The last couple weeks a lot of progress has been made on the pinball machine and the home stretch is very near. Notably in my last report I showed the wooden box was completely built. Since that update the box has been stained black and then lacquered to give it a nice shine.

After the box finished drying the next step was to put the metal trim, and handles on it. There were a couple reasons to do this versus leaving it as it was. First the trim is used to hold in the future lid of the pinball machine so no balls go flying back out during game play, and the second reason is that the metal on the corners will help mitigate damage from the inevitable wear and tear on the corners in moving. The handles were added for a similar reason, damage mitigation, while the box is plenty movable on its own the handles help mitigate the risk of someone dropping it by giving an adequate hand hold.