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[swaffar]

Backbox partially finished. Still waiting on more buttons.

[htamas]

I can't use real pinball hinges for the backbox and need some custom one's made.

Very nice build, congratulations.

Regarding the hinge: if you don't insist on having a pinball hinge lookalike, you can simply use a piano hinge and the backbox can be easily tilted forward the same way. At least that's what I used and it works fine for me.

[swaffar]

@htamas: do you not have a build thread? i searched but couldn't find one.

on with the progress...





Router bit started to smoke towards the end!

[htamas]

@htamas: do you not have a build thread? i searched but couldn't find one.

Not yet... I just got done with my mini cab the past weekend and didn't have time to create a build thread. Will do that in the next couple of days... but my cab is nothing compared to yours. You have way better tools and more space plus better woodworking skills too, apparently

Edited by htamas, 17 May 2012 - 04:01 PM.

[swaffar]

 

QUOTE (htamas @ May 17 2012, 03:20 PM)

Not yet... I just got done with my mini cab the past weekend and didn't have time to create a build thread. Will do that in the next couple of days... but my cab is nothing compared to yours. You have way better tools and more space plus better woodworking skills too, apparently

 

 

thanks for the kind words, but i'm not that great... planning is everything, and it's amazing how much google sketchup helped! i probably spent more time figuring that program out than i did on the woodworking, but it totally payed off.

Edited by swaffar, 27 August 2013 - 05:15 PM.

[swaffar]

More parts in today!!!

[swaffar]

Maybe??? I'm still undecided.

[swaffar]

Good progress today... mostly finished my DMD grill. Everything fit without a millimeter to spare. Literally. The speakers are both flush with the sides of the grill, and the DMD display is flush with both speakers.

















I still need to countersink the speakers and bevel the holes in the front, but I'll do that later. I just needed to make sure everything would fit. *sight of relief*

[Rawd]

Looking great man!

The playfield looks parallel to the ground. Don't you want a bit of slope?

[swaffar]

 

QUOTE (Rawd @ May 18 2012, 11:52 PM)

Looking great man!

The playfield looks parallel to the ground. Don't you want a bit of slope?

I would slope it, but I need room for three RGB flashers just above the playfield.

It lives...

Edited by swaffar, 31 August 2013 - 03:38 PM.

[swaffar]

[swaffar]

DHL arrived today!
Sadly, the coin door is a bit larger than the site advertised (I think.) :banghead: I should be able to cut a new front panel and move buttons/plunger around just enough to make it fit.

[StevOz]

Looking great and very professional, still I'm concerned you may need some ventilation, a few fans intake/exhaust?

[swaffar]

 

QUOTE (StevOz @ May 21 2012, 01:38 PM)

Looking great and very professional, still I'm concerned you may need some ventilation, a few fans intake/exhaust?

 

They're in there, I just haven't added them yet. Look at my plans.

Edited by swaffar, 31 August 2013 - 03:37 PM.

[htamas]

Great build, much attention to the details. This looks excellent.

[swaffar]

[Arcade4]

This cabinet build is the 100% complete opposite of my cabinet build.
Where yours is a work of perfection in every way, mine was more like.

1. Find old used pinball cabinet.
2. Stuff a computer in the bottom as fast as possible.
3. Run wires everywhere as fast as possible.
4. Stuff in a 2.1 speaker system.
5. Slap a monitor in the backbox.
6. Cram a monitor in the front.
7. Play pinball.
8. Slowly update things while playing pinball constantly.

[swaffar]

 

QUOTE (Arcade4 @ May 25 2012, 03:21 AM)

This cabinet build is the 100% complete opposite of my cabinet build.
Where yours is a work of perfection in every way, mine was more like.

1. Find old used pinball cabinet.
2. Stuff a computer in the bottom as fast as possible.
3. Run wires everywhere as fast as possible.
4. Stuff in a 2.1 speaker system.
5. Slap a monitor in the backbox.
6. Cram a monitor in the front.
7. Play pinball.
8. Slowly update things while playing pinball constantly.

Thanks arcade. I'm not a very patient person, but I've wanted to do this forever... As soon as I discovered VP (version 6 back then) I thought "Why not make it fullscreen and put it in a cab???" Back then, widescreen LCDs were so expensive it wasn't even close to feasible. Once people started building cabs I got excited and looked into doing the same, but I'm stationed in Germany... USPS won't ship anything above a 32" and I wasn't about to spend euro on an LCD just to chop it up. I finally decided I'd rather make a mini/medium using an LED and here I am. I've waited so long to do this, I might as well take the time to do it right. I have to move extra slow because I have no experience with woodworking. On top of that, I don't want to buy 220v power tools that I won't be able to use in the states, so I have to wait for those to arrive as well.

Here's the smallest bit of progress before I leave for work today.

Edited by swaffar, 31 August 2013 - 03:38 PM.

[vidmouse]

Love, Love, Love this build.
Especially the countersunk buttons, that's genius

[Arcade4]

This cabinet build is the 100% complete opposite of my cabinet build.
Where yours is a work of perfection in every way, mine was more like.

1. Find old used pinball cabinet.
2. Stuff a computer in the bottom as fast as possible.
3. Run wires everywhere as fast as possible.
4. Stuff in a 2.1 speaker system.
5. Slap a monitor in the backbox.
6. Cram a monitor in the front.
7. Play pinball.
8. Slowly update things while playing pinball constantly.

Thanks arcade. I'm not a very patient person, but I've wanted to do this forever... As soon as I discovered VP (version 6 back then) I thought "Why not make it fullscreen and put it in a cab???" Back then, widescreen LCDs were so expensive it wasn't even close to feasible. Once people started building cabs I got excited and looked into doing the same, but I'm stationed in Germany... USPS won't ship anything above a 32" and I wasn't about to spend euro on an LCD just to chop it up. I finally decided I'd rather make a mini/medium using an LED and here I am. I've waited so long to do this, I might as well take the time to do it right. I have to move extra slow because I have no experience with woodworking. On top of that, I don't want to buy 220v power tools that I won't be able to use in the states, so I have to wait for those to arrive as well.

Here's the smallest bit of progress before I leave for work today.

If that is what no experience with woodworking looks like, I better get started building me a house.