Make sure there isn't any dead space on that image. There could be extra white-space above and below the playfield drawing in that image. I've only used VP 8 and 9, that scaling was fine

hmm, it has always seemed to work right for me.

What I did was use all circle inserts so you can easily use a forstner bit on a drill and I cut my own piece of wood to the exact dimensions of a WPC playfield and I just started screwing stuff to the playfield how I wanted, cnc isn't a requirement

Agree. Forge a head with the wood working skill set you have. If you need to move to CNC eventually you can do so down the road.

the only thing I did do was take an old stripped playfield I had lying around and use it for laying out the flippers, apron, trough etc. basically just clamp the stripped on top and drill and route using it as a guide

Looks like a lot of good information in this thread. I’m starting on this journey as well with a tribute pinball to a certain pinball maker. To make it easier on myself (I hope) I’m going to use existing ramps and other parts already made. It’s going to be fairly straight forward.

…famous last words of the homebrewer lol

Good luck!

I suppose so. Lol

Hello fellow Homebrewers.
I am about to purchase some parts and I have a couple of questions.
Smart drop targets? What do these do? Are they harder to program. Or just go with switch drop targets?
I am wanting to do a ball locks behind them.
And opto or switch spinners. Same question. Programming wise which is easier to work with? Or best to use?
Thanks in advance.

https://missionpinball.org/config/drop_targets/

It would be set up normally, but you would add the knockdown_* configurations.
I'm not sure how to set it up as a ball device. I'd have to think about it. Someone else probably knows of the top of their head.

For optos versus physical switches, the only difference in most situations is whether the switch is inverted.

Thanks for your reply.

Much appreciated.

Obviously I am near the beginning of the project and was just wondering what was possible and the differences.

Sorry if these are easy questions

But I am seeing targets assembly’s some with diodes and some without on the switches.
Will the diodes be required?
Thanks again

For systems with direct switches(p3-roc, cobrapin, etc), no. You only need diodes on switch matrices. Just for completeness, in some systems, like the cobrapin, you will have a diode on solenoids. But they serve a different purpose than the ones on switches.

Ok. Thank you.