Maybe some of these will wake some of you guys up.
Just a few links to help you on your way to build your dream machine.
Sorry so many, this is just some of them to get you started.
1. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.pinball/topics
2. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/
3. http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=90626
4. http://www.pbresource.com/
5. http://www.ipdb.org
6. http://www.stevechannel.com/pinballlinks.htm
7. http://www.futurepinball.com/
8. http://www.arcade-museum.com/
9. http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html
10. http://www.ultimarc.com/
11. http://www.google.com/ search "custom pinball machine"
12. http://hackaday.com/2009/12/31/pinball-build-throws-down-the-gauntlet/
13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th0-CPs4Zhk&feature=player_embedded
14. http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5066
15. http://www.xmission.com/%7Edaina/pinball.html
16. http://www.marvin3m.com/fix.htm
17. http://www.pinballninja.com/
18. http://www.pinballmedic.net/coil_chart.html
19. http://www.xmission.com/%7Edaina/tips/pub/tip_archive.html
20. http://www.pinrepair.com/restore/
21. http://tuukan.fliput.net/emkytkis_en.html
22. http://webpages.charter.net/chibler/Pinball/TimArnold/47ThingsYouNeedToKnow.htm
23. http://www.coinopspace.com/
24. http://www.marcospecialties.com/
25. http://www.pinballdecals.com/
26. http://xtcpinball.com/?p=59
27. http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/
30. http://www.jeremymelton.com/blog/category/pinball/
31. http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega
32. http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4757839&keywords=usb+relay+controller#
33. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?
PHPSESSID=96b0247d179cf65e60921568e87f8700&topic=98252.0;all
34. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exZ557DJ_Mo
Also if you have some good examples of some homebrew pins please post
them.
Thanks for your time,
Bill