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Tabletop Pinball

Step 6The fun stuff!

The fun stuff!
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At this point, I walked around the house gathering up things to use to make some nifty items for the ball to roll around on, over, through, etc. All of these items were hot glued together, and then hot glued directly to the table top.

The loop is made from and old plastic bottle. I detailed the making of that more (in photos), because it was a little more tricky. Everything else is mostly cardboard.

Once the paddles and launcher are working properly, you can go nuts with the top half of the table. You can make whatever you can think up.

The nice thing about melamine is that hot glue sticks to it well, but you can pop it off (or scrape it off) quite easily. If an item you've glued down doesn't work well, or is positioned wrong, you can remove it without too much hassle. I will probably make some changes and move things around on mine, but you get the idea.

This was fun to build, and is really fun to play with.

Check out the video!
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2 comments
Apr 27, 2011. 1:01 PMAppollo64 says:
How did you make the bumpers? Great instructable!
Jan 17, 2011. 11:30 AMData643 says:
Could you show how you made the cardboard ramps; I'm having trouble with them?

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