Hi everyone,
Last night I went to my local HackSpace for some help to fabricate a plastic playfield part, which they did for me quite easily. I was really impressed by the guys at the Leeds Hackspace, they were so friendly and tons of different skills. One of the guys was into pinballs in the past and had been involved in the retro gaming scene for many years so had helped set up some of the shows including pinballs in the past. Daniel Fligg if anyone know him.
Anyhow I joined their chat group today (using Slack - all new to me, but I think I've got the hang of it). Anyhow the chatter today was all about pinball so I've planted a seed - they fancy a group project - and of course pinball has it all - woodworking, metal work, electrics, electronics, programming, art work, etc, etc.
They are a not for profit group: https://leedshackspace.org.uk/
If you've not heard of HackerSpaces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace (I hadn't either until a couple of days ago - I'm amazed and somewhat humbled......)
I've offered to fund a donor pin if I can find a project one. Would really like it to be EM, as I think it would be cool to retrofit an EM with modern electronics whilst at the same time keeping the EM bit working too. 2 games in one! But even an old SS would be considered.
Anyone got anything they would let go cheap to a good cause please?
Many thanks,
Alan
Last night I went to my local HackSpace for some help to fabricate a plastic playfield part, which they did for me quite easily. I was really impressed by the guys at the Leeds Hackspace, they were so friendly and tons of different skills. One of the guys was into pinballs in the past and had been involved in the retro gaming scene for many years so had helped set up some of the shows including pinballs in the past. Daniel Fligg if anyone know him.
Anyhow I joined their chat group today (using Slack - all new to me, but I think I've got the hang of it). Anyhow the chatter today was all about pinball so I've planted a seed - they fancy a group project - and of course pinball has it all - woodworking, metal work, electrics, electronics, programming, art work, etc, etc.
They are a not for profit group: https://leedshackspace.org.uk/
If you've not heard of HackerSpaces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace (I hadn't either until a couple of days ago - I'm amazed and somewhat humbled......)
I've offered to fund a donor pin if I can find a project one. Would really like it to be EM, as I think it would be cool to retrofit an EM with modern electronics whilst at the same time keeping the EM bit working too. 2 games in one! But even an old SS would be considered.
Anyone got anything they would let go cheap to a good cause please?
Many thanks,
Alan
