Visual Pinball Cabinet finished

[vandale]

Hi all, check out this vid of my Cabinet.



Will post pics of the build soon.
Thanks

[PL1]

Did you include any nudge circuitry?
(Buttons, plumb-bob, sidewinder hack, etc.)


Scott

[vandale]

Did you include any nudge circuitry?
(Buttons, plumb-bob, sidewinder hack, etc.)


Scott

Hi, I have a couple of plumb-bob's here, havent hooked them up yet, will do when I get board of playing without. Cheers

[vandale]

link to my images

http://imageshack.us/user/mrgeneloader

Thanks

[Jumpman64]

Very cool.  I had to have the sound down during the video, so forgive me if this was mentioned, but just wondering how long it took to do the project?

[spoot]

Noice.   I'm in the collect parts over the next several months to build one stage myself.

[vandale]

Very cool.  I had to have the sound down during the video, so forgive me if this was mentioned, but just wondering how long it took to do the project?

Yep, I was recording on a mobile phone so quality is bad.
The build took approx 8 weeks and that was an hour or so per night in the weekdays and 10 hours each weekend.

Thanks

[DeLuSioNal29]

Nice project!  Just curious.  did you buy a pre-fabricated wood kit or did you do it from scratch?  How did you come up with the measurements if you cut everything yourself?

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[1500points]

looks great on video.  you said a 43 inch screen and a 26 inch screen?  How did you end up making the plunger into a switch?
I have an empty cab waiting for this type of project but just keep putting it off....everytime I see one of these project I get a bit more curious just to go through the build process. 

Nice work.

[MTPPC]

.. How did you end up making the plunger into a switch?

I did this:

[1500points]

clever. looks like a good idea. thank you

[vandale]

Nice project!  Just curious.  did you buy a pre-fabricated wood kit or did you do it from scratch?  How did you come up with the measurements if you cut everything yourself?

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I used the williams wide body plans, have uploaded here:

http://www.2shared.com/file/HXnPUunl/pinball_cabinet.html

Thanks

[vandale]

looks great on video.  you said a 43 inch screen and a 26 inch screen?  How did you end up making the plunger into a switch?
I have an empty cab waiting for this type of project but just keep putting it off....everytime I see one of these project I get a bit more curious just to go through the build process. 

Nice work.

Hi, I shortened the plunger shaft or else it was visible on the screen, then simply mounted a switch that opens when the plunger is pulled then connected the wiring to act like the switch is closed when it is actually opened.

Seen in this pic http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/20121118170608.jpg/

[kixfan]

From the pictures it looks like you did not do the 45 degree angle on the cabinet (where the legs attach).   Is that correct?    Where did you get the lock bar and legs?

Looks great!

[Gray_Area]

Niice.  I like that your back box is the same width as the table.

Nudge, even with buttons, is a must. Not to diss, just mentioning, you got some light showin in through the left top side there.

What did you use for the DMD spot?  And, it looks like you dropped the playfield monitor, to the depth of a real playfield, yes?

Man, the table scene has ex-ploded. I gotta at least buy me one of these. On that note, and since you said 'budget build', what was your total cost?

[vandale]

Niice.  I like that your back box is the same width as the table.

Nudge, even with buttons, is a must. Not to diss, just mentioning, you got some light showin in through the left top side there.

What did you use for the DMD spot?  And, it looks like you dropped the playfield monitor, to the depth of a real playfield, yes?

Man, the table scene has ex-ploded. I gotta at least buy me one of these. On that note, and since you said 'budget build', what was your total cost?

Hi, thats just a refelction of the edge of the glass. I taped and painted all the areas light can escape

DMD is a 17 inch Philips monitor at 800x600 res

Total cost was less than $800NZD which would be 600-700 USD.

Yep, there are some awesome HD tables coming out specific for cabinets and it just keeps getting better and better.

Thanks

[vandale]

From the pictures it looks like you did not do the 45 degree angle on the cabinet (where the legs attach).   Is that correct?    Where did you get the lock bar and legs?

Looks great!

Hi, I copied the Williams plans to spec apart from widening the cabinet slightly to fit the 43 inch screen perfectly, thats what makes the back box overhang a little less than the usual wide bodies.

The lock down bar I had made as I couldnt get one here as pinball parts in NZ are hard to come by. The legs came of an old Williams table, they were chrome and rusty so I just use Hammerite paint after cleaning them up with steel wool.

Cheers

[Lilwolf]

What main monitor are you using?  a standard 43" TV?  seems to wide to me?

I love the look.  I've wanted to build one for ages, but it was always too expensive.... but tv prices are coming down.  Might be time to start considering it.

[wp34]

I've never seen a pinball cabinet without artwork but have to say I like the black.

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[vandale]

What main monitor are you using?  a standard 43" TV?  seems to wide to me?

I love the look.  I've wanted to build one for ages, but it was always too expensive.... but tv prices are coming down.  Might be time to start considering it.

Its a philips 16:9 43 inch 1080P from approx 5 years ago, can remember the model number, it had a 1 inch think bezel around the LCD panel (not the plastic outside bezel) and I couldnt be bothered recessing this into the cabinet walls so just went with a wider cabinet to accomodate.

Yep, its time to build one my friend

[vandale]

I've never seen a pinball cabinet without artwork but have to say I like the black.

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Hi, thanks. My plan was to do artwork at a later date so went with the semi gloss black for now as it is the perfect surface to stick vinyl to in the future. Beats having it all natural 

[Noshbomb]

Nice work!  Now I want to build one... 

[Gray_Area]

Did that cost estimate include the monitor?

[vandale]

Did that cost estimate include the monitor?

Yes, all second hand gear.

The 43 inch philips was sold as faulty. HDMi would stutter every 20 secs. I knew the issue and performed a firmware upgrade after purchase, no more issues 26inch was $50 at local pawn shop and 17 inch was $10 at local market.

Cheers

[monkey puzzle]

Very impressive cab. I would definately build one if I had the space.

[Dalgaard]

I love these sort of projects It's very nice. Good job!

So this build consists of 3 lcd-screens? 1 big 43" for the actual game area, 1 smaller one for marquee of sorts and 1 tiny screen for the yellow dots? What software is used to send the gametable to the big screen, the marquee to the medium screen and all the tiny yellow dots to the smallest screen?

[vandale]

I love these sort of projects It's very nice. Good job!

So this build consists of 3 lcd-screens? 1 big 43" for the actual game area, 1 smaller one for marquee of sorts and 1 tiny screen for the yellow dots? What software is used to send the gametable to the big screen, the marquee to the medium screen and all the tiny yellow dots to the smallest screen?

Hi, I use Visual Pinball to emulate the game, Hyperspin is the front end and when you set this up on a 3 screen (main table is primary video card, back box and DMD are secondary video card) you can just drag and drop where you want the windows to sit. More info is available at http://www.vpforums.org/

Thanks