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I made these two Pinball machines as a hobby project, no electrical parts.
MATERIALS: Pine, Mdf, pvc pipe, coat hangers for wire, some plastic, dowel,
trunking conduit for curves, rubber bands, screws, liquid nails, pva and multi-purpose adhesive, 3 springs, ceder balls as 'points' which drop under the table and roll to side shelves to count for score at end of game. Ball bearings for game balls and multiball/extra life's.
TOOLS USED: Hand saw, drill, 3 drill bits, hack saw, plyers, vice grips, chisel and hammer.
Took about 30 hrs each spread out. Both are unique designs which I roughly pre planned and adjusted and added features as I made them.
2nd one I made (Green) is much more complicated, it has ×4 flippers, 18 points to score, ×5 multi balls, ×1 extra life. Two upper levels and a 3rd level (UFO) which triggers an extra life.
There are 2 up ramps and 1 down ramp that travels the ball from left upper level to right side. It has 6 sets of track rails the ball can use as paths in play, and 1 set used to take an extra life to the start game spring.
Blue ceder balls are knocked below the table to collect 9 on each side. High score backboard is made from pencil case letter pouches to allow changing high score names. Artwork was done myself as it is also a hobby of mine.
Happy to share any tips/advise ppl would like and more detailed instructions, photos or video.
Fun hobby project, hope you liked and are inspired.
Hi @Wouldy,
Let me tag @MarcL so he's alerted to your kind comment. Have you also seen his latest pinball machine? An absolute masterpiece.
Stevie
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