Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 37

HOMEBREW

My Own Pinball Machine

Written by Tom Kuehn

Kelly Short

TOM KUEHNis a mechatronic engineer from Newcastle, Australia. He loves tinkering with electronics, mechanics and everything in between.

PINBALL MACHINES HAVE ALWAYS FASCINATED ME, and after studying engineering for two years in 2005, I felt I knew enough to build one from scratch. After all, how hard could it be?

Seven years later, I finally have a finished machine to show for all my hard work. The player takes the role of an archetypal James Bond villain; the scoreboard tallies the ...