And it works... The onboard LED flashes a different colour for warn, tilt, and slam. Features Feature Achieved Self-levelling Yes Immune to harmonic motion Yes Single trigger per tilt action Yes Time delay between tilt activations Yes Rustproof Yes Provide warning Yes Replace Tilt-bob Yes Replace Lift-tilt Yes Replace Slam-tilt Yes Lift and Slam work in all directions Yes Adjustable…
I want to add a tilt feature. Not because it's needed, but because I like to practice my mojo with a limit. I've got a bunch of tilt mechanisms, but they all need refurbishing, and I've had enough of that for a while; so I says to myself... Why not build an electronic tilt mechanism? As usual, this was a…
Better is the Enemy of Done Words to live by. I've always hated napkin designs and quick sketches. They are ugly and confusing. There is no denying though, that they get the job done quick. The ugly schematic lead to a bit of ugly construction... So we have 240V switched with a circuit breaker, coil power switch, amp and volt…
I designed a little circuit board holder to use while developing the playfield. it works well and is quite neat - gives easy access to both sides of the board, and screws on as well. Next version will support horizontal mounting as well. The circuit board is held in little slots in the 'arms', and the board pops out as…
The first thing you hear when you switch it on…
The Backbox is the first thing you see…
To build a pinball machine, you need parts…
“Everybody needs a Rotisserie!”
So we had lots of ideas for themes for the pinball machine. And we would start designing ,and collecting resources, untill another idea came along that was better than the last. The Frog One of the earliest game ideas. Rules can come from locations like: Some quick work on the computer gave concept art: Later designs were moderately improved: The…