Is it possible and cheaper to build your own pinball machine?

[Remixt]

I made the mistake of getting into pinball recently and I want my own machine for the basement. However, after looking at decent machines on Ebay I am starting to regret my new hobby. 

I've considered maybe designing and building my own machine, but I assume these are expensive for a reason. Anyone have experience with this?

[Levent]

I mean this all depends on how handy you are and how many tools you got.

[ChatTemplar]

12 minutes ago, Remixt said:

I made the mistake of getting into pinball recently and I want my own machine for the basement. However, after looking at decent machines on Ebay I am starting to regret my new hobby. 

I've considered maybe designing and building my own machine, but I assume these are expensive for a reason. Anyone have experience with this?

A virtual pinball machine?

[Remixt]

2 minutes ago, ChatTemplar said:

A virtual pinball machine?

nah physical. I could absolutely make a virtual one already.

[Needfuldoer]

It's certainly possible to scratch-build a pinball machine, but it's no easy feat.

 

 

[jaslion]

You might wanna look around local classifieds and actually use facebook groups as mostly older people have these. Its how I found a ripoff star trek one with a broken, minor water damage top plate and wonky electronics for free. Was a fun 3 week project with a friend to fix.