DIY Pinball

Build your own tabletop pinball machine.

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Tools

Phillips Screwdriver

Pliers or 3/8” Wrench/Nut Driver

3D Pinter

Laser Cutter

Arduino IDE (optional) 

Materials

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

Project details

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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