(Topic ID: 126221)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

By MarkInc

8 years ago


Topic Heartbeat

Topic Stats

  • 1,323 posts
  • 250 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 4 months ago by MarkInc
  • Topic is favorited by 222 Pinsiders

You

Linked Games

Topic Gallery

View topic image gallery

IMG_9962 (resized).jpg
IMG_9912 (resized).jpg
IMG_9597 (resized).jpg
IMG_9757 (resized).jpg
E36187B7-A3F8-41DF-9584-A79C7102B0DF (resized).jpeg
166D8AB7-C63F-44A7-8E5A-E037F78BAF6D (resized).jpeg
8BB9F47A-1626-454A-B1AD-AC272B8CCE62 (resized).jpeg
D6768CB5-376F-4A82-9659-14815293A3A3 (resized).jpeg
75180746-300A-4E66-BB9D-17B990715AC8 (resized).jpeg
chachachachanges.png
walkway (resized).jpg
rocks (resized).jpg
wip (resized).png
more_work (resized).png
changes.png
F64F76F8-4BF6-41E3-B7E3-5BBC4196F78A.jpeg

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider linolium.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

#43 8 years ago

Good Job!

1 week later
#72 8 years ago

Wood molds + your oven + a shop vac. Check out youtube for examples of home-done vac-forming. The longer the ramp the more difficult it becomes because of oven size.

6 months later
#330 8 years ago
Quoted from MarkInc:

A bit tricky to change them now, I think, but they can be made harder by removing the rubber rings. Maybe I could do the 3 close post holes to adjust the vertical position, but not sure how it will be easier/harder?

Here's some ideas-

outlane_idea.pngoutlane_idea.png

Purple = removable mini post (studs with t-nuts)
Yellow = 3-hole adjustable thin plastic post (not the normal fat post you usually use)
green = studded thin plastic post (not really removable per se... but a stud for strength)

The right most purple mini post should be located where the wire guide currently ends. The wire guide should be shrunk by about 3/8" or so to make room for that post. When removed the save is easier, when installed it's harder.

The green line you see on the left is a tapered inlane meaning the upper part of the inlane is wider then the lower part.. maybe about 1/4th" or so wider so the ball is more apt to go in there. Also the left inlane purple mini post is 1/2" lower then it currently is so the ball bounces off the left blue rubber into the entrance of the tapered inlane. Adjusting the yellow post makes the left kickout lane easier or harder to bounce in.

Using thin posts between the left kickout and left outlane will allow you to thin the wall between the two areas enabling the tapered inlane as well as give enough room for the 3-hole adjustment feature to fit (not block the ball)

Removing posts makes saving easer or harder depending on both the side your on and the combination of post adjustments made.

-Lin

EDIT: Oh! The left ramp should be attached to both the left playfield wall and green studded post now.

1 month later
#378 8 years ago
Quoted from wcbrandes:

Mark have you decided what to do with the "forest" and how it will interact with the ball?

The original idea had a tree door open on the left side(virtually from a backboard led) that the ball would roll into from a backboard-ramp-toy on the right side of the lay field. The forest/Holliday modes would all be table modifiers you could stack up along with the running progression modes. Not sure what Mark's new plan for the Holliday modes are now though.

PS- Mark, your green ramp is too flat on the top. Angle it down or up the table slightly so a slow ball doesn't get stuck.

Promoted items from the Pinside Marketplace
$ 25.00
Apparel - Men
Pinside Shop
Men
From: $ 22.00
Apparel - Men
Pinside Shop
Men
£ 2.50
Electronics
Retro Electro Designs
Electronics
$ 10.95
Apparel - Unisex
Pinball Wheezer
Unisex

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider linolium.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-nightmare-before-christmas?tu=linolium and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.