That's How I Roll! (Skeeball build)

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thatpurplestuff:
Thanks for the suggestions about netting options, everyone. I've got two types of netting already, but I'm still not sure what I'm going to end up doing.

It's way too windy here to get any cutting done, so I figured that I'd record a video of the Skeeball machine in action. I've been tweaking with the ball counter to try to get it to quit counting balls twice, and now it actually misses balls occasionally. I think the metal arm switches are the way to go. Oh yeah, and just because I love Skeeball doesn't mean I'm good at it... haha.

If anyone has any suggestions about what to put on the front of the machine to cover the curved edges, I'm all ears.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcLVoyk8xrc&feature=channel_page[/youtube]

thatpurplestuff:
I just won 12 Cherry Skeeball metal arm switches for $23 including shipping. Outside of ebay, the only places I've found with these switches were at least $4.50 a pop without tax or shipping. Score.

urbecrisch:
Wow! You suck at Skeeball! :laugh2:

Great looking machine! Very impressive! What was the total cost of the build? I couldn't find the total in the thread.

I saw a 13' working skeeball in my area with balls for $1200. If I wasn't remodeling the basement I would probably snatch it up!

thatpurplestuff:
urbecrisch- Haha you'd think after test-playing this thing for as long as I have that I'd actually start getting good at it, but nope.

In terms of final cost, I really don't even know where I'm going to end up. I think I'm somewhere around $500 now, which is way more than I thought I'd be at this point. Surprisingly, very little of that amount was wasted... for the most part all of my purchases have been used and I haven't made too many mistakes (knock on wood). I've also parted out one of my old arcades for the screen and computer hardware, so that stuff hasn't been factored in to the total cost. I still need to build the net frame (I'm hoping I've got enough MDF scraps to make it work) and paint the entire machine, but other than that I think I'm done spending. I've got enough plexi, netting, and wood to finish the rest of the things I have planned. The only other purchases I foresee in the future are an LEDWiz+GP and some LED's to integrate some alternate gametypes for Skeeball, but those are down-the-road plans.

Xiaou2:
Curved Front: The easiest way would probably to stick on 3 or so pieces of wood
in that area, glue them together and screw in place... then sand them down to the
correct shape matching the contour of the rest of the machine.

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