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This update may be a tad excessive
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Magnetic Drop target
OK this is Awesome!
As the video shows this is a Bally single Drop Target from the 80s it electrically went up only.
What I have done is -
Mount a coil from an old EM motor board on the rear of the unit -
Mount some Ferris material on the arm of the drop target peg -
Applied power -
It is now is able to Auto Drop
The advantages -
No additional moving parts
It didn't cost me much <$1 - two screws, two washers & an old otherwise redundant coil
It solves a rather clunky design issue
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Highland, IN
4 weeks later
Quoted from aobrien5:Looks like it could be a bad ball trap though.
It certainly is - it will have a perspex plate above it to stop ball launches, it will also be part of the ball
search program.
My thinking, consider it mostly be in the 'down' position , consider it 'up' during the combo timer.
During modes the outer loops will trigger it to be 'up' just before the ball gets there and 'down' moments later
based on the timing of a 'successful shot'
So popping 'up' only for the time the ball is expected to be going past it.
Quoted from kaboom:It certainly is - it will have a perspex plate above it to stop ball launches, it will also be part of the ball
search program.
My thinking, consider it mostly be in the 'down' position , consider it 'up' during the combo timer.
During modes the outer loops will trigger it to be 'up' just before the ball gets there and 'down' moments later
based on the timing of a 'successful shot'
So popping 'up' only for the time the ball is expected to be going past it.
Slick
Quoted from kaboom:Magnetic Drop target
Are these Classic Bally Drop ledge targets?
http://pinball.click/ClrDropTarget
They look like it... Just wondering out loud if the "frosted" clear drops would look better than the white targets especially if you can back light them with some leds and/or control the LED color via the computer. 
Quoted from Zitt:Are these Classic Bally Drop ledge targets?
http://pinball.click/ClrDropTarget
They look like it... Just wondering out loud if the "frosted" clear drops would look better than the white targets especially if you can back light them with some leds and/or control the LED color via the computer.
Yep they are 80s drops & I totally agree it would look cool
Quoted from aobrien5:Thinking in 3 dimensions! Awesome!
there-was-one-planet-off-in-the-seventh-dimension-that-got-used (resized).jpgWrapping up hoping all had a good weekend, thankyou to all who continue offering encouragement
on this rather long winded project, it's always it's appreciated.
These are the two Playfield monitors -
the smaller of the two is a clone of the Backglass monitor.
Quoted from kaboom:Yep they are 80s drops & I totally agree it would look cool
Do you have a part number of the original?
Quoted from Zitt:Do you have a part number of the original?
I've ordered a bunch of these " classic Bally " to try out, thanks man.
1 week later
3 weeks later
Lower Playfield Attract
The camera to tv - tv to camera - to youtube is degrading the look of it a bit but hey -
Your lighting and effects are amazing, but my favorite thing I've seen is the towel spinner. Love the steady updates, still excitedly following!
Quoted from EasternBloc:Your lighting and effects are amazing, but my favorite thing I've seen is the towel spinner. Love the steady updates, still excitedly following!
It's always the simple things 
First Flips with code and animation, no backing track or mode track as that comes from the main processor.
It's really hard to video this thing btw but this gives you the idea
With backing track added
Without backing track
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dZCaMiZ-qUdbhkFvdwiVg? for progress
1 week later
Quoted from aobrien5:No more updates?
Good luck, it's awesome!
For the moment only at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dZCaMiZ-qUdbhkFvdwiVg? and Aussie Arcade
A final build will get posted here 
2 years later
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