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stan2323:
Anyone eles make some thing out of something eles?  There are a few small things left to do.  Trim on the top and to seal the glass inplace.  But it is good enough for now.  I left the wires so that if I hook up to 5 V DC the lights will light up.  I have put 4 pictures in the post and links to the rest so others that want to see more can.





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Stan

Nimbus:
Very nice! I am planning on doing something like this as well. I just need to figure out how big I want the table to be. I plan on framing out the pinball playfield with a wider table than you have. Thanks for the picture. It inspires me to get going on mine!!

Necro:
Definitely want to do this, but have to finish my cab and some marquee lightboxes first.

How did you get the playfield?  (And was it still expensive or just something broken/cheaper?)

stan2323:
 I put a want add on Craigslist.  I actually got 2 but it took about 6 months to find them both.  They were $50 each. It looked like they had come from a damaged machine or something.  Both had quite a few pieces missing, the rubber rings were dry rotted, bumper caps missing, and inserts missing.  Both also had most of the wiring still there, the poppers, flipper coils, and lamp sockets were all there.  I left the wiring so I could light them up.  I used pennies and nickels to fill in the missing inserts.  I took out everything but the lamp sockets and bulbs.  Then I cleaned everything, put in new rubber and made a few tweaks to things like the bumper caps and fall down things so they would stay up.  Finally I had to screw the apron in place or it would have moved all around.  Then I mounted the playfield on a 2 by 4 frame.  Then I screwed through the 2 by 4s into the sides that are up high enough so the glass will clear everything on the playfield.  Also it hides the 2 by 4 frame, wires, and leg mounting.  I plan to cut some trim to cover the top of the plywood and the edge of the glass once we decide what colour to make the trim. 

Stan

Necro:
Nice explanation Stan, thanks.  What did you use on the corners?  It looks like they are separate pieces of wood almost.

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