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 …