HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Final Tweaks & Playtesting!

HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Finally playtesting the dang thing!

WOOHOO!! We finally get the completed playfield back into the cabinet for playtesting! We adjust the wireform ramp return and get the wiring inside the cabinet squared away with new connectors and then power it up! We also then spend a bit of time getting the config file setup to start a simple game.

Table of Contents:

0:00 Updated Wireforms
6:03 Bending a new wire
6:45 Safety goggles!
8:39 Coming up with Plan B
11:20 Another problem with the ramp diverter!
14:54 Ideas for the upper playfield
20:34 How to route your large wire runs
22:27 How much does the playfield weigh?
24:37 Finally in the cabinet again!
26:53 Installing playfield rails
28:24 Close-up walkthrough of the completed playfield
31:26 Another hiccup
37:09 Occam's Razor
41:30 Moment of Truth!!
48:00 Multiball Simulation
48:48 Wrap up!


Links to Resources mentioned in the video:

* FAST Hardware Documentation - ​​https://docs.fastpinball.com/

* Step-by-step Tutorial for getting the lower third of your pinball playfield powered, connected and flipping!: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E...

* Led Zeppelin Pinball Project BoM (Bill of Materials): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

* Public Files on my Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

* Pinball Cabinet Fusion 360 file created by and shared with permission by John Marsh
-- Spike 2 Pinball Cabinet: https://a360.co/2RatbVw

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