Speaker Panel | Half Scale Pinball
Monday, July 08, 2024 in Half Scale Pinball
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Sight and sound I’ve made a lot of small updates to the pinball machine since my last post but let me first introduce the new speaker panel I’ve designed. The bolts at the bottom won't be visible once the artwork is applied to the acrylic …
Building a Test Stand | Half Scale Pinball
Friday, March 17, 2023 in Half Scale Pinball
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On my way to a playable machine These past months, I’ve been working to get the lower-third of the machine in a playable state so I can finally playtest. Thankfully, I’m nearly done as all I have left is the redesign of the flipper mech. …
A fiberoptic DMD?! | Half Scale Pinball
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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…but why You, being a sane and reasonable individual, are probably wondering how I could possibly think it was a good idea to build a fiberoptic panel for my pinball machine’s DMD. Frankly, I don’t even have a great answer to that …
Ball Trough | Half Scale Pinball
Sunday, August 07, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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It’s working! (finally) I know it’s been a while since my last post but I have a good reason… Borderlands 2 is a lot longer than I remembered. No but seriously I’ve actually made a lot good progress since my last post and now …
Ball Ejector Testing | Half Scale Pinball
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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Ball trough design On most pinball machines, a mechanism called the ball trough stores the balls not currently in play. Balls enter the trough through the playfield drain and are returned to play via a mechanism that ejects them back up to the …
Return Lane | Half Scale Pinball
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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The prototype I’ve completed a first draft of the return lane assembly; although, it’s not fully tested at this time. The problem is I can’t really test the lane without having the side wall and slingshot on either side to verify …
Slingshots | Half Scale Pinball
Wednesday, February 09, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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Testing Last post I said I’d be working on the in/out-lanes next but I finally got all the parts in to run a full test on my slingshot assembly and just couldn’t wait. The video below demonstrates the assembly with a few different general …
Testing Inductive Probes | Half Scale Pinball
Saturday, February 05, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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Background One of the goals for my half-scale System Shock pinball machine is to include fully-functioning slingshots. For those unfamiliar, slingshots are the triangular kickers located just above the flippers on most pinball machines. The …
Half Scale Pinball
Saturday, January 29, 2022 in Half Scale Pinball
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Background Since 2015, I’ve been working to build a roughly half-scale pinball machine themed after the original System Shock. I got the idea from the various mini-pinball machines built on the Ben Heck Show [1] [2] and from having finished …