It all started with this announcement....

An upgrade for Bally’s 1992 Doctor Who Pinball Machine

Thanks for you interest in adding what your Dr. Who Pinball should have had in the first place.. A Dalek head that moves! We have tried to make a product that is as easy to install as possible without the need to hack apart you machine, yet give you all the benefits of the original Moving Dalek head. All components used, were machined by myself, or commercially purchased. No surplus parts were used, so availability of items, such as the motor, should be available for years to come.


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In the Box!

Full Wobble Head mechanism, ready to plug and play

Includes:

1 Wobble Mechanism as shown 
1 Wiring Harness
7 #6 Screws
1  Mounting strip
1 Installation Manual 

Manual

Title: An upgrade for Bally’s 1992 Doctor Who Pinball Machine

Document Info

Parts list and installation instructions?  Yes
Schematics?  No
Monitor Information? N/A
Number of pages? 22 

Download

Wobble Head Install manual 507 K PDF

Some Build History

The Design


All work was completed in Autocad 2000. Additionally these drawing were redone when I acquired a CNC center in 06. Most drawing were redrawn in a way that would make G code (the language of the CNC) program writing faster

The Design

All work was completed in Autocad 2000. Additionally these drawing were redone when I acquired a CNC center in 06. Most drawing were redrawn in a way that would make G code (the language of the CNC) program writing faster

The Design

All work was completed in Autocad 2000. Additionally these drawing were redone when I acquired a CNC center in 06. Most drawing were redrawn in a way that would make G code (the language of the CNC) program writing faster

The Design

All work was completed in Autocad 2000. Additionally these drawing were redone when I acquired a CNC center in 06. Most drawing were redrawn in a way that would make G code (the language of the CNC) program writing faster

The PCB

The electronics are mounted to an etched PC board and is constructed with quality components.

The PCB

The electronics are mounted to an etched PC board and is constructed with quality components.

Wire harness

An early and incomplete wire harness
designed as plug and play so that there is no need to hack into your original cabinet wires to use this product. Additionally, It is easily removed should you want to move it to a different Dr. Who machine in the future. For the most part the harness looks the same today as it did from kit one

The Parts

An early wire harness and the extra hardware needed to complete the install

Head Mounting

The centering of the head is done by adding a screw through the top of the head into the threaded moving shaft and is additionally supported by a slip on support.

Head Mounting

The centering of the head is done by adding a screw through the top of the head into the threaded moving shaft and is additionally supported by a slip on support.

My Prototype

Although there is few extra holes in the aluminum of this unit, was my final prototype and is still in service on my machine

The End Product

Fully assembled picture
This is the final design

Miscellaneous Older Pictures


Motors, Motor plates, and mounts

Miscellaneous Pictures

Pile of Base Plates

Miscellaneous Pictures

Lots of Mech Mounts

Miscellaneous Pictures

Tub O Shafts

Early Workbench test

An early (and low resolution) test of the fitting and motion of my prototype mechanicals

Early Software test

An early (and low resolution) test of the software turned on my machine

Early machine test 1

An early (and low resolution) test of the prototype mech on my machine

Early machine test 2 

An early (and low resolution) test of the prototype mech on my machine

How it is Made

A few pictures and a ton of videos

Flags 1 - 4


4 low resolution pictures of the 4 steps making flags

Flags 2 - 4

4 low resolution pictures of the 4 steps making flags

Flags 3 - 4

4 low resolution pictures of the 4 steps making flags

Flags 4 - 4

4 low resolution pictures of the 4 steps making flags

One by one the parts got made. At first it was all by hand but with the CNC we can see them made

Milling the Base Mounting Plate

Here is the second part being made. The Lower Bearing Mount

Milling the Lower Bearing Plate

Here is the third part. The "B" Clip

Milling the B Clip

The forth part is called the Upper Motor Bracket

Milling Upper Motor Bracket

Making of motor linkages


Also complete is the Mech Mount that holds the assembly in place

Milling the Mech Mount

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