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Playmatic Speakeasy EM - How much to keep original
pinball1234:
If you heat up the glass slowly with a hair dryer this should loosen the glue, but be careful not to damage the paint. You should hang the glass up 1-2 inches and let it fall on a soft towel.
pinball1234:
My Playmatic Speakeasy playfield is in great condition which is typical for Playmatic pinballs. However, the old wiring, transformers and old fuse type is becoming a hazard . Costly fuses is a major issue with this machine. I am in the process of converting the playfield into a modified solid state pinball machine. Playfield sensors and relays will be process by visual basic code. This modification will allow this SpeakEasy Playfield to perform digitalized sounds and custom lighting scenarios not possible with EM pinball machines. I have completed the electrical requirements, digitalized sounds, playfield input control, scoring and slot machine simulator using visual basic. I am in the process of developing code to control the relay board for status lights on the playfield. This is a great and beautiful playfield for this conversion. Hopefully it all works.
pbj:
--- Quote from: pinball1234 on June 22, 2016, 07:00:47 pm ---My Playmatic Speakeasy playfield is in great condition which is typical for Playmatic pinballs. However, the old wiring, transformers and old fuse type is becoming a hazard . Costly fuses is a major issue with this machine. I am in the process of converting the playfield into a modified solid state pinball machine. Playfield sensors and relays will be process by visual basic code. This modification will allow this SpeakEasy Playfield to perform digitalized sounds and custom lighting scenarios not possible with EM pinball machines. I have completed the electrical requirements, digitalized sounds, playfield input control, scoring and slot machine simulator using visual basic. I am in the process of developing code to control the relay board for status lights on the playfield. This is a great and beautiful playfield for this conversion. Hopefully it all works.
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HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: pinball1234 on June 22, 2016, 07:00:47 pm ---My Playmatic Speakeasy playfield is in great condition which is typical for Playmatic pinballs. However, the old wiring, transformers and old fuse type is becoming a hazard . Costly fuses is a major issue with this machine. I am in the process of converting the playfield into a modified solid state pinball machine. Playfield sensors and relays will be process by visual basic code. This modification will allow this SpeakEasy Playfield to perform digitalized sounds and custom lighting scenarios not possible with EM pinball machines. I have completed the electrical requirements, digitalized sounds, playfield input control, scoring and slot machine simulator using visual basic. I am in the process of developing code to control the relay board for status lights on the playfield. This is a great and beautiful playfield for this conversion. Hopefully it all works.
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pmowry:
--- Quote from: pinball1234 on June 22, 2016, 07:00:47 pm ---I am in the process of converting the playfield into a modified solid state pinball machine. Playfield sensors and relays will be process by visual basic code. This modification will allow this SpeakEasy Playfield to perform digitalized sounds and custom lighting scenarios not possible with EM pinball machines.
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Wow, I was wondering if that was a viable thing to do. But electronically mine is just fine. So are you replacing the scoring and slot-machine reels with displays? I was not sure what you meant by simulator.
As for my glass, i'm not as patient as I thought. Another day of hanging and no movement. So I rigged up a hair drier this morning on low about 18" away with baffles to keep the heat on the taller side of the metal rim and let it propagate from there. No direct heat to the glass or paint. It has been running for a few hours (about 5 I guess), the rail is hot to the touch and the whole room is up to 89F. Still no movement. I'm going to turn it off soon since there is an obvious temp difference from one edge of the glass to the other...bummer.
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