Hextraction Pachinko Tile
Let chaos reign with this unpredictable tile! Who knows where the ball will end up?
After printing, wedge some small pieces of filament into the holes to make the pegs. If the holes come out too small, touch up with a 2mm drill. You can also use M2 screws.
Fusion 360 source: https://a360.co/459EwXo
All of my Hextraction tiles have a built-in sacrificial support under each notch - remember to snap it off after printing. Enable the brim if these detach from the bed.
Hextraction is a 3D-printable, modder-friendly board game designed by me, Zack Freedman of Voidstar Lab. In addition to tiles, you'll also need 10mm steel balls or 3/8" slingshot ammo and a game board. To learn the rules and how to get started, watch the Hextraction video!
Hextraction is absolutely free - it's free of charge - all of my models are here on Thangs, commercial use allowed. It's free-form - you can play with any number of opponents, even zero. It's free to modify - you can create your own tiles and configure your own board.
For more information, visit https://playhextraction.com.






















As Zach mentioned in the Hextraction video, PLA is really brittle and using it for the pegs causes them to snap off in short order. He mentions several better alternative filaments for the pegs, but said that nylon is the best option. Well, it turns out I already have the perfect nylon filament and I didn't even know it, weed whacker line! .065" trimmer line is very slightly thinner than 1.75mm filament, a touch of glue keeps it in place, and it's nearly indestructible for this purpose.
This is useful info i will use so that i can play!
How do you put filament pins in the tile?
For those like me who only prints in PLA, I glued some shortened nails as pins. This solution had no resistance issues and it also looked very nices with their flat head. You can see the result on the picture of my modest remix (secret pachinko).
I printed one in PLA and one of the little walls on the sides immediately snapped off when I tried to get it off the printer bed, so watch out for that.
It's missing the support, Zack ;P
Am I the only one that has to remove the supports on all the models that have them? I have a brand new Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro (my first 3D printer) and it prints like a champ, but cannot print these supports. Prints the models just fine with out them though.