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New pinball table build: PIN-o-RAMA - 40/28/12
saleem:
are them blue things buttons?you dont need the leds on the bottom of the table,i think they look ugly,if they ahd been hidden and cast their light would have been nice but,its like me taking leds and just putting them round the edge of my computer tower,they look ugly and serve no purpose.
how about more maturer buttons to lift your project from good to greatness?
look at this for example of button:
http://www.frozencpu.com/ele-71.html
:)
elfman12:
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Actually they aren't visible unless you're about 1ft tall. :-) All you see is the soft blue glow on the floor below the table. It's pretty simple: if it doesn't look good in the space this ends up, unplug.
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Not sure what you mean by that.... as I explained above, I'm going to test those "knee nudge" buttons to see if they work well or are practical. If not, they get plugged up.
Thanks for the opinions, though. ;-)
EDIT: Just looked at the buttons you linked to. Very nice!
However, in this build I need to be able to insert custom labels in illuminated buttons. This is much more important on a pinball cab than it is on my MAME cab. The navigation of the FE is less intuitive, and I want to make it to where anyone can walk up to this machine and get around on it.
Buttons like launch table, exit table, game start, extra ball, flyers, game card, special and custom game lists need to be addressed. On my MAME cab I can double-use some of my player buttons, but there are only 2(4) flipper buttons on a pinball cab, so several need to be added.
Kurt:
Looking good mate, did you end up sanding the primer a little?
The button linked would be crap as admin buttons, i just installed the same vandal switch on my pin as a power button thats all its good for i think.
I mounted it behind the backglass so the kids have no way of playing with it.
elfman12:
Yup, still sanding with fine grit. Mainly getting it smooth for the vinyl pieces. I'm realizing that anything other than black requires much more attention to detail. (flat black, that is. Piano black takes a ton of work, it looks like. But man it sho do look good!)
I'm using that purple standard button below the cab near the front right for power. I want to put a raised ring around it to recess it a bit, but I put it there because that's where I remember the power toggles were on the old pins I used to play. Is that where they are on newer machines?
Kurt:
No idea man i havent seen or looked at a real pinball machine in 15yrs. I put mine high just so the kids can't play with it as they like to do.