I stumbled across this thread and thought to chime in, I designed the internal slot to be the maximum height and width to allow any coin. Original I helped out a aussie that wanted to accommodate a 20 cent coin which is quite large. If you need a measurement of the auctual designed opening just yell out.

As for Shapeways you can message the designer, near the part is who it is by and you can click the designer and then a new page comes up and then you can contact.

Here is a link to the growing range of my parts and mods
http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=swinks&sort=newest

thanks for the support Taylor

basically yes it is possible.

The way Shapeways works is a designer designs an item and places it on Shapeways and they do a print check via software to see if it will work, once approved it is ready to go. When a item sells Shapeways gets roughly 80% and I get roughly 20% as a royalty payment.

The bonus is I am in Aus and Shapeways is in New York so postage is cheap to the majority of you.

I also recommend becoming a Shapeways member and sign up for email notifications as every few months there is a sale on materials or free postage so some small savings to be had.

As for the credit button I just need real accurate measurements or borrow the part and I can then reproduce an accurate model/part and send it to Shapeways. Shapeways materials will be different to the original part as the white nylon states polished nylon but it isn't shiny because the part had it's particles bound with a laser and tumbled (polished) which is different to injection molding - but for one off part manufacturer is better than nothing.

I refined the search to reproduction parts only at Shapeways for older games. These basically came about through pinheads reaching out to me for a part so did it as a favour but where possible I offered a upgrade so will last longer - like the Bally backbox light shrouds with screw mounted holes or the Bally ball launch arm with added strengthening so to hopefully last alot longer.

https://www.shapeways.com/search?q=swinksrepro&sort=popularity

sorry about the price of the repro's - it is set by Shapeways professional printing service - all solid laser bound nylon not hollow prints.

the rib and no rib are to suit a bracket set one way or flipped the other way

also in my experimenting there is a slight difference in the bottom anchor point of the drop target between the the Bally's and Stern's so they will sit slightly different.

Stern & Bally Comparison (resized).png

bottom difference (resized).png

top difference (resized).png

from my research and experimenting I found it interesting that the top plate can be swapped to suit the long or short catch but do not know the history - I just proved to myself that flipping over the bracket allows the different targets to work.

I was sent a Stern drop assembly to then re-engineer the classic targets and out of curiosity drew up the Ballys to compare purely out of interest.

Tombstones or hooded targets?

I am doing reproduction tombstone drops, first batch is pretty much allocated at this stage but will be doing more if there is interest
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-tombstone-drop-targets-13a-11-any-interest

here is one pinsider use of them in a meteor with Marco decals

Drop Targets - Meteor (resized).jpg

I started making the tombstone targets and in doing so researched the target decals available
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-tombstone-drop-targets-13a-11-any-interest/page/2#post-6894002
haven't seen coloured though would be cool

what was your playfield again - is it a hard top (much thicker), clearcoated ( a little thicker) - just wondering if your roll over button is affected height wise?

no worries, process of elimination + some frustration

The targets you have in your game are hooded and incorrect for the game but sold as the repros from Planetary and PBR but are actually a little more flexible in the plastic type which does affect the use.

check out this thread for info on the proper reproduction shape which are getting great results.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-tombstone-drop-targets-13a-11-any-interest

I am not trying to sell my targets, rather don't link seeing people have issues with non correct targets - but just good to know your options

Sorry, just replied - time difference

Apparently the history is that the original molds were modded to hooded and PBR has that modded mold so the tombstone mold no longer exists.

The issue with the repro hooded ones is many they have too much flexi and bounce back and then forward before the tareget can drop - effectively bricking.

My repros a a replica of the original and are made of solid PA12 Nylon and have been performing well.

What about a custom offset post - happy to design and make one / file available.

Then you could keep the hole and rotate the post to suit - just need some measurements sent and can create that for you guys