Quoted from GreenMachine19:Love this theme. Love the re-engineering of a lot of the mechanisms. I realize aluminum is much easier to work with than steel. How do you think that aluminum will hold up against the pinball itself? Are there a lot of areas where the ball will be taking shots?
Interesting point, aluminum is softer than steel. Since parts are at least twice as thick that should more than compensate. That made me think why not machine some pinballs themselves out of aluminum? Of course they wouldn't last as long as steel but with the reduced weight they would fly! They would probably be right between a ceramic powerball and a conventional steel pinball as far as speed goes. It would be a worthy experiment.
Cudos to SickNate for this amazing project! I wouldn't be surprised to see your new style pop bumper adopted commercially. Brilliant design.