HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Wireforms!

How to make your own pinball machine: Wireforms!

Today we try our hand at creating wireforms using stainless steel and some 3D printed brackets to connect them together and mount them on the playfield.

Table of Contents:

0:05 Big fancy intro
0:39 Wireform placement
1:05 Materials Used
3:02 3D printed brackets
6:00 Measuring lengths
8:00 Diameter of rounded end pieces
9:08 Finding round things in my garage
11:43 Making more bends
15:06 Lessons learned and Iterations
18:22 Time-lapse bending wire
22:05 Playtesting!

Links to Resources mentioned in the video:

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

3D Printer used in this video: Prusa i3 MK3 - available for purchase at:
https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/3d-printe...

3D Slicer used: PrusaSlicer available here:
https://help.prusa3d.com/en/article/d...

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/...

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If you haven't already, I challenge you to start building your own pinball machine, cuz why not!?!