Pachinko Machine
Part One: Construction
Supplies:
▢▢ (1) 21" x 15.5" piece of wood ▢▢ jumbo craft sticks
▢▢ (2) 17" x 1" pieces of wood ▢▢ standard craft sticks
▢▢ (2) 14.5" x 1" pieces of wood ▢▢ 1" wooden craft circles
▢▢ (2) 4" x 2" pieces of wood ▢▢ drill
▢▢ (1) 14.5 x 2" piece of wood ▢▢ 1/2", 15/64" ,1/8" drill bits
▢▢ (1) 15.5" x 2" piece of wood ▢▢ hot glue or wood glue
▢▢ 14" embroidery hoop ▢▢ craft knife
▢▢ 1/8" dowel ▢▢ ruler
▢▢ 3/16" dowel ▢▢ pencil
▢▢ 1" escutcheon pins, #18 ▢▢ hammer
▢▢ 50mm split plastic tree ornament ▢▢ hand saw
▢▢ 3/4" L x 1/4" W aluminum spacers ▢▢ sandpaper
▢▢ 1/2" ball bearings or marbles
Optional: ▢▢ paint ▢▢ template ▢▢ transfer paper
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1. . Measure and cut 2" from both ends of 2. Measure and mark 5/8" away from the 3. Cut out the shape that you just made.
a jumbo craft stick. Measure 1.25" of the left edge on both the top and bottom edges It should be a rectangular shape with a
remaining craft stick and cut it to have one of the 1.25" piece. Connect each mark to the pointed end.
1.25" piece and one 0.75" piece. center of the left edge to form a point.
4. Apply glue to the bottom of one of the 5. Glue the two end pieces together to form 6. Glue the pointed piece on top of the V
first pieces that you cut out in step one. a V shape that has a 2" opening. The shape to make a basket.
rounded edges should be at the opening.
7. Add a small pile of hot glue to the bottom 8. Place the 0.75" piece at an angle on top 9. Now make three more baskets!
of the inside of the basket. of the glue to make a small ramp. This will
guide the ball into the hole if it lands in a
basket.
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10. Glue one end of the aluminum spacer 11. Measure from the spacer to the end of 12. Measure and cut the ends off of two
to the center of a craft circle. This will be a the circle. Ours is about 0.25". popsicle sticks so that they are the same
spinner on your board. length as the distance measured in step 11.
13. Glue the four ends to the spacer so that 14. Make three more spinners! 15. Measure and cut a 1" piece from your
they are perpendicular to each other. 3/16" dowel.
16. Sand the ends so that they are smooth 17. Glue two jumbo craft sticks together so 18. Glue the 1" piece of dowel to the end of
and flat. that they are about 0.5" off center. one of the craft sticks from step 17.
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19. If you are using our template, cut a 20. Find where you want the center of your 21. Lay the transfer paper down with the
piece of transfer paper to match its size. pachinko game to be and drill a 15/64" hole. template on top so that the center hole is
above the hole that you drilled.
22. Now trace all of the other drill holes. 23. Drill the holes that you traced. Make 24. Measure 5/8" from the edge of one of
They are the green circles on the template. sure to sand each hole so that the balls can the side bumper pieces of wood. Drill a hole
freely roll in and out of the holes. there using the 1/2" bit.
25. Glue the bumpers of your game onto 26. Remove the clasp from the 27. Glue a small cube of scrap wood on top
the board. Make sure the hole that you embroidery hoop with the hand saw. of the center of your bottom bumper.
drilled in one of the bumpers is on the
bottom right when your game is standing
straight up.
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28. Bend the embroidery hoop so that it 29. Cut off the excess hoop and glue your 30. Measure and cut the other hoop so
touches the top, left, and right bumpers. embroidery hoop down. Glue the bottom that it connects to the end of the first hoop
Mark where there is excess hoop on the edge to the scrap cube. on the right side of the board and curves to
right side of your board. the top. Glue it down.
31. Cut the 1/8" dowel into four 1" pieces. 32. Put the pieces of dowel into the 33. Add a small amount of glue to the four
aluminum spacers on the wheels and mark wheel holes and hammer each dowel piece
how far they go in. in until they reach the marks that you made
in step 32.
34. Trace the remaing portion of your 35. Glue the ball baskets over each ball 36. Place one spinner on top of each of the
template onto the board. hole. Be careful not to obscure the holes four dowels.
with glue! Lightly sand the plastic
ornament and glue it to the center of your
board. You might have to make the
ornament shorter using the hand saw.
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37. Hammer the nails according to the 38. Hammer the nails closely together 39. Tune in next week to find out how to
template, or make your own design! Just to create the walls that guide the balls into make a ramp, ball tray, stand, and launcher!
make sure that the ball cannot get stuck the baskets. These are represented by solid We will also be adding lights, sounds, and
anywhere. curved lines on the template. an Arduino to our pachinko game.
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