The Web - VirtUal Pinball eXTreme

[Ond]

Looks really nice. I wish I had access to a 3D printer but if I bought one I know I'd only use it a couple of times a year, if that.  It looks like it provides options for things that would be too difficult to make by hand. Opens up a lot of possibilities.

Thanks, for a long time I did without a 3D printer in this hobby. I guess I have made a few things by hand which I could have 3D printed more easily. I regard them as a tool, not as a hobby in and of themselves with one caveat, you need to have 3D design skills to truly use them as as a tool. I’ve got a long list of projects (in other craft hobby areas) that include 3D printed elements. I may move into resin printing eventually, maybe.

So before looking at the latest build progress, I just wanted to check my design reference for work so far completed. My reference is always the original back-glass artwork from the PC game:

So far, I’ve reproduced the drawn speaker grill area in 3D and I'm using a cut-out window to reveal the DMD on screen. In theory I should be able to play other tables and adapt the back-glass art work to the physical layout. They all have similar speaker/DMD/back glass artwork configurations. I may need to tweak some back-glass files for games that don’t quite fit:

I painted the rest of the back box today, final primer coat and one coat only (in multiple passes) of black:

Second coat of primer on the main cabinet, one to go:

I’m using these 3D printed inserts in all the button holes on the cabinet:

The reason for these is my choice of buttons.  They are these cheap illuminated buttons sold in the shop I work in.  I have boxes full of unused quality Japanese (Seimitsu and Sanwa) as well as Happ buttons I could use, but I really wanted to use these illuminated buttons in this case. They have this raised edge which is meant to fit into a plastic ring which sits between the cabinet panel and the button. I hated the ring thingies, so threw I them away  :

The buttons fit into the inserts perfectly:

Next post will be of the completed back-box with monitor installed and lit!

[Ond]

I designed and printed these grill covers for the rear vent holes on the back-box:

Here you can see the angled aluminum glass retainers which stop the back glass from moving:

Back-box assembly completed:

Visual Pinball running 'The Web' re-worked back-glass artwork that I did. The DMD window sits pretty well in the cutout I think:

I mentioned earlier the excellent viewing angle performance this monitor has:

A closer view, monitor is sharp!:

That's it for the Back-Box for now. It only needs artwork applied, brackets, retaining clips and speakers installed.
In next steps I'll be painting the main cabinet and fabricating a (scaled down) coin door panel.

[Malenko]

Amazing work as always. I almost wanna build a new ginger now.

[Zebidee]

This build needs a sticky thread   

I'd be happy to have the thread stickied, eventually, but not this early in the project 

There are other kinds of sticky threads! Pun intended, sorry I couldn't resist.

You could seriously freak people out with a subtly-placed lifelike prop 

[Ond]

Amazing work as always. I almost wanna build a new ginger now.

Thanks for the nod in my project. I enjoyed following all of your Vpin builds!

There are other kinds of sticky threads! Pun intended, sorry I couldn't resist.

You could seriously freak people out with a subtly-placed lifelike prop 

Hah!  I'm that distracted by too many things I didn't pick up on the pun the first time. Bravo Zeb. 

[pbj]

Amazing work as always. I almost wanna build a new ginger now.

Gings gonna gong.

[Ond]

I'm gonna turn this:

Into this:

[Ond]

3D print is rough, but will be smoothed and surface finished, next, mount this into aluminum sheet:

[jmike]

Been gone for a while but glad to see some of the legends are still around.
Looking great as always Ond. 

[PL1]

3D print is rough, but will be smoothed and surface finished, next, mount this into aluminum sheet:

Looks like a solid start.   

Is this one of your designs or did you find it on a site like Thingiverse?


Scott