Building a pachinko machine from scratch - Distances and heights from playfield

[yvind]

Hello everyone, I hope this thread finds you well.
I have ambitions for making my own pachinko machine from scratch and facing the lack of original pachinko machines in Norway I wonder if you can tell me:

A.The height of the metal rails in your pachinko machine, measured from playfield?

B.The distance between playfield and head of brass nail?

C.The distance between playfield and glass front?

Many thanks!


Best regards, Øyvind

[MrGneiss]

WELCOME!!!

Sorry, I don't have easy access to a machine I can measure right now, hopefully someone with a ruler will be by soon!!

Sounds like a cool project!!

[takethecastle57]

and biscuits

[MrGneiss]

You may want to repost in the Vintage section, vintage people are always measuring stuff!!

[Korra II Baskerville]

I just want to subscribe to this thread. This sounds really awesome, and also like something I've wanted to do myself.

[SibSr]

I grabbed a random Nishijin machine and came up with these measurements for you.

Guide rail height = 17mm ( 9/16 - 5/8ish)

Nail Height = 18mm to top of nail head (11/16)

Nail to glass distance = 3.5 - 4mm (5/32)

Center Hole diameter = 79 - 80mm (3") and is actually about 20mm off center horizontally to compensate for the unseen door latch openings

[yvind]

Many thanks for the measurements, SibSr!



The project is moving along well with 3d-printing and drawing; jackpot mechanism and some tracks working and setting up a test version of the playfield will begin very soon.

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[MrGneiss]

Very cool!!

[SibSr]

I bought a 4' x 8' sheet of 3/4" Birch plywood at the Depot recently for $90, as the 2" x 4" patch panel they offered as a smaller option was almost $50 to get 2 boards and a big piece of scrap leftover.
Cut the 4 x 8 sheet up into (10) 18 " x 24" rectangles to be used as back boards for vintage machines.
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Don't know that I will ever use that many, so I'm offering some of them up to anybody that might want to take on that kind of project.
I don't know if shipping a board that size even makes fiscal sense, but I'm offering anyway in case it might to someone that only needs one board.
PM me if you have any interest

[SibSr]

To clarify, I'll give you the board if you want to pay for the shipping.