Sunday, June 21, 2015

Lane guides

 

Line guides do move the ball in a certain position. Normally they are used to make multiple lanes, with ball switches between them. Normally they have light below them.

For example, you can see some here in a firepower playfield:

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They come is different sizes. They come in both double sided or single sided guides.

 

This is a 40mm short double sided lane guide.

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A single sided lane guide with pins.

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ball side

 

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rear side.

A re-enforcement rib was added to absorb pinball collisions better. The sides acing the pins are angled in two dimensions to allow the rubber to pass.

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I also experimented with other shapes, like this pyramid.  Does not fit a firepower Scifi pin to well.

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Still it is an interesting shape, and will use it in the future. Still needs a bit of tuning by making the center parts a bit larger.

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