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All about pinball! Homebrew, custom pinball builds, DIY tips and tricks, lessons learned from creating my own machine from scratch, pinball repair, unboxing NIB pinball machines and whatever other shenanigans that occur along the way.
HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: New Upper Playfield
HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: New Upper Playfield
Only 3 weeks to go until the next NWPAS pinball and arcade show up in Tacoma, WA June 70-9th! It's time to get the upper playfield swapped out for what I really want it to be. I've been dreaming about this part of my playfield since the beginning and it's finally time to get it built and installed!
Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Why change the upper pf?
2:53 Easy to remove!
4:02 Current playfield vs New
4:26 Etched Artwork
7:23 Swapping mechs
8:00 Installing the new playfield
10:17 Lightshow Demo!
12:17 Wrap up
Would you like to support me and my channel? Here's how: www.patreon.com/thepinballroom
Links to Resources mentioned in the video:
* FAST Hardware Documentation - fastpinball.com/docs/
* Step-by-step Tutorial for getting the lower third of your pinball playfield powered, connected and flipping!: docs.google.com/document/d/1EofavsFcqD-e_u6qEUXPjYjNl5-cFJHTEE8hLCGogsg/edit?usp=sharing
* Led Zeppelin Pinball Project BoM (Bill of Materials): docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZTG_iBbB12zKE6h7HYUiRyXDzKPLSqnvm_Uy_i6qZcw/edit?usp=sharing
* Public Files on my Google Drive:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jS786lw6Z3tvHhBRjR0z4r1F0p3Y6UbR?usp=sharing
* Pinball Cabinet Fusion 360 file created by and shared with permission by John Marsh
-- Spike 2 Pinball Cabinet: a360.co/2RatbVw
Thanks for watching!!! I hope you found this helpful or interesting - if you did, please like and subscribe and even share this so other pinheads can find this series of videos.
As always, give me some feedback on what you liked and didn't like about this video - if there's anything you'd like me to cover in more detail, lmk!!!
If you haven't already, I challenge you to start building your own pinball machine, cuz why not!?!
Only 3 weeks to go until the next NWPAS pinball and arcade show up in Tacoma, WA June 70-9th! It's time to get the upper playfield swapped out for what I really want it to be. I've been dreaming about this part of my playfield since the beginning and it's finally time to get it built and installed!
Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Why change the upper pf?
2:53 Easy to remove!
4:02 Current playfield vs New
4:26 Etched Artwork
7:23 Swapping mechs
8:00 Installing the new playfield
10:17 Lightshow Demo!
12:17 Wrap up
Would you like to support me and my channel? Here's how: www.patreon.com/thepinballroom
Links to Resources mentioned in the video:
* FAST Hardware Documentation - fastpinball.com/docs/
* Step-by-step Tutorial for getting the lower third of your pinball playfield powered, connected and flipping!: docs.google.com/document/d/1EofavsFcqD-e_u6qEUXPjYjNl5-cFJHTEE8hLCGogsg/edit?usp=sharing
* Led Zeppelin Pinball Project BoM (Bill of Materials): docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZTG_iBbB12zKE6h7HYUiRyXDzKPLSqnvm_Uy_i6qZcw/edit?usp=sharing
* Public Files on my Google Drive:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jS786lw6Z3tvHhBRjR0z4r1F0p3Y6UbR?usp=sharing
* Pinball Cabinet Fusion 360 file created by and shared with permission by John Marsh
-- Spike 2 Pinball Cabinet: a360.co/2RatbVw
Thanks for watching!!! I hope you found this helpful or interesting - if you did, please like and subscribe and even share this so other pinheads can find this series of videos.
As always, give me some feedback on what you liked and didn't like about this video - if there's anything you'd like me to cover in more detail, lmk!!!
If you haven't already, I challenge you to start building your own pinball machine, cuz why not!?!
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It was nice to see the Haggis Booth as they just folded up last month. At least we got to see the guys behind it.
Can anyone make STEP files from the fusion files? I don't have Fusion 360. If this already exists can someone point me to it?
Hi Steve. I'm curious how you mounted the smaller power supply (LRS-150-12) to the back box. I found mounting brackets for the larger one, but nothing the for the smaller. If I zoom in far enough, it looks like you have a bracket on it, but it's hard to tell. Thanks!
Software! Software? We don't need no Stink'n software, .... lol !!! Relay Logic Forever !!!
Watching this putting power in my machine right now 💪🏻 did you end up keeping your PSU’s at the bottom of your cabinet? Fast’s website shows all of that in the backbox
No I moved them to the back box for my final setup
@@thepinballroom dang I ended up putting them inside the cabinet haha My pc is behind my coin door (using a laptop) and I am using two screens in the backbox, so I figured having everything else centralized in the bottom was the smarter move.
Hi, where did you get the smaller "flying V" clear insert?
@@kerryerendson5577 I bought all my inserts from pinballlife.com - not every shape is always in stock tho, you'll need to check periodically
You would love a “roto-zip” saw, I know it’s a 2 year old video but hope you see this or bought one since then. Great videos!
Watch This Old Tony’s spring making video. If the wire is in an annealed state, you could use the same principal he uses to create a spring on his lathe. If you can get a section of dowel of the correct diameter and add a mandrel that you can chuck up in a drill press, you can drill a small hole in the dowel for the rest of the wire and hand turn the drill chuck while guiding the wire. From there, you can basically cut individual coils out of it and be guaranteed to have the diameter consistent from coil to coil. Even better, find a socket of the appropriate diameter and bolt it to a block of wood drill a hole through the wood so that you can insert a metal pin so that you can insert a section of wire between the two and then draw the wire around your socket “mandrel”. Clamp the wood to your workbench and have a blast with your new cheap bender
is there an updated fusion file of the finished ramp i could grab? i got the one from your google drive but it looks to be pretty different from where you ended up
What a great table! Love the coherrent rules, terrified by the speed and drain potential. This is going to be a leg kicking monster. Excellent work.
Absolutely amazing! One suggestion is that the stairway should turn into a ramp during multiball, obviously no idea how to do that, myself...but seems like a decent idea. Happy building and keep up good work.
That etching is pretty sweet. Nice work.
What code are you using? C++? Python? Also, I see you’re wearing a FAST shirt. What made you choose FAST over P ROC? Any unbiased advantages/disadvantages you can share? Thanks man you’re awesome.
For anyone ordering from Ali baba, you should always assume near-zero quality control. And also lead everywhere lol
mmm ... I like to uncomplicate things (usually because before I am done its too complicated, so I hope to achieve success before that happens. lol).. Since creating a hole to match the 'EXACT' shape I would be happy with a narrow 'trim' around it. by that I mean create the shape but make it 1/16" to 1/8" bigger - this avoids need to be 'exact' to the contour. then place the item in it, add epoxy resin to fill in the gap. scrap and wet wash the surface flat, then sand to plane it all the same. Don't think bubbles would be a big issue but can let a vibrating tool sit on it for a few minutes. So instead of the difficulty being getting the outline exact to fit, you design for how good it looks. which is what we need to spend our time on anyway. it would also be 10x faster
Can you make the upper playfield lights react to the games music? 🤔
Not sure about that, I'm sure there's a way, but I'm not a coder so... Prolly not going to attempt that, haha
Impressive! Now you can mess around with ideas for underneath it. Maybe other light shows 🤷♂️
for the stair case there is a way to avoid using a 'belt' of buckets. instead have a slanted set of buckets that just go up and down. With a 'floor' of each bucket slanted so that when a ball is inside it, ,that it slants towards the back holding the ball in the back corner, when that bucket raises high enough to clear the bucket above it - the ball rolls into that bucket, and so on to the top. This gets rid of need for magnets (dont want to magnetize the ball), simplifies the design (no need to chain them into a belt). All that is mechanically needed is to raise them one at a time to go from bucket to bucket (this can be done with separate motors, a Cam system, or a rotary wheel system using just one motors). it also allows programing the game so as to move the buckets based on game actions. IE raising bucket 1 step per hitting a bumper with a 2nd ball ,etc. More complex systems can be devised as well, such as a sequence of, lets say, 5 'buckets' (just slanted plates that are bracketed by fixed walls on each side), that can be controlled to form a ramp (all set in same parallel angle) or a bucket lift (slanted to capture a ball at each plate) just by programmatically changing the slant and height of the plates. This system can also be used to 're;ease' the ball back into the play area if you somehow 'fail' (instead of climbing to the top and entering a upper floor area, the plates flip to slant backwards so the ball rolls back down into the lower play field instead.
Yep lots of folks suggested a "fish stair" approach back when I was exploring this. But this escalator approach has turned out great!
Super impressed with your videos and engineering. SO happy I found this,
Welcome aboard!
have u consider TWO color prints with 2 white prints?
No, but I might try a double pass of white
@@thepinballroom With XY Ink printers (especially super accurate ones) you have a whole nother world printing options and tools to mess with.. The suggestion to find an RGB is best since it prints pure red, green, blue, CMYK color space printers need to mix colors to get them (R/G/B colors are called 'primary colors' for a reason LOL). One method is to use the colors like you would in screen printing (Ie one color at a time laid down in space) or even like a engraving machine. like printing one pixel of color1 and then print the next pixel in color2 an let the human eye blend them into a smooth color. These kind of effects can be super awesome (and sometimes confusing to the eye - which is a whole nother level of awesome itself). However that method requires printing the actual pattern to 'see' it and iterate till u get what you want. (too expensive for general printing. I guess what i am saying is don't be locked in to doing something like everyone else does, IF that is what u want to explore.
Hey Steve, been following you for a good while and while I started building my own pinball machine from scratch before ever discovering your videos, I did get quite some new and very good ideas from you. So big thanks for that! As far as the new upper playfield, it looks very slick! I did a similar thing for the outside sign of my wife's barbershop. Thick acrylic, engraved pretty deep (for more effect, especially in daylight) and RGB LEDs from the bottom and sides. However, what I feared all along is really starting to show after it being in use for a while: The front (top, in your case) will get scratched and buffed (in my case due to weather conditions and in your case due to balls moving and skipping over and on it). That, after a while, really has a negative influence on the effect that a lit-up engraving has. Have you thought about that and perhaps have something in mind to minimize or manage that? Thanks and keep up the absolutely amazing and inspiring work!!
Yes, I've got some very thin sheets of acrylic that I can put on top as a disposable protective top layer
Awesome project! Clearly a lot of work, but your restoration is an inspiration! And totally agree with taking lots of pictures I would be so lost without doing that
nice
that's insane. love it
it's mostly painful to watch you play pinball... but this looks fantastic. i'm still watching through your clips. might be a little tight in some spots (hard to see) but overall it looks like a fun game. would be very interested in seeing you do a video recap on how you'd do things differently on another one ie. lessons learnt and such. i'm just starting to scratch out my machine on paper so i'm gathering tips from you :)
timber jig. make one the shape you want, and one to be mostly the form. threaded rod and screw it into place... bent and sorted
That is a pretty, pretty etching on the underside of that upper playfield. And it'll look DYNAMITE when lit up, too. My only concern: hopefully the drop targets won't be visible... and they're not... but that's the beauty of etched acrylic and lighting - great work!
Just here to join the choir of praise. Amazing work! Getting that update in after a few years of the plywood must feel incredible. Also - Looking forward to seeing how you did your flashers!
the upper playfield is FREAKING FANTASTIC. Best thing you could do for that spot..
That turned out fantastic Steve. You are really killing it now. Still think you need the lighting truss going up both sides, and across the front with about 4 comet spots on it facing the stage to give it that real stage look. However, regardless, that is a beautiful piece, and really set it off. Nicely done.
Thanks man!!
This is my second time through your series and im sure it wont be the last time either. Entertaining and super educational. Thank you for all of the detail and care you put into this project. I cant wait to dive back into my project. Life has been absolutely insane the past few weeks, but i can still watch these before bed!
Nice!!
Thanks for making this series!
So many good tips!!
Love the new upper, looks perfect
Wow, this looks stunning, but now you also need some lights on the stairs, I think.
"Taking a pounding!!" This video gave me some inspiration to try my 360 camera on a machine!
That upper playfield looks amazing Steve! A long journey but man does it all look GREAT! Cheers from Canada!
I wish mandalorian didn't have that dumb exposed white wood on its tilt upper playfield... like why? Your attention to detail is great.
Great work as always!
Magnificent ! 😍
I could use your new upper playfield as a topper on Led Zep! Looks Awesome!
Great stuff, Steve! I can see this looking truly spectacular, when you reach the finish line. Your dedication is so inspiring!
The amount of work that goes into a pinball machine is incredible. Great job!
Good stuff! This game is turning out amazing
Too cool
Super cool
That came out amazing, well done Steve!
heck yeah!