tabletop boowling laser cut game

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I designed a tabletop bowling game that you can make in a Fablab using a 3D printer and a laser cutter. I used the pin design from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:385221 And the ball design from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2077303 I scaled down those designs and cut the bottom of the pin in the file, so that is is more stable : Pins -> 50 mm height Ball -> 35 mm diameter For the build, I laser cut 3mm plywood onto the Trotex Speedy 100 laser cutter. When printing the pins, set filling to 100%, while when printing the ball, print it the lightest possible. Otherwise the game is too easy. I found out that the best ball to play bowling with was a cork babyfoot (aka foosball) ball. I also screw in some screws under the pins so that it would fit nicely into the lane, and speed up the process of resetting the game.