Metalliball 46/32/dmd

[kizam33]

Like others, I wanted my build here so this is Pasted from hyperspin but will update here too.

:thrasher:OK, time to start my 10 year project. lol Thx to all the studs on here with their great builds, I hope mine can turn out just as nice. This is my first hobby project and first time being involved in threads and forums. I was scared to start something with no manual but I figured with so much support on here how can I go wrong. A lot of the parts list is what I want, not what I have. I will update this first page as I go if anything changes and as parts come in slowly. I have a short leash with the wife cause we have a two year old and another one on the way due in June. My goal is to have it done by the time they can reach the flippers ha ha. So here we go:

Cabinet:thrasher:
(2)- 3/4" 4x8 MDF ULTRA Lite (3x lighter then MDF) got it from a local molding company
(2)- Cam locks- home depot
(2)- Piano hinges (well one long one from home depot cut in half)
Williams Real coin door
(2)- intake fans . Enermax 80mm from newegg.com recommended by DeeGor
(5)-out take fans. 3 Rosewill 220mm blue leds from newegg.com recommended by DeeGor and (2) 80mm fans from a old computer.
22" Solf close drawer for PC
(2)- Flipper buttons
Williams Black legs
Williams wide body lockdown bar 24''
Black side rails
Black trim 3/4'' T-molding with a chrome strip in the middle, around backbox.
Zeb's Digital Plunger.
Williams Start button
Williams extra ball button
and a exit button. (Pinball Sucks button)

PC:thrasher:
This is a pc giving to me from my mother-in-law, i hope it's good enough.
Windows Vista Home Gateway
Premium 64 bit with SP1
NVIDIA Geforce
G210 512 mb
Intel Core 2 quad
Processor Q8400
8 GB DDR3
750 GB
I bought a EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

TV'S:thrasher:
46" Samsung LED smart tv, 1080p. UN46F6300.Craigslist $480
32" Samsung from Craigslist- $50. no cord , no remote, no problem. hehe

Sound:thrasher:
(2)- NEW PAIR BOSS SK552 5.25" 2 WAY 250W CAR AUDIO SPEAKERS 250 WATT 5 1/4. Skull heads.
(1)- 10" sub woofer from my old surround sound.
(1) New Boss Epic Ce404 400 Watt 4 Channel Car Audio Amplifier Power Ab Amp Mosfet
 

Force Feedback:thrasher:
TOPOWER Nano Series TOP-800WB 800W ATX12V v2.3 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Vishay Plasma DMD
DMD piggyback board
80v/100v Transformer
RussDX's PinDMD2 to control the DMD
LEDWiz for force feedback and lighting
Ultimarc IPAC2 USB interface for buttons contractors
Williams Replay Knocker AE-26-1200
Zebs New Virtual Output Kit
Zebs Resistor board
Zebs shaker,gear motor combo with speed control.
Zebs 24'' Light bar.
Zebs (1) pair of Strobes

Artwork:thrasher:
Custom artwork by dfwArcade
Printed by Lucian045
 
About a year and a half ago I was looking for a pinball machine for my father-in-law when I ran across a machine that said "100 games in 1" . I looked into it and found vpfourms, and hyperspin and its been all down hill from there. .
I spent alot of sleepless nights, fights with the wife:girlshit:, no blood, alittle tears from staring at the computer screen:pcguru:, almost throwing the computer through the window and even stole:creep: my 6 month old kid's 26" TV off his wall (no more elmo).  I thought this day would never come because it took me a month just to get all the files lined up to get a table to work in hyperpin:banghead:. Once I got one table running it was over, I have 102 tables on the wheel with all the images. I was happy with my little set up on the coffee table and everyone who came over was so impressed. I was playing Rolling stones and it hit me , Why dont they have a Metallica Pin yet? If Stern did make one, that would be my first NIB purchase. So I decided to make one myself with a little twist. What if i combined my two favorite artist: METALLICA and MICHAEL GODARD?

 

If you dont know M.Godard, he is famous for his Martini/Wine paintings and making the Grapes/Olives come to life. Anything you are into he has olives doing it; NASCAR, rafting, strip clubs, horses, golf, poker, football, basketball, gambling, vegas ect.. He is the Rockstar of the Art world!!

When you put the two together you get this:

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and then after dfwArcade gets a hold of it, it comes out like this!!

I tried to put as many album titles and names of songs as possible. If you know Metallica, it shouldn't be hard to see them.
 On the left side you have:
From Whom the Bell Tolls
Trapped Under Ice
Ride The Lightning
Battery
Kill em' All
Jump in the Fire
King Nothing
Fade to Black.

Right side has:
No Leaf Clover
Welcome Home Sanitarium
..And Justice for All
Some Kind Of Monster
Black Album
Master Of Puppets
Fade To Black

I wanted the artwork to be special because its going to be the first thing people see.

Now that I have the artwork done, my plan is to get all the parts for the cabinet first, cut all the notches, holes and slots then apply the artwork so it looks good sitting their as I work on the inside and all the trouble shooting.:proud:
I know, it seems like I am working ass backwards doing the artwork first but thats what makes these builds so cool, everyone is different but we all have the same goal. I am Happy I made it this far and can't wait for the challenges to come. I'll update the thread as I go. :thrasher::thrasher::thrasher::thrasher: 

 

 

Update: Here is a short crappy video of the end results.

 

http://vid1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag151/kizam33/Photobucket%20Desktop%20-%20Eddie%20Maziks%20iMac/Pinball%20Project/IMG_2318_zps8wgeo6pm.mp4

[kizam33]

Got some stuff done over the past weekend. My Father-in-law was a big help and did most of the cutting. We only had one shot at it and our best tool was a skillsaw. He is a carpenter by trade so I left it in his hands.  I didn't bother doing the 45 degree cuts on the corners because it would have been too hard on the skill saw plus i figured i wouldn't have to notch my 46" tv so much:hmmmm:, plus i was covering it up any way with artwork so i didn't see the point of the 45's. I hope it doesnt come back and bite me in the butt.  

We had crappy lighting so i had to bust out my flashlight. I learned not to have a open beer in the garage when cutting...:facepalm:

Some stuff from Home depot

So we tacked it together and the top looked too small from left to right. It wash't sticking out that far..

So a buddy of mine who is a cabinet maker said this was the best primer to get and it drys in like 15 mins. it works awesome.

 

Much better. I put the pieces on the inside to make it wider. I had to make a couple new pieces but i had plenty of wood left over so it worked out.
Its hard to cut the backbox without the TV. I Think i have to make it even wider because i have 27" opening and i think a 32" is wider then that. :hmmmm::hmmmm:

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[kizam33]

Well, looks like STERN beat me to it Metalica Pinball. Damn it!!! Maybe by the time i am done with my cab someone will get this game on VP or FP so i can have a game that matches my theme like a lot of builds on here do. If i had the money, i would take the middle one because of the back glass . The limited one on the right sold out in 45 mins.

[kizam33]

I told my brother about my build and he laughed at me and said "Good Luck with that one" and then gave me this and said " here you go, save your money".

[kizam33]

I also found my Topper in the storage.... The stage is 9" from front to back so i could fit the whole thing up there or it might just look better if I just put them up there with no stage. :dontknow::dontknow:

[kizam33]

Update: I got the legs, side rails, side plastic glass holder, back glass holder, fans, hinges, lockdown bar and some buttons. My cab and back box are just tacked with a couple screws for now until i got all my holes and slots done. Then i will really glue it and screw it!

Once I got the legs on, i was able to see where my back door can go.

Installed the drawer with the soft close sides.

Installed the hinge for the back box. I had to add another 3/4" piece under the back box so that it could clear the side rails.

[kizam33]

I couldn't wait for the right tool so i thought it was a good idea to use a saw saw for the holes…..not so much.:thumpdown::thumpdown:

I wanted to kill some time and make My first attempt to make the dmd panel…

It looks good from far away but up close its wavy and crappy looking. I used a jigsaw.

 

 

[kizam33]

Second and final attempt to make the dmd panel before i buy a mameman one.
For this i called for back up!! i called my buddy who is a cabinet maker and we put the measurements in his computer and it gave us the sizes we needed to cut. I thought it was a crazy idea but with all of his equipment, it wasn't bad looking at the end.I also used him to make my holes for my 220mm fans.

A little more sanding primer and paint and it should come out nice. The nicest part is that all it cost me was a six pack.

I was able to use the jigsaw for the intake fans and sub woofer. ITs a 8" i had lying around.

OK so i got a great deal on a lockdown bar on ebay for $50. Its a 25" black one from a Guns and Roses machine. When i made the cab i didn't cut 45 degree angles on the corners and just slapped them together. The total length was 24 3/4". Its a perfect fit!! But there is a problem that i am stuck on

This lockdown bar is another project by its self!!

:banghead::banghead::banghead:If i put the side rail all the way until it hits the back box, it leaves a gap…:banghead::banghead::banghead:.

And if i put it all the way down to the lockdown bar, where i think it were it should be,  it leave a big gap by the back box.

Its like a one inch difference. Did I mess up and buy the wrong lockdown bar or is there another chrome piece by the back box????? I got the side rails from virtuapin.net and they only had one size for the williams.

[kizam33]

Got the flippers , start and extra ball installed.

Took my side rails and painted them black

[kizam33]

I got a great deal on this coin door from ebay for $50. I was going to get a cover to cover that hole for the bill acceptor but now i want to get a dollar acceptor and be able to put dollars in my cab. I am looking at it as a giant "piggy bank" I hope it works out. I am guessing it just wires to the ipac, The one i saw said 110 volts so i am not sure how that all works yet until i cross that bridge to wiring everything up. . I priced some of those bill acceptors out and it seems to get a nice one i have to drop over $100. Mars is the brand to get and i have to make sure that it will be able to take the new bills.  :afraid:

[kizam33]

Man i need better lighting in my Garage

Time to make $50 look like $150!!!

Now i just need two new coin slots/ejector buttons and a 25 cent coin mech. Ill take better pics when i have all of those parts.

 

[kizam33]

I have made a lot of progress since the last post. I need to post more often...
I found a 32'' Samsung with no remote and no cord for $50 on craigslist. i was going to go 28" but with a deal like this, i couldn't pass up. It was easy to decase and the measurement is 30''x 17 3/4'' decased.

It looked really wide at first but as you can see, it was just the speakers. So i took them off.

Painted on the metal.

 

[kizam33]

Found these Boss skull speakers on ebay. They were cheap $25 and they went with my Metallica theme.

So I had to make a new speaker panel again. This time circles for speakers.

[kizam33]

I had to redo my back box because I wanted my DMD panel to be screwed in with metal 90's. I wanted to access everything from the back. The door is a little heavy but it works.

[kizam33]

I found a 46'' Samsung smart TV on craigslist for $480. This is a perfect TV for this build. I am very happy with it so far. When decased the dimensions are 23 7/8'' x 41 1/4'' x 5/8''

[kizam33]

Now that I have the TVs, I can't glue and screw it down. I painted it white on the inside to help see when its all closed up.

I took the advice and bought my a new tool.

For sure a must needed tool. thx

[freneticamnesic]

There's a severe lack of recent album representation in your art!

I'm really in anger of you!

[kizam33]

I bought another lockdown bar. This time a Williams wide body. The only problem is that its the same width as the Data one so my side rails still come up short. Whatever, i'll make it work. Maybe add a small piece of wood.

[kizam33]

There's a severe lack of recent album representation in your art!

I'm really in anger of you!

What? please do tell. I still might get the DMD panel and inside under the rails done too.

[kizam33]

I took the head off the plunge because i found these skull heads at a halloween store. They are cheap, plastic and hollow. I screwed a hole in the bottom and filled it with bondo using a sandwich bag and the rest is history. I had six tries at it if i messed up but it ended up working out.

[kizam33]

I ordered the plasma DMD, piggy back board and the transformer. I had to redo my DMD panel again because I didn't know the H-channel was for 1/2''. Then when I put the H-channel on, it was short 3 inches because I forgot I made my back box wider. :motz:

[kizam33]

Now What? What am I going to do about my H-channel? I don't have a real pinball machine so I have no idea how the glass is removable from the top of the back box.

[kizam33]

So I wanted to get the artwork on while I wait for Zebs force feedback package , then work on the inside. I figured it would be easier to apply the artwork on the cab being able to lay it down on its side.

Got it in the house now the wood work is done. Thx wife.  There is one bad part about having two different sides of artwork. One never gets seen if you put it against a wall . Once she is done, she will have her own room. 

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[kizam33]

I wanted to temporarily hook up just the buttons and the coin door to ipac because people were coming over and I didn't want to leave them hanging hitting a keyboard. It was fun finding what wires went to what for the coin door. They all look the same but if you look close, there are fine lines to make them different.

 

[kizam33]

this quote is from dfwArcade. He is amazing. I highly recommend him for your ideas to come to life.  

 

."Awesome! Wow man that artwork did come out stellar, what a tribute!! I've been anxious to see those decals on your build so defiantly worth the wait.

Thanks for hiring me to bring that bad boy design to life. Pretty awesome when you think about it, from the sketches you sent me to evolving into this idea you had rockin' in your skull. Now seeing it all flushed out for the world to see... a true work of metal art. We covered a lot of songs and ideas from the band into a unique and super cool looking pin-dude concert festival. The front just kills me , I hope the guys in the band can catch a look at it someday.

I've done over fifty different designs now & it's still one of my favorites. Pin-dudes will always bring a smile to my face and be something special for me to achieve. Thank you, Rock On & all the best!"