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Aussie Pinball Forums => Pinball Mods => Bally / Williams => Topic started by: turbo27 on January 29, 2014, 06:20:42 PM
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Got a mate in Adelaide who builds Rolling Ball Structures, and has tried his hand at reproducing pinball ramps
Check this link out
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151944181896025&set=gm.10152211835481473&type=1
Think the link will give you his details, but any problems let me know and I can connect
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very cool, PM sent
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Looks good, is it chromed or just polished stainless?
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Honestly I'm not sure. I reckon yet to be chromed. The original was off a twilight zone.
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Thanks for this thread . ^^^
Can he also repair wire ramps
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that's good work , hard to do and look straight ,parallel and no discolouration . full marks to him @@*
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Hi all,
After Turbo had told me that he posted my image on your forum, I took the liberty of joining. I know little to nothing about pinball machines, other than the fact that I love playing them!!
I currently build rolling ball sculptures as mentioned, but a client had mentioned that there may be a need for replicated pinball parts... so here I am.
If anyone needs any repair done to their metal wire ramps, new ramps built, custom work etc, then I'd be happy to help out. I work in mild steel ONLY and thus all work will either need to be powder coated or chromed. I'm based in SA and as long as I have something to work from, I'm fairly sure I can bend and weld something to suit.
Cheers
David.
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Hi all,
After Turbo had told me that he posted my image on your forum, I took the liberty of joining. I know little to nothing about pinball machines, other than the fact that I love playing them!!
I currently build rolling ball sculptures as mentioned, but a client had mentioned that there may be a need for replicated pinball parts... so here I am.
If anyone needs any repair done to their metal wire ramps, new ramps built, custom work etc, then I'd be happy to help out. I work in mild steel ONLY and thus all work will either need to be powder coated or chromed. I'm based in SA and as long as I have something to work from, I'm fairly sure I can bend and weld something to suit.
Cheers
David.
G'day David and welcome to the forum. I am sure someone will call on your talents, and I for one will be.
Jady
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%)% Dave, do you have any pics of your rolling ball sculptures? I don't have a Facebook account to see your pics
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%)% Dave, do you have any pics of your rolling ball sculptures? I don't have a Facebook account to see your pics
someone else that doesn't have facebook. How do we survive mate? I think I'm doing well but who am I to know. great to see maybe another player in the ramp market albeit in a small way. I'm not aware of anyone doing wire ramps, maybe because they don't break often but I'm sure some have. I will keep you in mind RBS Dave just in case. thanks
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G'day Dave and welcome to AP. You don't need a pinnie to enjoy playing them but if you happen to buy one, watch out they bred! ^^^
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%)% Dave, do you have any pics of your rolling ball sculptures? I don't have a Facebook account to see your pics
someone else that doesn't have facebook. How do we survive mate?
I have done pretty well without it so far :lol but think maybe when my job is gone in a few months I will need to turn into a sheep and let big brother keep rein on my conversations and feed me adverts as I may need it to network to find work @.@
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I don't know of anyone else offering replacement wireform ramps!
Tricky to repair and TIG welding is artform
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Use this link guys
http://www.rollingballsculpture.com.au
His work is great...wish I could tig like he can
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I've got one of David's sculptures, called SWITCH. It is fantastic, and everyone comments on how great it is to watch. Over 8 switches in it giving dozens of combinations of pathways for the balls to travel.
this is the youtube link, and photo at home.
Fantastic workmanship. I'll be beta testing his ramps - going for a spiral on TZ.
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Thanks for all the feedback!
Would you believe I actually use MIG. I've been welding 3mm rod together for about 4 years now, so have managed to keep welds tidy. I know there's a difference and I'd love to TIG, but for now, in my 2m x 3m workshop, MIG will just have to do.
Remember, I can always do special mods for ramps, if you feel like a change, ie: spiral ramps where once there was no spiral. I might have to invest in a few pinball balls, so that I can test tracks easily.
Dendoc - really great to see my sculpture again.
Anyway, for now... you know where to find me.
Cheers
David
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Hi Dave,
Welcome to the forum.
Boy, am I glad you showed up here! I need something made, a custom wire-form ramp, but it could be tricky seeing as you are in SA and I am in Melbourne.
It's for the game Haunted House. That particular game has three levels and the ball travels between them during the game. There's three different ways that the ball can enter the lower playfield. In each of these places the ball falls down a hole in the main playfield onto on a short ramp attached to the underside of the playfield (a subway). However these subways end rather abruptly and the ball simply rolls off them, falls a couple of inches and lands near the flippers of the lower playfield. The lower playfield gets beaten up pretty quickly seeing as there's a metal ball dropping a reasonable distance onto a painted piece of wood.
So, anyway, what I need made is a wire-form ramp which can collect the ball as it comes down from the main playfield and rolls along the various subways. This ramp would also be attached to the underside of the main playfield and would transport the ball to a place on the lower playfield where it could be deposited more gently, probably via a spring loaded mechanism.
After having a look at your sculptures I can see you are the man for the job, your sculptures are way more complicated than the ramp which I require. The problem is that you would need to be able to access the game to make the sculpture. Maybe I could find someone near you who owns a Haunted House and might be willing to let you access it and take the measurements you need.
I thought I was going to have to make it myself so I made a thread asking for suggestions here:
http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=9583.0 (http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=9583.0)
I didn't get very far, however, and you already have all the skills.
Regards, SV.
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Fantastic workmanship. I'll be beta testing his ramps - going for a spiral on TZ.
Something like this?
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I've got one of David's sculptures, called SWITCH. It is fantastic, and everyone comments on how great it is to watch. Over 8 switches in it giving dozens of combinations of pathways for the balls to travel.
this is the youtube link, and photo at home.
Fantastic workmanship. I'll be beta testing his ramps - going for a spiral on TZ.
Very cool ()