Superfrog Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 Hi guys, I'm new here and before I start my new adventure, I shall share some info about me My name is Wilbert AKA Superfrog, and I'm building some bartops. Here are some pictures of my creations: To see the bartops in action, you can take a look at my YouTube channel for more info. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa8iVCPe0APw7517FTXtVwQ/videos After I finished my Popeye Nintendo bartop with crt monitor, I needed a new challenge. Did some lurking over the net, and jump right into some great build here on Hyperspin. I want to make a pinball and arcade machine in one. I think it's already done before, but not by me I wanna do a mini Pinball 2000 version with a 24 inch playfield and a 15, or 17 inch backglass monitor. It's gonna be a South Park theme. Yesterday I started with a mock-up for the right size. The Star Wars theme was just for testing.... Now it's time to do some wood working . Greetings and
relic Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 that popeye machine is amazing and the south park one looks awesome too you have skills in makeing arcades 100%
Superfrog Posted December 18, 2013 Author Posted December 18, 2013 Thanks Relic, The Popeye adventure was a hell of a ride. All the artwork I traced over in illustrator from a original picture. It was a lot of work, but at the end it looked amazing. Hope to have a lot of fun with this one.. Greetings
relic Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 and goodluck with your new pinball project 100%
mameman Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 Cool, been planning on offering a mini p2k to go with the std mini pin I do today, should be a cool build. Are you going for 2 screens or are you going to add the DMd reflection also? WWW.Xtremepinball.com PM me for any custom CNC needs. Find me on Facebook.. Xtreme Pinball or www.xtremepinball.com Ipad pinball cabinet iFlipper Here: See the Doctor Who build Here.... / See the Tron build Here.... / See the BattleStar Galactica build Here.... See the Big Bang Bar build Here.... / See the Twilight Zone build Here.... CNC Work Here.....
Superfrog Posted December 19, 2013 Author Posted December 19, 2013 No, just 2 screens because I need the full backglass display for playing the arcade games.
kizam33 Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 so where are the arcade buttons going to go and joysticks? a lockdown bar with custom holes in it???
Luckydogg420 Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 I always thought it would be cool to have the backbox rotate 180 and have a stand up arcade on the back of the pin. Although you couldn't put the end up against a wall. That Popeye machine is outstanding.
MTPPC Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 What kind of PC horsepower are you putting in that mini-pin?
Superfrog Posted December 19, 2013 Author Posted December 19, 2013 The plan is no joystick. Wanna use the gamepad sticks and buttons on the lockdown bar. Real stick and buttons wil be to large for the looks i think. But thats the plan
mameman2013 Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 Couple of random questions, what did u use to round the edges on the arcade machines and what are you using for the bezel to hold the marquee in place? I made a midi machine (no where near as good as your epic efforts) but it was a first time for me and those last bits on mine are not complete and make it look rough so im going to try building a desktop one next with a more professional finish. also how did u get the black glass look around the screen? cheers
Superfrog Posted December 19, 2013 Author Posted December 19, 2013 Couple of random questions, what did u use to round the edges on the arcade machines and what are you using for the bezel to hold the marquee in place? I made a midi machine (no where near as good as your epic efforts) but it was a first time for me and those last bits on mine are not complete and make it look rough so im going to try building a desktop one next with a more professional finish. also how did u get the black glass look around the screen? cheers The round edges on my first build was done by hand... and a lot of sandpaper. On the second build 2.0 I used a router.. a lot faster I started my first try ever because of Koenigs great and clean projects and followed his Step by step contruction. I did some tweaks that was best for me. Here is a link so you can see all the magic and answers to your questions http://www.koenigs.dk/mame/eng/stepverticade.htm tip: the monitor bezel will go behind the back of the Marquee and hold it with some tape. that will do the job I like small details that is workout very nice, so the end result is slick. Just think a lot and plan things out what stick, buttons, color, materials u gonna need to use and never rush things, are my steps to begin on a new project. Greetings
Superfrog Posted December 28, 2013 Author Posted December 28, 2013 Finally I find the time to cut some MDF. I love this pinball shape. Next thing to do is hide the bezel of the monitor into the side of the cab. router time .... :creeper: See you next time in 2014
Superfrog Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 Little update here. I router the monitor slots, so I can build up the playfield box tomorrow. Did some artwork layout, just to find some useful pictures. Let me know what you guys think about it See you soon.....!!
Superfrog Posted January 3, 2014 Author Posted January 3, 2014 MDF is almost ready... Today I could work a lot on it, so tomorrow it will be finished I hope I got some SPECIAL things to theme the pinball even better, but that's for later Tomorrow I can work the whole day on it Greetings
Superfrog Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 Lost a lot of time on shopping today, but I got everything to finish this one. Only the backdoor of the top need to be done and cut the plexi and aluminium. Did some testing if it's working :creeper: See you
Superfrog Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 Soldering gamepad for custom lockdown bar. Tomorrow the sound-system board need to be replaced to the coin-door. See you next time ...!!
Superfrog Posted January 7, 2014 Author Posted January 7, 2014 Soldering the soundsystem and did some final Plexi and aluminium cutting. Tomorrow the plunger and buttons are there, so I can made the coindoor and all the final drills befor painting...... Til then, sleep well.
richie_jones Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 Nice build my friend but plexi!!!!? No substitute for glass, love your builds btw
Superfrog Posted January 12, 2014 Author Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks to the fine mini pinball and tips of his Galaga build from Melon at BYOAC, I did jump into making my own pinball. Things to do is to finish the coindoor and lockdown bar. After that it's sandpaper and painting time...... First I wanted to build my own plunger like Melon, but when I order my button stuff, the shop had a all ready plunger in stock for 12 Euro's. I couldn't resist that one..... sad thing of this option is that I have to drop Mr. Hankie to be the plunger knob. See you later.
Superfrog Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Had to redo my coindoor because the sound controller board did not fit. I had to move the coin button a little to the left That door cost me a lot of hours before it's ready
Superfrog Posted January 16, 2014 Author Posted January 16, 2014 Coindoor is ready and after a lot of testing, the plexi bending for the lockdown bar is finally done. Tomorrow drill the holes in it for the buttons and stick and then the building part is finished Till then...... Rock on !!
Superfrog Posted January 19, 2014 Author Posted January 19, 2014 I attach some parts of the gamepad to the lockdown bar to hold the stick and buttons in the original position. Now I get loose with filler, sandpaper and paint !! Greetings
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