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| markc74:
Finally got around to starting my vpin build. I’ve had the bits for this thing for years - just never the time or the space to do it. Well now I have *some* time, but still very little space, so I’ve had to be a little creative in my design for this thing. It’s called Flip for a couple of reasons - it’s an obvious play on the flippers from pinball, it goes along with Blip, and the playfield can be ‘flipped’ into play when it’s being used, and flipped down when not - saving a *lot* of space… if it all works out as planned then the final cab shouldn’t be more than a foot deep when not being used. Here’s a model of what I am going for… (clicky make biggy) The backbox part of the cabinet will be mounted to the wall with heavy bolts. Luckily I have solid walls and it can take the weight easily. When the table is up, foldable breakfast bar legs will support the front of the cabinet meaning the weight is evenly distributed. The main points of stress will be the hinges connecting the backbox to the playfield part, so I will be using heavy-duty hinges for this part secured via bolts to the frame. I’ve tested these hinges out already and they’re more than strong enough for this. The PC will be housed in the backbox as I do not want that moving around. I am trying to keep the majority of the weight in the backbox. I’ll be using a 24” 16:10 monitor for the backbox, a 43” 4K TV for the playfield along with a real DMD. For a change I’ll be building the entire cabinet from plywood as it’s lighter and more rigid than MDF (albeit more tricky to work with) First cutting of wood starts tomorrow... let's see how many injuries I do to myself this time! |
| morton:
Something told me to check the Project Announcements page... And, as always, you do not disappoint! The names you come up with are also as well thought out as your builds. I'd be disappointed if you had a pirate theme and called it "Arrrgh-cade". It would still be cool, but you've led me to expect better from you than that :lol |
| wp34:
That's a clever design. :cheers: I'm Really glad to see you are back at it with a new project. This will be fun to follow. |
| javeryh:
oh man can't wait to see how this turns out so I can copy it. ;D |
| markc74:
--- Quote from: morton on January 10, 2021, 08:22:51 am ---I'd be disappointed if you had a pirate theme and called it "Arrrgh-cade". --- End quote --- Next on the list! --- Quote from: wp34 on January 10, 2021, 09:48:25 am ---I'm Really glad to see you are back at it with a new project. This will be fun to follow. --- End quote --- Cheers! It should be fun to build. It's a lot smaller than a fullsize cab so the pieces are easier to handle. That said, there's some pretty tight tolerances and I think getting some of the curves right is going to be tricky. I'm planning on taking my time with this. --- Quote from: javeryh on January 10, 2021, 10:21:04 am ---oh man can't wait to see how this turns out so I can copy it. ;D --- End quote --- ... and make it better no doubt! Your woodgrain cab is looking very very nice :cheers: The major thing I'm not sure about (although there are 100 things that I'm minorly not sure about!), is the angle of the playfield, which will dictate the backbox mounting height. I mocked it up at the 6 degrees recommended somewhere but it didn't seem anywhere near steep enough visually so I might have to play around with that. Unless anyone who has used one of these things has any ideas? |
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