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skrubol says:
Wouldn't folding legs, similar to folding table legs be the simplest way to make it portable? Or you could go with removable legs held in by a set screw or a couple bolts.
Laybows says:
Mar 17, 2011. 8:42 AM REPLY Windows > Run: msconfig. Enter. Autorun Services > No GUI start check. OK. Reboot. Windows home screen is disabled! ;] Have fun!
cowtasticfilms says:
I love this, Great work, I am inspired to make one.
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TOCO says:
This is the coolest instructable I have sceen in a while!
tbarklay says:
thanks! you have no idea how fun it is to play.
badbradmx says:
Mar 16, 2011. 6:08 PM REPLY why dont you hack the loading screens of windows? make it show something cool instead of the usual boring ones. plenty of sites for them. pretty simple to do too. would add some extra awesomeness to the already awesome setup
SHIFT! says:
SWEET Job! Please post a video of it in action!
tbarklay says:
there's a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2ik8TjjB0 not the best quality, but gives you the general idea.
BrianHanifin says:
Mar 15, 2011. 2:13 PM REPLY It is nice to see a more affordable virtual pinball build. To you give us a rough estimate on how much you spent on hardware and materials? As for folding legs, you should check out what Ben Heck is doing with his new custom pinball machine build. He is building collapsable legs into his cabinet design.
tbarklay says:
Mar 15, 2011. 2:19 PM REPLY Yeah it was pretty cheap. here's a breakdown: playfield monitor $215 Backglass monitor: $50 second hand on ebay computer : I was using a recently replaced computer, so that didn't cost me anything, but a careful ebayer could pick up the components fairly cheaply, I'm sure (or hit up all your friends - no doubt someone is about to replace their pc!). electronics: $140 hardware: $50 total: $455
apothus says:
Mar 14, 2011. 9:55 PM REPLY i understand most pinball machines just use a simple weighted pendulum that swings inside a conductive ring, similar in function to the "dont touch the wire" skill testers Surely that would be easier to setup than a mercury switch?
tbarklay says:
Mar 14, 2011. 10:17 PM REPLY Not necceserily. The advantage with a merc. Switch is they're cheap, you can wire them straight into the keyboard encoder and the ones I bought mount straight onto the inside of the cabinet - no fuss. My only concern is finding the balance between to sensitive and not sensitive enough. I'll let you know how it goes when I get them.
apothus says:
Possibly, i just have a thing for big heavy mechanical things. Id love to rebuild and older electro mechanical.
this is the tilt system inside our road show machine we have at home. the connections should be the same as the mercury switch. http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/pinball-machine-pendulum.gif
tbarklay says:
Mar 15, 2011. 12:28 AM REPLY I guess for me space is a big issue as well. there's not much of it inside the cabinet, and mercury switches are small. If the suck, then yeah, I'll go for a tilt-bob, but at this stage the mercury switches seem the best option for my cabinet.
SimpleinSeattle says:
Video is private.....
tbarklay says:
fixed.
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laxap says:
Awesome! What about a tilt sensor?
tbarklay says:
Mar 14, 2011. 2:28 PM REPLY i Mentioned at the end that i've ordered some mercury switches that should do the job. the trick will be to set them up so they are sensitive enough to register a nudge, but not enough to double nudge for a tilt.
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