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Title: Hybrid Project : Cocktail table, Virtual pinball and Vertical Bartop
Post by: nussss on January 22, 2019, 04:35:46 pm
Hello everyone

Here is more detail of the construction of a special project, an original one for sure, that I realized in 2017.

It's a bit special because it can be "transformed" to be  adapted to different modes of play:

Cocktail table mode:
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20170512.jpg)

Virtual pinball mode:
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20170513.jpg)

Vertical Bartop mode:
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20170514.jpg)

But before this state, there was a little work at my workshop

The base of the box is made of wood (MDF)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161010.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161011.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161012.jpg)

I had to work around problems that we do not think about ;-)
For example, the cables of the second joystick go inside the arm to enter the box
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161013.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161111.jpg)

Finished woodworking part
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161112.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161113.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161114.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161115.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/20161116.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/tablet10.jpg)

Transformation!
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/transf10.jpg)

After the painting step, time of wiring , and getting everything to go inside was not easy!
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/img_2036.jpg)

Time to play !
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/img_2032.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/img_2033.jpg)
(https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/19/70/19/64/img_2043.jpg)

Inside, for the computer part, a recycle mini pc Chromebox, with windows 10 on it.
The screen is a recycle laptop lcd screen.
For software, PinballX as Frontend , mame for emulation and pinball fx2 for pinball games.


To finish, some links to topics on french forums,  where I posted the construction 2 years ago:
https://www.gamoover.net/Forums/index.php?topic=36322.0 (https://www.gamoover.net/Forums/index.php?topic=36322.0)
http://forum.hfsplay.fr/cabs-construction/borne-3in1-table-cocktail-pincab-bartop-t11851.html (http://forum.hfsplay.fr/cabs-construction/borne-3in1-table-cocktail-pincab-bartop-t11851.html)
http://www.pincabpassion.net/t6267-termine-3-en-1-table-cocktail-pincab-bartop#127446 (http://www.pincabpassion.net/t6267-termine-3-en-1-table-cocktail-pincab-bartop#127446)

and an article published on a blog
https://www.minimachines.net/actu/borne-3-1-de-nussss-51204 (https://www.minimachines.net/actu/borne-3-1-de-nussss-51204)

That's all for the presentation of this project,
2 years ago, I did not have a 3D printer, there are probably some parts that I would do differently now ... maybe in version 2.0 ;-)
Title: Re: Hybrid Project : Cocktail table, Virtual pinball and Vertical Bartop
Post by: Nephasth on January 22, 2019, 07:10:48 pm
Impressive! :applaud:
Title: Re: Hybrid Project : Cocktail table, Virtual pinball and Vertical Bartop
Post by: bperkins01 on January 22, 2019, 09:51:42 pm
Very clever design.  Well done!  :applaud:
Title: Re: Hybrid Project : Cocktail table, Virtual pinball and Vertical Bartop
Post by: javeryh on January 23, 2019, 12:27:10 pm
Awesome design - super creative.  Even better paint job!   :applaud: