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+ | ====== DIY pinball table ====== | ||
+ | {{template>: | ||
+ | name=DIY pinball table| | ||
+ | image=pinball.jpg| | ||
+ | founder=[[user: | ||
+ | interested=[[user: | ||
+ | status=planned | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | I have always wanted to create a real pinball machine. There are a lot of companies that sell pinball table hardware, but it would be cool to create all the bumpers, traps, targets and other stuff ourselves. I'm still not sure how big this project would be, so some analysis would be needed. | ||
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+ | ===== Goals ===== | ||
+ | * Creating the mechanics could be challenging and help the project' | ||
+ | * If we came up with an open and modular design that would allow other people to create their own tables, it would be even more cool | ||
+ | * Stunning graphics and sound. We need artistically gifted people on this one. | ||
+ | * Most of all it would be fun to have our own pinball table to play on 8-) | ||
+ | ===== Thoughts ===== | ||
+ | * If we added a coin mechanism to the table, we could profit from people playing on it | ||
+ | * Before doing anything in hardware, the design' | ||
+ | * I can imagine some matrix of holes where we will be able to put all bumpers and traps. It can be very modular pinball, so we will be able to change the maze very easily when we'll got bored. // | ||
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+ | ===== Roadmap & Progress ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are two ways to do this. We can either buy an old machine and start refurbishing it or we can begin | ||
+ | thinking up a design in a simulator and try to create the needed board elements and electronics one at a | ||
+ | time. | ||
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+ | Currently, a week-long pinball hacking [[event: | ||
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+ | ===== References ===== | ||
+ | ==== Part design ==== | ||
+ | Interesting forum post [[http:// | ||
+ | Commercial pinball parts for inspiration [[http:// | ||
+ | Wikipedia has a nice article with description of some board elements [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Other projects ==== | ||
+ | Ben Heck and his [[http:// | ||
+ | Jerri Elsworth was also designing a table. She made a few [[http:// | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Software ==== | ||
+ | Future Pinball simulator. It's a Windoze app, but has a nice editor. [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Other ==== | ||
+ | Or, just Google "DIY pinball", |
project/diy_pinball_table/start.txt · Last modified: 2016/11/28 01:31 by ruza