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[37"/24"/15"] - '77 Bally Power Play "Donor" Visual Pinball Build
mwong168:
Took advantage of being home alone all day yesterday and my friend brought my legs back refinished and straightened. I also put on my new leg levellers and rubber feet from pinball life order as well.
The weather has been really weird up here in Toronto lately and in some parts there was even snow! So before my brother in-law went up north I asked him to help me bring my cab inside so I can work on it. So the moment of truth was here to see how my de-cased 37" LCD fit in the cab.
I was pleasantly surprised and my brother in-law said it was as if this cabinet was designed for this LCD :) I also put the computer inside as well to see and plenty of clearance.
Now next item up for test fitting was my other two monitors in the backbox. I didn't want to half the DMD monitor half in the backbox and half in the pinball cabinet so I started de-casing it too.
Guess I won't be needing these anymore. Now on to the testfit.
I am going to see if I can get away with no having to de-case my 24" monitor but also I don't know how to do it either. There are no screws on the back and all I can see is an arrow pointing to one corner. I took a flat head and popped it but couldn't get the test to go and I don't want to be prying or pulling on it. I will just end up shaving a few mounting metal tabs on the HP 15" so it can sit closer to the 24".
I made a cardboard mock-up of the back box to give my friend who refinished my legs an idea of what I need as well as a few other metal goodies for my pincab which I will have done by next weeked as he promised to deliver so stay tuned.
Lastly I finished drilling the holes I needed for my buttons and exhaust fans for the back.
Lastly I went to town with the black paint on my cab
Next up is wiring and planning out where everything is going to go inside my cab.
** Sorry for the many posts but I started this about a month ago and wanted to bring everyone up to speed on where I am on my build. **
javeryh:
Incredible post. Great info - your cab is off to a very nice start and I love all the pictures and attention to detail. THis will be a reference guide for many people I'm sure. :cheers:
opt2not:
BOOOOO Chicago Blackhawks...
yeah, strip 'em from the cabinet, STRIP EM GOOD! :cry: :hissy:
<exhale>
Awesome post, thanks for the detail, looking forward to tracking this project for sure.
markronz:
Amazing post! And a great start on your project! I was a bit scared to start a pinball cabinet like this, but with info like this, it'll be a LOT easier! Thanks again and I will be watching this progress!
:cheers:
mwong168:
Well I am glad this information will be useful to come of you and make the jump over to the "dark side" a lot easier. It wasn't fun at first but the pay off once you figure everything out and get it working is very rewarding. I have met many great people on the HS forums, such as H4CKER and Rawd, who have both helped me tremendously and also have inspired me very much to start this project of mine. There are also a lot of great contributors bringing out many great tables such as South Park, Monster Bash and The Addams Family to name a few. I hate to say this considering how much I love playing with MAME but it is quite refreshing to work with something new and different. Once a ROM has been dumped for MAME that's about it but for a visual pinball you always have something to look forward as there is so many tables that are being re-created. I am really looking forward to unclewilly's Xenon full screen table and oooPlayer1ooo's Dr. Who shown below
If anyone has any questions feel free to post them or send me a message.
-Mike