Introduction: Cardboard Pinball Machine
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Two days ago I felt really bored and after thinking a bit I thought why not make myself one of those cool pinball machines that are there at videogame centers...so then I started searching for materials and after a lot of searcch these are the materials I used :
Cardboard
6 Chopsticks
Duct tape (Red, Blue, White, Black)
BBQ Sticks
Toothpics
Wire
Rubberbands
A Spring
So I made the frame of the pinball machine from cardboard by just making a small cardboard box sort of thing!
And then to make the launching mechanism that will launch I used a chopstick and cut it in half and then glues 2 pieces of cardboard on the top and bottom and then just put a spring in the center and as you press the top the spring will get pressed as it will be attached to cardboard and that will make the launcher launch the ball once pulled back!
The flippers were the easiest as all I had to do was to make sure they were moving around a pivot and then use elastic bands to make the spring back action once hit!
Then I added a rotator wheel and two bumpers and a triangle supporter and some tracks!
The mission of this game was to make sure that you go on the track and finish it without dying in less than 5:00 mins!
I passed the lower mission....the lower track once but never passed the higher track... :(
My friend on the other hand is really good with this so he passed the lower mission 4 times and the higher mission twice!
We both played for 10 turns....
Chopsticks really came in handy to make the frames for the rotator, the triangle, the bumpers, the tracks support and even the launcher!I thought of using BBQ ssticks for supports but they were just too weak!
Here is a video of it in action! The video was made before I added the duct tape decoration so it doesn't look as good as the pictures in the video....
Enjoy watching the pictures!
Cardboard
6 Chopsticks
Duct tape (Red, Blue, White, Black)
BBQ Sticks
Toothpics
Wire
Rubberbands
A Spring
So I made the frame of the pinball machine from cardboard by just making a small cardboard box sort of thing!
And then to make the launching mechanism that will launch I used a chopstick and cut it in half and then glues 2 pieces of cardboard on the top and bottom and then just put a spring in the center and as you press the top the spring will get pressed as it will be attached to cardboard and that will make the launcher launch the ball once pulled back!
The flippers were the easiest as all I had to do was to make sure they were moving around a pivot and then use elastic bands to make the spring back action once hit!
Then I added a rotator wheel and two bumpers and a triangle supporter and some tracks!
The mission of this game was to make sure that you go on the track and finish it without dying in less than 5:00 mins!
I passed the lower mission....the lower track once but never passed the higher track... :(
My friend on the other hand is really good with this so he passed the lower mission 4 times and the higher mission twice!
We both played for 10 turns....
Chopsticks really came in handy to make the frames for the rotator, the triangle, the bumpers, the tracks support and even the launcher!I thought of using BBQ ssticks for supports but they were just too weak!
Here is a video of it in action! The video was made before I added the duct tape decoration so it doesn't look as good as the pictures in the video....
Enjoy watching the pictures!