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Those of us beyond a certain age will very likely have some fond memories of many an hour spent and pocket money devoured feeding the local arcade pinball machine. At …read more Continue reading A Great Resource For The Would-Be Pinball Machine Builder
It’s really a wonder that we missed this one, what with all the extra time in front of a computer we’ve had over the last year or so. But better …read more Continue reading K’nex Pinball Machine is a Playable Work of Art
What have you been doing to ward off the winter blues? [TechnoChic] decided to lean in to winter and make a really fun-looking game out of it by combining the awesome PinBox 3000 cardboard pinball sandbox with a couple of …read more
Continue reading Micro:bit Makes Cardboard Pinball More Legit
Ever since he was a young boy, [Tyler] has played the silver ball. And like us, he’s had a lifelong fascination with the intricate electromechanical beasts that surround them. In his recently-completed senior year of college, [Tyler] assembled a mechatronics dream team of [Kevin, Cody, and Omar] to help turn …read more
If you’ve always wanted to build your own pinball machine but have no idea where to start, this is the project for you. [Chris] is in the process of building a 3/4 size pinball table and is currently in the waiting-for-parts stage. As they arrive, he is testing them in a sandbox he built in an afternoon. Let [Chris]’s proving ground be your quick-start guide to all the ways you could approach the two most important parts of any pin: the flippers and targets.
The field of play is a sturdy piece of particle board, and the cardboard walls are …read more
