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Some Billet Drop Targets I'm Working on

By NextoPin

9 years ago


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#60 9 years ago
Quoted from NextoPin:

I just don't know if I'm even allowed to sell a target that works in a William's game.

As long as you don't put any WMS logos or WMS artwork on them you are good.

The patents on drop targets themselves expired long ago.

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The coolest idea in the world would be to have them waterjet or laser cut through the face so they could be backlit.............Ooooooooooooooooh
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#71 9 years ago
Quoted from steve-o:

My question would be regarding the sound of the pinball striking the metal drop target.

I would tune each target, so they would sound like a doorbell as they fell.

#88 9 years ago
Quoted from NextoPin:

Can you recommend a laser etcher, preferably something small?

Every trophy shop has a few lasers than can do aluminum, if you just want to see how it looks before buying a whole unit.

#96 9 years ago
Quoted from Zitt:

You can't laser etch Aluminum with "signshop" quality lasers. You'd have to go to the KW range to do that. CO2 lasers will not vaporize aluminum as it does on Acrylic.

I just had some trophy plates laser photo engraved for the idiots at work.

They did our company logo, picture and the winner's names.

#98 9 years ago
Quoted from Zitt:

Vid - is the mark black or white?

A light black, like charcoal before you light it.

#99 9 years ago

I'm looking at "light black" and laughing.

How about "so dark grey that it passes for black"?

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#144 9 years ago

I like it because it looks like a hungry watermelon bomb (my favorite kind).

#151 9 years ago
Quoted from EricR:

What an interesting place to store drop targets, I wonder what else she keeps in there.

She makes them in her own little foundry .

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#201 8 years ago

Still interested.

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#213 8 years ago
Quoted from NextoPin:

We looked into anodizing but we couldn't find anyone to do small runs and I didn't want to get into trying to do it myself with all the chemicals.

The only chemical you need for anodizing is Sulfuric Acid (just plain 'ol battery acid from the auto store).

Anodizing is a very "green" technology.

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