Sunday, July 20, 2025

DR pinball

That's what I'm codenaming it.. DR pinball, take that for what it is.

Now that ideas are spitballed, I'm also spitballing a layout in solidworks.  What a difference 10+ years makes from my last attempt.  I was just barely getting into 3d printing at home then.  Now I have no doubts I can 3d print a lot of stuff I need.  There are so many more resources now for grabbing either free or very cheap 3d models to speed up the process.  AI is going to play a big part (no not blurry images like JJP harry potter).  Chatgpt is able to produce images that would take many hours can be done in a matter of minutes.  AI can now generate pretty dam good 3d models from just a single photo.  There's so many projects out there with circuits that can do all sorts of cool things.  One thing I'm doing for sure is a talking head (similar to rudy from funhouse, only better).


Wednesday, July 2, 2025

New homebrew theme

 So as life evolves, so do projects.  I know I promised my wife a blue october pinball (and maybe that will still happen someday), but I came up with a new theme I'm pretty passionate about (and my wife and one of her best friends shares the same interest and excitement).  It's a pretty lofty goal, but its a theme I feel has been needed for a long time.  I'm not going to share what it is yet (I have a ton of prep work), but I've got a long google doc going with brainstorm ideas and I really think it's going to integrate well into pinball.