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Title: Pinball project
Post by: Kangum on April 23, 2008, 02:05:11 pm

The following project documents my pinball cab. it will have a 27 inch lcd playfield in portrait mode and a 15 inch backglass. THe software is the easy part for me its the woodworking that is the difficult part. Once the woodworking is done a custom machine will be built specifically to run visual pinball and future pinball.

Title: Re: Jukebox / Pinball project
Post by: Kangum on April 26, 2008, 08:59:48 pm

buttons arrived today.

Title: Re: Jukebox / Pinball project
Post by: ablizno on April 28, 2008, 09:28:18 am

Its looking nice, i cant wait to see how it ends up

Title: Pinball project
Post by: Kangum on August 16, 2008, 02:00:07 am

I got wood!

5 sheets 2 ft  x 4 ft MDF - $32.00
brackets, screws, dust mask, misc hardware.  - $38.00  :dizzy:
project cost so far = $70.00

tomorrow if its nice out i will sink my teeth into this wood and start cutting. i have the whole day free to work on this. id like to make some good progress so i can verify some measurements to have the tempered glass cut. i know that takes awhile. maybe even a week. i dont want to place the order until im certain everything lines up the way i think it should

Title: Re: Jukebox / Pinball project
Post by: NIVO on August 18, 2008, 12:26:18 am

lets go i need pics! Is it done yet? hurry up!  ;D Seriously good luck with this, i am interested in seeing how things progress. Hope you detail up some plans for folks looking at this type of idea as well.

Title: Re: Jukebox / Pinball project
Post by: Kangum on August 20, 2008, 01:50:23 pm

Whew. I have finished cutting the entire cabinat. I have mdf comming out of every pore. sweating like a pig. MDF is everywhere. in my hair, in my shoes, in my skin. That was way way more work then i thought. That is definatly enough for today. assembly will have to wait.

it doesnt look like much right now. but man am i tired.

(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7098/mac001wa1.jpg)
Shot with Canon PowerShot A610 (http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+PowerShot+A610&make=Canon) at 2008-08-20

Title: Re: Pinball project
Post by: Franco B on August 20, 2008, 02:14:26 pm

Awesome. This project is deffo on the wish list  :)

I hope you will be posting plenty of pictures and information about the project.

Title: Re: Pinball project
Post by: Cameronj on August 26, 2008, 08:32:14 pm

Cool stuff! I can't wait to see how it proceeds!

Title: Re: Pinball project
Post by: Cameronj on August 26, 2008, 08:33:21 pm

So what software are you going to use to do the portrait mode stuff?
As far as I know, VP6 will work and you can customize stuff with Future Pinball for vertical too, but I haven't tried that.