North Wales, PA
It’s a long road but it’s worth it! Looks good so far!
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3 months later
You could always use the ceramic powerball. Its lighter and strong but won't dent the aluminum like the steel balls.
Quoted from SickNate:I think an aluminum ball would feel all wrong, dent/distort easily, and magnets wouldn’t work. This game has magnet so let’s lay that to rest.
The pop bumper upper and lower rings are actually 304 stainless steel.
As far as aluminum mechs go, they don’t need to stay perfectly round, and are an order of magnitude stronger than wood.
I think a steel ball will ding and dent aluminum mechs, but if wood rails can hold up .... I’ll take my chances
I’m pretty sure the square newton ball thing on Metallica premium behind the hammer is aluminum . It definitely gets banged up but works fine.
2 months later
Great work! Excited to see this thing flipping!
You can always purchase another NUC and have your nephew send you an image (google drive). Super simple to reimage the NUC and then he can continue developing and you can begin playing!
Quoted from SickNate:Jabdoa,
Sweet. That sounds simple enough.
I really want to start flipping this thing.
My nephew lives in NV, and has the NUC that we are using to run this thing.
Don’t know when I can get him down to Oceanside because of this corona thing.
bummer.
3rd rail guide in.
Added a spinner to the left ramp.
Now each flipper has one.
I’m going to make a second scoop like the first.
That way one can hold a ball then when the other scoop is hit, it can be random which scoop the ball is coming out of.
Then for certain modes both scoops will hold a ball.
Then it’s time to make a subway.
Then wait patiently for quarantine to end.
First try on third rail guide looked like hammered puke.
Really tight turns , not so easy to bend by hand.
So I made a fixture/guide and it worked out good.[quoted image][quoted image]
2 months later
I’m enjoying your journey so far. You’ve done a great job on the design and all the metal is awesome. While a couple cool toys would be even more fun, I’d get coding! You want to enjoy your design and get that buzz back that you had when you started? Start designing some fun modes and hurry ups! Add movie callouts and music and some stills. Then play it a lot and revel in your accomplishments. You’ll get inspiration, enjoy your game and think of 100 things you want to add next. Love the lighting so far!
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