTower:
There are a couple of sets of forstner bits on sale at HF right now.
John, people did do stuff like this before power tools... make a round hole and square it with a chisel. ;D
johnmartin:
I have a nice set of Forstner bits and chisels already begging to be used. Soon, very soon.
Here is another question. How thick are most playfields?
John
ChadTower:
IIRC a lot of them were 17/32 mapletop ply. I know that's what the CPR guys are using for their repros. I've seen it in person, raw untouched all the way to finished product, and the stuff they use is flawless. I'm pretty sure that's what Stern uses for new games too.
Chris:
--- Quote from: johnmartin on August 15, 2008, 11:12:00 am ---You are right in those would be difficult to cut out properly. A Forstner only works for round components. I would think a Dremel tool and a LOT of patience would work but would be slow.
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Well you could just do round ones... but the triangles and arrowheads are just begging to be used, aren't they? The only "home-built" machine I've ever seen used all round inserts.
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