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Steve Ritchie discusses Pinball Playfield "Dimpling"

By StylesBitchly

6 years ago


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    Post #34 Ancient playfield pic for comparison Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)

    Post #100 Summary of Playfield hardness test with gauge by Procrastinator Posted by PinMonk (6 years ago)

    Post #117 Explanation of test method to determine wood hardness. Posted by swinks (6 years ago)

    Post #129 Comparing the size of dimples based on hardness. Posted by TimeBandit (6 years ago)

    Post #195 What is Maple plywood? How is it made? Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)


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    #23 6 years ago

    I liked the shout out to Lloyd !

    #49 6 years ago

    From where I stand the earth looks pretty level.
    Therefore the earth must be flat.

    This thread is dumb....

    #228 6 years ago
    Quoted from iceman44:

    That gets me thinking, is there a HEP for wives? Better than new?

    I believe its called Les Vegas...

    #340 6 years ago
    Quoted from iceman44:

    Nobody can convince me that "dimples" make one iota's difference on a PF.
    The wood ALWAYS wins at the end of the day.

    The ball at speed might travel faster with less surface resistance on an orange peel-like surface than on a smooth one.
    Possibly less drag? Possibly less wear over time? (golf balls again? come to mind...)

    Dimples may be better than super smooth over time?

    #451 6 years ago
    Quoted from o-din:

    I won't be buying Maiden in SPITE of the fact they chose to erase Paul Di' Anno from the equation.
    Bally could have rose from the dead and made it, but it still wouldn't interest me at all. I'll probably play it once for free somewhere though, but that's all the love I'm going to give it.
    Who's in charge of picking these game themes these days? Some old man that just woke up from a 30 year coma?
    Now bring on Judas Priest, would ya!!

    Rocking since 1961

    The worlds greatest band:

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    #537 6 years ago
    Quoted from o-din:

    The balls have gotten harder.

    I just checked, mine seem fine.

    #552 5 years ago

    Dimpling solved:

    Solid steel playfield, Wooden balls.

    #557 5 years ago

    Just added another flat-earther to my ignore list....

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