Pinball Flipper
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Published on February 9, 2010
This thing was Featured on February 9, 2010
Description
It's replacement Gottlieb C13150 pinball flipper! This is useful for people who need to replace their busted Gottlieb C13150 pinball flippers.
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These flippers have been unobtainable since Winifred Gottlieb passed on in the late 17th century, taking her secrets with her to the grave and throwing the nascent "pin-ball" market into utter disarray. Now, a carefully-selected team of engineers and pathologists have come together to produce this prototype replacement flipper, which may breathe new life into the long-moribund pinball industry.
EDIT: now with a solid core, since we are now freed from the whimsical restrictions of injection molding.
FURTHER EDIT: forensic analysis has indicated that the original flipper was approximately 2mm longer. The model has been updated to reflect this.
EDIT: now with a solid core, since we are now freed from the whimsical restrictions of injection molding.
FURTHER EDIT: forensic analysis has indicated that the original flipper was approximately 2mm longer. The model has been updated to reflect this.
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Erik
on
February 10, 2010
said:
A wonderful example for the "spare part" tag!! I've had this idea in the back of my mind since the beginning. I would love to see complete sets of pinball machine parts on Thingiverse! At some point there will be a design wizard (toolkit) to create your pinball machine that will generate you a BOM and all STL files to print... the future is going to be SOOO interesting!!!
I'll be using this example in my presentations :)
jkeegan
on
February 10, 2010
said:
EXCELLENT!!!!!
Oh man, what a great idea. Now I want to print replacements and enhancements to our Theater of Magic machine (and maybe even the far-lesser WhiteWater).
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I know this thread has been dead a relatively long time, but might i ask how this plays compared to an original flipper i.e. the actual quality of use.
I ask not to be rude but because my friend and I are in the process of building a pinball machine from scratch and if it plays exactly the same as an original I'll just spend more time and design the flippers bumpers and rails myself.
Thank you, and the reprapped part looks great for the record
Hi Kevin;
The initial part we printed was a touch too short for us to use. I adjusted the design, but I haven't had time to print out a new part and test it.
If you're designing one from scratch, I'd just go ahead and make the flipper any size or shape you like-- why stand on tradition? :)