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[charley]

 

 

   I’m glad I chose the standard size. My cab is on my second floor. Getting it there was quite the ordeal and I don’t think the extra size of a widebody would have been able to make it at the 180 degree turn on the stairs

just curious when you say you "chose the standard size".

do you mean you made a pincab standard size of a real PB of 48inches and 22-24 wide PF with the standard size backglass?

 

 

 

Williams standard cabinet spec
Taken from Virtuapin

 

Our Standard body inside dimensions are 20.5" x 45" playfield area, 52" overall length.

 

did you disassemble the the PB cab and carry the PF monitor, backglass monitor and cabinet upstairs separately or 

take it up the stairs in one piece?

Edited by charley, 21 December 2022 - 05:53 AM.

[wiesshund]

you fold down the backglass, ratchet strap it in place
take off the legs
strap the thing to a furniture dolly
and away you go

[charley]

you fold down the backglass, ratchet strap it in place
take off the legs
strap the thing to a furniture dolly
and away you go

yeah, i knew it would be something like that.

i would have took it apart then use a dolly.

Edited by charley, 21 December 2022 - 06:47 AM.

[charley]

hey what is this.

this is maybe the 3rd or 4time this thread has come around from 3 months ago

[xenonph]

hey what is this.

this is maybe the 3rd or 4time this thread has come around from 3 months ago

It is called a poll.

If you look at top of page you will find it, and can vote for which one you would choose.

When someone casts a vote, the topic moves to front of "New Posts" section.

[charley]

 

hey what is this.

this is maybe the 3rd or 4time this thread has come around from 3 months ago

It is called a poll.

If you look at top of page you will find it, and can vote for which one you would choose.

When someone casts a vote, the topic moves to front of "New Posts" section.

 

Edited by charley, 18 March 2023 - 07:14 PM.

[BoltBait]

I don't see how I can change my vote. My first cabinet was a custom size. My latest cabinet is a standard width.

[Tesla]

I don't see how I can change my vote. My first cabinet was a custom size. My latest cabinet is a standard width.

 

Sorry. You will have to forfeit your new one and return to the old one.

[Greedy Guido]

I went custom as I am using a 48" playfiled.  It is about 20mm wider than a widebody.

[Tesla]

I went custom as I am using a 48" playfiled.  It is about 20mm wider than a widebody.

 

I could be wrong, but I think it's more about proportions (and/or aspect ratios).

16:9 is definitely in the sweet spot. They probably make 16:10 4K panels (for special industrial applications) but nothing we would be willing to buy for this application.

Edited by Tesla, 13 March 2026 - 02:17 AM.

[Thalamus]

Sometime I want to come back to this thread asking. What does it take to make you guys trying to get back at least somewhere near to the real thing ? Can't you really just some simple math ? How much obvious info do you need to understand simple thing like big fucking screen where when you push for the whole screen to be covered. ANYTHING that is supposed to round is oval. A 43" cab is actually really close to what we see as a wide body. Go play your cab. Enjoy it - it is a hobby after all. But, don't came telling me that you don't see how FFFFF* wide you cabinet are compared to standard machine.

[Breadbox64]

Just started my cabinet build a few weeks ago. Since I wanted to give two older monitors (a 16:9 22'' and a 17'' 4:3) a new life, I started to half the measurements of a WMS standard body as a base and just optimized a very few measurements for the perfect fit. Now i ended up with something i would call a half sized widebody. Based on this experience i would pick a widebody for a full size v-pin.

[Tesla]

1. ANYTHING that is supposed to round is oval. 

 

2. where when you push for the whole screen to be covered.

 

1. Yeah, I hate that ... on pinball-cabinets. Especially playfield, but even backglass to some extent (who wants "fat people" when you know it's wrong). Same for old TV-shows, etc.

 

2. I say "always respect the aspect-ratio and proportions" , I'll take some thin black bars or even a bit of upper/lower cropping before that other non-sense,

 

Finally, if you want "wide body" tables to physically look wider in this world, they can't be physically built like a conventional 1970's pinball cabinet. You have to choose and it really only works the other-way-around (or somewhere in the middle).

Edited by Tesla, 10 April 2026 - 03:21 AM.