Sascha Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Hej Dear PinheadzI use to play a lot of Pinball when I was young, but with Age this Passion went a bit to sleep. But just Yesterday i got caught by the Fascination of Virtual Pinballs. I watched all the Tutorials of that Dude scorpius (www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnKXIRK4-J4&list=PLZU98v6HPzNYCxOazPkDtTbBKPIAzi14V) and i was completely blown away. I didnt know something like this even existed and now here i am. One night later, barely slept an hour and already planned my own pinball cabinet: 43"/24" Screens, zebsboards all in one VP-Kit, visual pinball with a Hyperpin frontend.Tipping Analysis looks pretty good Place might be an issue here. But if things get packed i can still enlarge the lower belly on the front to get some more space.Since Im a complete Noob to VPs a lot of - maybe useless - questions pop up. The Most recent one is this:Focussing on the angle and placement of the playfield-screen and the playfielt glass is saw, that a lot of cabinet designs carry the screen parallel to the floor and only the glass is angled at 6 degrees up.Is there any practical reason for that? Cause logically it makes no sense to me: The virtual tables are already styled in a kind of 3D-Style where a virtual pinball-backwall is already included. So the playfield itself should be angles at 6 degrees as well; or do i miss on somenting. And a angled playfield would improve the viewing angle on the screen and thus improve the perceptual color quality of the screen innit? And another Question for you VP-Grandmasters out there ...i decided to split my built into several phases: 0. PLANNING IT OUT- Gather Knowledge- Lock Design- Draw Plans- Structural Analysis- Final Plans for WoodCut und Assembly- Shopping List1. IT- Buy Screens- Buy Computer Parts- Computer Up And Runnin- install VP/PinballX/Roms/etc.- Test the System2. ELECTRONICS/MECHANICS- Buy Controller Boards an Lights/FF-Accessories- Wire/Solder Components- Hook up to Computer- Test Setup3. CAB- Buy Wood and Saw according to Plans- Screw Cab together- Apply Decals/Design- Fit Plexi-Glasses4. PUT IT TOGETHER- Place Components into Cab- Test if everything is working- final tunes and fixes- Assemble & Screw Everything together- Final Tests- Prosecco Run Does that look like a good Plan or am I missing something orwould you put things in another Sequence? Thanx 4 ya help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 and they always say you should visualize your goals ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 ;-) Okay enough virtual reality .. no its time to get my hands dirty ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Wildman Posted February 21, 2016 Administrators Share Posted February 21, 2016 Looks cool....But no DMD?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 ;-) yepp ... this is just a Sketch-Render for Motivation ;-) I Think, there will be a lot of Details changed in the process. My Plans are a 43"/24" Two-Screen-Solution with the DMD included on the Backglass Monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mameman Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Looks cool, very close to something I designed a couple years ago as a poc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Setting up the heart of the Beast: Intel Core i5-6600K on a Supermicro C7H170-M, Gigabyte GTX 950 Xtreme R and 8GB DDR4 powered by a Corsair HX850W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Status: Performing final Tests before Woodwork starts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djurre Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I'll be following your build. Prepare for a timesucking, hairpulling, muffled-shouting experience that will be very rewarding in the end. Do you plan on a full deck-out, including contactors, plunger, knocker, shaker etc? The space that you have below your playfield screen seems very very tight. Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 HejHej Djurre ... yeah ... ive read a lot already on the bumpy ride towards a own VP-Cab ... looking forward to it ;-) I had planned a full Deck-Out with Zebsboards all in one Solution Solenoids, Shaker, Gears etc. But then I fell in Love with pfx2 tables. Maybe because of my age Im right in the Middle between traditional FunHouse-Machines, Arcade-Shmups and the Modern Era of Videogames. I think pfx2 combines the best of all worlds. After All I am a Pinhead 4 sure ;-) It might not be as real as VP and Co. but has a lot more "unreal" but cool Play-Gagdets and Whistles ;-) But: pfx2 offers a minimum of Force Feedback ... this i will implement into my Cab. It wont be the full 8-Solenoid, 2 Contactor-Setup ..but some Contactors in the Front wired to the Vibration-Motor-Cables of a torn down xbox360 controller. Lighting ill manage with two LED-Wiz and LEDblinky set to Audio-Animation since pfx2 doesnt have any Light Outputs either. And for nudging/tilt ill be on the videogame-side of things ... Just Buttons on either side of the Cab and in the Front. This reduction of Options has advantages as well: Place is not so stuffed anymore as with all the FF-Stuff an cabling ;-) And the developpers of pfx2 have discovered Cab-Possibilities just yet. They have implemented a limited Set of Cab-Support into their Soft and said theyll be working it out in the Future. So Future seems to be bright ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Carpenter Roger is using the Cab-Design for sum serious Stage-Perfomance. A new Stratocaster-Design ? Prolly not ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjpvg01 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I've been following your build as I'm planning to build one myself and your design actually got my wondering if I should go for a traditional design, probably the widebody, or your design as it looks realy realy awesome. Issue I might have is that contrary to you I lost hope to compose a motherboard, processor, power etc myself so I bought (a rather big) second hand PC which I don't want to tear appart, so need quite some space. All the best with your project and keep us up to date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Final Plans ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Then i Got some stuff from GroovyGameGear: 2 LED-Wiz and alotta RGB-Leds for the Cab to Disco ;-) And started testin the Setup of the Buttons ;-) and the newest Render of the Final Cab ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpad Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Very nice work. Thanks for sharing the plans. You may still want some sort of lockdown bar or at least rounded edges where your hands rest at the buttons - sometimes you want to lean heavily on it when your feet get tired. This sharp edge looks like pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 hej mpad ... absolutely ... the top edges of the Plexiglass will be rounded and polished clear. I just was too lazy to incorporate all the minor details into the render ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Finally ... Woodwork done ... That Sukka feels really stury and heavyFind all Pictures of the WoodWork-Process here:http://sascharossier.com/?p=2007Next Step: Electronics ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlr53 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 wie gehts! SWEET! Beautiful job! I am looking at building a cab with a more modern look starting in September. Gives me plenty of inspiration. Did you use something like Blender for the renderings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 HejHej HLR53 Thanx Man! I first built the whole Cab in Autodesk Inventor and rendered the Visualisations in KeyShot.By The Way:The Beast is Alive! If you wanna check out technical Details including Blueprints and the Build Log with all the Pictures hop over to sascharossier.com/?p=2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Someone up for sum Video Nerdgazm? The Cab The Gameplay ;-)) If you wanna check out technical Details including Blueprints and the Build Log with all the Pictures hop over to sascharossier.com/?p=2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamBam Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Very original. NiceSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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