Build your own tabletop pinball machine.

Phillips Screwdriver
Pliers or 3/8” Wrench/Nut Driver
3D Pinter
Laser Cutter
Arduino IDE (optional)
Structure parts
(1) Playing Surface - 1⁄8” plywood, laser cut (10.3” x 16”)
(2) Side Panels (2) - 1⁄8” plywood, laser cut (~17.1” x ~4.3”)
(1) Back Panel - 1⁄8” plywood, laser cut (10 1⁄4“ x 5 1⁄2”)
(2) Wood Dowels (2) 0.5” diameter x 11” long
(2) Wood Boards (2) 2.5” x .75” x 10.0”
(14) Self-tapping pan-head screws, #6 x 1⁄2” (14)
Mechanism parts
(2) Paddles (2) - 3D print
(2) Levers (2) - 3D print
(6) #10 x 1” pan head machine screws
(2) #10 x 1.75” Bolts
(10) #10 flat washers
(4) #10 lock washers
(4) #10 Hex Nuts
(4) #10 Lock Nuts
(2) Rubber Bands
(3) Balls, polished steel, 11/16” diameter
Suggested parts for elements
(10) #10 x 1” pan head machine screws
(10) plastic spacers, 1⁄2” diameter x 1⁄2” tall
(10) #10 flat washers
(10) #10 Wing Nuts
Rubber Bands, misc sizes
For LEDs
Microcontroller
Simple Electronic Supplies
Turn wood and craft materials into a functioning table-top pinball machine.esign the electronics in each machine, while also designing the code to design their LED components.
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