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New pinball table build: PIN-o-RAMA - 40/28/12
elfman12:
Nice suggestion, javeryh. I th ink I might try that on the large backglass piece. The biggest trouble for me has been getting a clamp on the straightedge, and this method solves that. Thanks for the ideas!
@ skepticalgeek, Thanks! I'll try to post my notes later, since I'm making up stuff as I go (hehe). I think that the 2 biggest factors in a pincab are the size of the playfield monitor and the width of your lockdown bar. Sure, I'm going to have to adjust my lockdown bar, but I still wouldn't have made the cab wider, since I want as LITTLE bezel around the playfield as possible.
elfman12:
A little more work - I put hinges and magnetic stop on the computer door, and will finish it with an arcade cabinet lock at the top right later.
I also installed the main cooling fan for the bottom section in the same door. It's a 250mm Red LED fan - it's REALLY quiet, and comes with a nice bezel cover and grill. I thought this might work better than 6-8 smaller fans, but we'll see when it's finished.
I routed out the circle dead center in the middle of the drawer and drilled 4 holes for the screw stems on the bezel assembly. I'll be putting one in the center of the back of the backboard as well.
I got it from here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835705054
More to come. I hope I'm not boring anyone with these pics, but I know how much I love watching other people's system slowly build, and the more pictures the better IMO!
Kurt:
Now that is a fan. how silent is it?
Pinball cabs comming out of the woodworks lately.
elfman12:
--- Quote from: Kurt on February 14, 2010, 04:36:53 am ---Now that is a fan. how silent is it?
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<24db is the spec. If you can get by without the grill, it's even more quit, weirdly enough
I have an 80mm "silent" fan rated at 25 that I was going to use, but it's louder than this one.
Necro:
--- Quote from: elfman12 on February 14, 2010, 02:40:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kurt on February 14, 2010, 04:36:53 am ---Now that is a fan. how silent is it?
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<24db is the spec. If you can get by without the grill, it's even more quit, weirdly enough
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The grill introduces more turbulence to the air, which increases noise somewhat. You can hear the air 'humming'/moving across the grate itself if it's moving fast enough.