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JeepMonkey:

--- Quote from: rundgrenjunkie on March 09, 2009, 09:19:37 pm ---have done electrical automation wiring and schematics.
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Do you work in a panel shop?  PLC, HMI, MCC wiring?

rundgrenjunkie:
Thanks for the input everyone. I had one good email response from someone who I plan to learn to learn alot from. He has sketches and pictures of a macine he is building so that will be a great staart for planning for me. I am going to do some autocad work for him.
I found a thing called virtual pinball that you can layput what your machine can look like. I also found a reseller and renovation shop in san marcos,ca about 30 minutes from me. I am still a little while from starting out but when I do I will log it and take pictures to share everyone.
As far as the panel shop, no my day job is with SMC pnuematics and instrumentaion. I used to sell moving coil actuators and had a side bussiness that was a small automation corp for 3.5 years. I have done panel work, soldering, some programming and I was a machinist for 10 years prior to getting into engineering and design. before. I am hoping that some of the controllers and experiance I have used in automation will translate to pinball machines.
There is so much to learn here and I had no idea how far things have progressed since the days of early the 70's pinball machines.

Xiaou2:
Be aware that Virtual Pinball physics are not going to be accurate and will be
Very different if you build an actual table.

 The best way to design good gameplay is by making test fields with real
materials.

rundgrenjunkie:
Thanks for that tip. That would have sucked building it to that and having it react differntly.

BobA:
Future pin handles the ball movement more realisticaly.  The engine they use is documented on their site.

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