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blog.makezine.com - 5/12/2009

Tabletop pinball from scrap

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Seamster put his collection of scrap wood to good use in the form of the above-seen DIY pinball machine, even reusing the ball from an old computer mouse - With some parental help, this can be a kid-friendly project. Building a solid table with a functioning paddle assembly requires some ...

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DIY Pinball Table
GEARFUSE — ... Using some scrap wood he had lying around, Seamster set forth and built his very own pinball table . Complete with working paddles, it uses an old mouse tracking ball and has plenty of ramps and other bonuses, just like the arcade version of the game. It’s not an easy build but there’s an Instructable available should you have the courage to try to build your own. The only thing missing are the bright lights and ability to tilt the machine. Link [ via ]

Man makes pinball table from scrap wood
CrunchGear — ... had lying around and, as icing on the cake, used an old mouse rollerball as the pinball. Here’s a video of the table in action: And as if that wasn’t cool enough, seamster has since added a huge swooping arch and “a ‘Plinko’-style pegged board” made of dowels glued into MDF. Very cool and, remember, no batteries needed. Tabletop Pinball [Instructables via MAKE]