Hot out of the garage Side Load Ball Lifter sure looks like it's working

[rockston]

@rockston, I prototyped the ball contact idea I had and discovered (much so my surprise) that my pachinko balls are very poor conductors - generally speaking, and that no ball-contact-conductivity strategy seemed to be reliable at triggering a motor control circuit (I used a mosfet as the motor driver). I even tried placing the ball on two rails made of clean copper wire (THHN), the resistance was in the high-megohms to infinity for the balls... while placing other metal objects in arms reach provided near zero ohm impedance. Are you doing something to your pachinko balls to help ensure reliable conductivity?

Nothing special at all and both designs are working 100% with any variety of mixed balls I own.