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Ben Heck’s Single-Handed Pinball Mod Episode -- Episode 176

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Ben creates a pinball machine that can be played with one hand, this week on The Ben Heck Show.

  • This design is Awesome! If you want to see the precursor to Ben Heck stepping up to the plate, check out the Pinside.com thread where we first petitioned for assistance in making Todd capable of flipping 2 flippers on a pinball machine with 1 arm - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/one-armed-pinball-i-mean-it.

     

    Todd has been playing in our Monterey Flipper Pinball league every Monday using the very prototype designed in this video. He has leaped from getting 4th place out of 4 people on a game to getting 2nd places and winning games. It has been an awesome progression!

     

    Todd and I are going to a local pinball expo in Dixon, CA called Pin-A-Go-Go, where he will be using his Ben Heck designed Heckenarm to play pinball machines that he would otherwise not be able to play on his own.

     

    What Ben did by building this device is really amazing! He has made it so that a pinball enthusiast can further his interest in the hobby, and made it possible for others like Todd to be able to enjoy playing Pinball.

     

    Cheers Mr. Heck!

  • Amazine design!  Love the analogue method for the button, this was well thought out.

    Reminds me of the time I made my own custom pinball machine, think you have inspired me to work on it again :-)