HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: The Overview 

Outstanding video, particularly for a first attempt. I have recently added this to my long list of hobbies and am soaking in all the information I can find. This is by far the best explanation of how a pinball machine works. I was looking to buy or restore a machine but now I think I will build my own. I am part of our local “maker” group and have knowledge of everything you called out from 3D printing to laser cutting and CNC. Looking forward to watching your other videos!

There is a huge vacuum for home pinball diy instructional videos on RU-vid. I am so glad I found you and really hope you keep making them. You have a great personality and explain things in a clear concise manner. Thank you!

20 seconds in and I can already tell this will be good

went to a pinball event yesterday in france.. got back this idea from my childhood to build a pinball. Thanks for documenting :D

This is awesome! I just started getting into "machine working" about 2 years ago when Amazon was hiring for Paid Mechatronics Apprenticeships. I love on pinball, and through all of my training and working, I thought to myself of making at refurbishing pinball machines. Now, I have the hankering to create my own 2-player pinball machine, and this is an awesome resource. I look forward to finishing this series, and with your help, building my new machine

I’ve become obsessed with the idea of building my own prototype machine since becoming obsessed with Scott Danesi’s TNA and this was an outstanding intro video. Can’t wait to watch the rest of the series!

WOW! Thanks for sharing the video! It's amazing to get an inside look at these incredible machines

Growing up playing fireball and cleaning and waxing the board really got me hooked on pinballs. This makes a lot more sense on how it all works and why. I'm really considering making my own once I have spare money. Great video!

Thanks for making this series!

Thank you so much for this video i been wanting to make my own machine for a while now

I've been wanting to build my own machine for years, but as it is not a light undertaking, I've been putting it off in lieu of a million other hobbies. I've getting the itch again and looking up resources and came across this. I love your presentation and explanation of everything, and I'm really looking forward to checking out more! Thank you for your efforts!

Thank you so much for this!! I really enjoyed how you explain things and how your video is set up! I’m excited to learn more!!!!

Great video! Nostalgia brought me back to the whole pinball-thing, and i wondered what it takes to make i DIY-one. Highly interesting to get a deeper inaide look into how they work! Thanks!

This is excellent. Thank you!

Great channel and you are a great teacher. I been having the idea of building a pinball machine for years as I have built a virtual one. You are clearing the fog for me and helping me understand how to go about this. Thank you so much.

Great Video actually learned about gage wire to coil to strength

Great video, really well explained. Thank you

I've been tossing around the idea of building a pinball table, they hold such a special place in my heart, but building one from the ground up has always intimidated me. Here's hoping this will help me actually figure out just how stupid an idea this is!

Great video. Lots of detail. Can't wait for the next one.

What a great video. Thank you.

Can’t wait for the next video! I like how you are planning to include 3D printing, CNC, Fusion 360, laser cutting etc. as part of the process.

Steve this is so awesome. I don’t know anything about pinball machines but I watched the whole video and learned a few things. Well done!

I cant wait for your other videos! Excited to see your creation!

I came across your latest video and it was great info, so now I'm going through the rest of your videos from the start to learn all I can about the actual specs and stuff... excellent video... packed with lots of info . Especially the coil info and just the how you open one up to look inside. I will look into the mission pinball system but I'm intending to use a much simpler approach and cheaper to build a machine with multiple arduinos and a raspberry pi for the visual head board using a typical monitor screen . I also want to make all the sub components you showed with modern electronic devices to eliminate contact switches that wear out or get dirty. I look forward to the rest of your videos to learn more.

Soooo interesting! Quality content, Steve!

Very interesting to an old pinball nerd from way back. I'd seen inside a machine before but wasn't quite sure how everything worked. I'm curious to watch your vids and see if I might be able to make a real pinball machine. And I played the high speed getaway machine heaps when I was a kid. Loved it. Musta been one of the first machine I played 😁

That was such a great overview on parts. I've got a HS2 pinball and have built a virtual pinball before. I'm really wanting to get in to building my own game but going to watch as many videos as I can first to figure out everything I want and need. Thanks for making this series... I'm off to watch the next one. 😁👍

I’m very impressed and interested in this at least making an attempt. It’s always nice to try something new and interesting. You put this video together very well.

Circuit board repair for like a single bent pin would cost you like at most 20$ at a computer repair shop Just a tip there bud no need to pay 500$ for soldering on a new capacitor or pins or whatever ;)

very helpful!

Super interesting. Have followed and liked. Keep up the awesome work bro!!!

Now I have to watch them all... *sighs* ;) great channel, man...

well I subscribed to this. Kind of late. Will be fun to see what you've done over 2 years. Great start. Good content.

Great !!!.

Very helpful. I am trying to make my own pinball now and this has been the best source of help. When buying a flipper coil on pinball life, though, does it matter which coil and coil stop to get?

I NEVER hit like button, these epesodes are an exception. Thqnks, again!

I can’t wait to watch more. I sent mike your link.

I hope you see this even 2 years after posting! My dad is currently building his own pinball and he’s only missing the ”livery”(?), I guess you could call it, for the panels which needs it. He really wants a panel with mixed characters, not only let’s say the Indiana Jones livery. Do you know any site from which you could order such such things for the panels which needs livery? All the best and thanks for an amazing video!

Thanks a LOT!!

This series is super helpful and has made me a lot calmer about making pinball machines! I’m planning to make a unique Team Fortress 2 pinball machine, and have just started to collect and jot down ideas for it. I already have a Star Trek 25th anniversary machine that I’ve repaired many a time in the past, so I’m optimistic for my first build. A lot of the ideas for events and hazards I’ve designed have been based off of the same ideas from the Star Trek machine, so I’ll be getting to designing a play board soon after I finish writing down ideas for events. Are there any machines that you have a “favorite event/hazard” of?

I'd like to see under your 1990's Twilight zone machine please. More interested in machines from that era as that's more what I can afford. Not a Twilight zone though. They're worth a bloody fortune lol.

Where can I get coils in such a structure? I only found vanilla coil without metal "frame"

Thinking of buying the new Godzilla premium ($8900). What do you think one of these actually cost to build ? Parts and labor hours ?

Atta boy Steve. Keep at the videos, even if it takes a lot of time.

I m from Malaysia can I buy one 2nd hand pinball machine from u

Could anyone make a bingo pinball machine? Would it be easier or more difficult?

I worked in a gas station with a half laundry mat, so after closing id sneak in and just play the crap out of that Simpson's machine.

Suggestion: just start the content. Don't fast talk a 3 minute script in the beginning. It's not your strength