monkeychunkuk Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Well listeners to my podcast and folks that know me will have seen me posting pinball Screen shots After setting up " Hyperpin " and setting up future pin tables (with a huge help from the top man Mike! I've been running pinball tables using 32 plasma and a 19 monitor screen balanced on top of it ( tut tut all exposed wired! ) Using a few spare buttons I've had great results Now my original idea was to make a slim table and plug the HDMI and monitor into arcade machine But I think if I'm lucky in the furture I maybe able to pick up a PC to fit inside it that will run it by itself So copying some designs on here I decided to make it full sizeish... So today I got the mdf and started the build Wood cut into correct size and a dry fit Y Table slope cut out Another dry fit Added front and back finger plates And a quick sand down And then when I got home I remember why I thought about the original slim size cab Oh f**k ....hmmm f**k f**k f**k Do I need those draws ??? do I cut it down or loose the draws ? Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekim Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Nice start... I personally would slim it down a touch. At the mo it looks out of proportion.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Yer it kinda does I jigged it around to make more room I wonder how much I should take off ? 2 inch 3 Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Also I think I need to reduce the front panel before the screen and increase the bottom of the back glass Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 I added the back box it's not fixed so sitting 4 inches lower than it should to protect the screen I squeezed in a spare bezzel I had and I try like the idea of a curve screen looks Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie_jones Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Can not believe how many good tables have been made Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Well either built a curved style back box or nice spice rack Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Yup I'm happy with that now time to scale down the main machine Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekim Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Curved screen.. Nice if you can pull it off.. might just reflect horrilbly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Curved screen.. Nice if you can pull it off.. might just reflect horrilbly... Now you tell me ! Maybe I'll leave the curves and put in a flat screen And today I'll be cutting down the play field by a few inches From this To this Using a saw rather than black boxes (they are very hard to come by) Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekim Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 steve, you will need to change the size of the top shelf (from your proposed cut shown above).. normally this is exactly the size of your back box base, otherwise it starts to look odd. something like this. the back box base size is normally 150mm - 200mm depending on design, as this is a mini pin probably 150 would suit it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Thanks Mike yup I noticed that mistake and cut the ledge tut same size as the back box I'm happy with scale now except after a few bad cuts it's not as near as before but I guess filler Etc will hide the sins Here is how it looks now Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Grrr I put the draws back but now back box is to tall ! Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agrajag Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Well the solution seems obvious to me: cut a hole in the shed roof! Oh to live in America where apparently everyone has a massive basement to put this sort of stuff in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Lol I was thinking the same ! Little roof extension Ok bit wiggle and a tight squeeze but she's in for now And little test fit Using a old piece of plexi I did a mock up I think the reflection will cause to much if a problem The back glass is temporary until I find a wide screen 19 or 21 monitor Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerBlue Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Oh to live in America where apparently everyone has a massive basement to put this sort of stuff in. Unless you live in Florida and finding a house with a basement is like finding Bigfoot. I have to sacrifice the dinning room if I want to build a table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 So I temporary fitted the screens in place and wired up the subwoofer and speakers and fitted all buttons back in place Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Boring update just put some speakers on can't decide to fill the holes or cut a new piece ; ) Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 So at the moment I'm running pinball programs on my arcade cabs PCs Running on this gf card A little annoying because I have to keep swapping hdmi leads and also it means the pinball isn't stand alone I tried to run furture pinball on the little PC even though the onboard card had hdmi future pinball ran so slow it was in playable So using credit I've upgraded this little PC I have I bought this card using cex credit And 8 gig of ram I decased the mobo because the new card didn't fit in the slim case And temporary mounted for testing I don't think it's going run as smooth but Only testing will tell Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well I'm not surprised just a little let down After all it's only triple core AMD ( is that enough) It only has 2 gig of ram I'm waiting for my 8gig to turn up to put into it Future pin is running but the frame rate is bad and it's flickers when the ball drains Is this just because of the ram? Or am I expecting to much out of this little machine? Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie_jones Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Windows experience ratings don't really tell anything...they dropped it after windows 7... I get a 7.4. Max is 7.9 I believe and I'm running a core i5 2500k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekim Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Windows experience ratings don't really tell anything...they dropped it after windows 7...I get a 7.4. Max is 7.9 I believe and I'm running a core i5 2500k the windows rating is tied to the slowest component. (normally the hdd or cheap ram) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Any thoughts of the black screen? I'm hoping it's lack of ram issue Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeychunkuk Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Well better news today I picked up a wide screen monitor for £4 and done fans 50p each And it fits a treat I shouldn't be running as I have no fans fitted and the mobo is just sitting under the tv and not fixed in place So just to recap my build price do far ( yes another budget build £20 mdf for complete machine £4 19" inch wide screen for monitor £4 sub woofer and speakers £2 PC speaker amp £10 usb unofficial xbox controller £n/a 32" LCD £20 PC acer aspire 1300 £25 gt610 graphics card £20 8g of ram So a long way off any of epic builds but I guess I'm on my way to building my first pinball Sent from the smut hut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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