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[Sensitivity]

Today I've been wiring up the USS Kelvin to go into my Star Trek Prem.

I am a little anxious about wiring into the GI. It seems very sensitive to input voltage even through my LM323K replacement. Playing with resistors to adjust brightness is OK on the bench, but I don't know what I might need in the machine.

 

[Fubar]

Upgraded speakers and added the expression lights to Star Wars. Looks great in-game with different effects for all the gameplay phases. Sounds better with proper speakers too - can you imagine this LE came stock with the crap 4" speakers

Many thanks to @Silverpaolo @new forest pinball and @David retro for supplying the various bits!

Next job will be a full strip & clean, re-rubber plus mirror blades in preparation for her Swavesey outing

 

[lukewells]

Rock and Roll was dead

Now it Lives!

 

[Ryker]

So yesterday my wife and 2 grown up sons and I finally finished “Pinshed” (Pat. Pending)!
My wife wasn’t too excited having pins around the house so this was the solution.

Turned out pretty good, well insulated with a heater, fan and dehumidifier.

At least when my sons come over for a bbq or a pin session we have somewhere to play!

Anyone built anything solely to house pins?

Have a great day pinheads!

Dave

Hi Dave, love what you’ve done there.

Yes I’ve bought a fully insulated shed 28’x10’ with a partition to make 2 separate rooms which will be installed this summer. Need to sell and dismantle the old shed which is there at the moment. Only question is which side do I put the pins in? The 15’ or the 13’ section?

 

[Paul R Owen]

Hi Dave, love what you’ve done there.

Yes I’ve bought a fully insulated shed 28’x10’ with a partition to make 2 separate rooms which will be installed this summer. Need to sell and dismantle the old shed which is there at the moment. Only question is which side do I put the pins in? The 15’ or the 13’ section?

Separate?! You just fill it with pins, problem solved

 

[Alan Syson]

So yesterday my wife and 2 grown up sons and I finally finished “Pinshed” (Pat. Pending)!
My wife wasn’t too excited having pins around the house so this was the solution.

Turned out pretty good, well insulated with a heater, fan and dehumidifier.

At least when my sons come over for a bbq or a pin session we have somewhere to play!

Anyone built anything solely to house pins?

Have a great day pinheads!

Dave

Yes. Got fed up having three in the garage along with a car and all the detritus that accumulates there so had a shed built. Two parts to it, one for working machines, side room for working on them. Wifi, heating, telly and a comfy chair, I virtually live in it.

 

[Ryker]

Yes. Got fed up having three in the garage along with a car and all the detritus that accumulates there so had a shed built. Two parts to it, one for working machines, side room for working on them. Wifi, heating, telly and a comfy chair, I virtually live in it.View attachment 280492View attachment 280493View attachment 280494View attachment 280495

A very nice set up you have there and a couple of pins I would love in my collection tpp

 

[Marvello]

Upgraded speakers and added the expression lights to Star Wars. Looks great in-game with different effects for all the gameplay phases. Sounds better with proper speakers too - can you imagine this LE came stock with the crap 4" speakers

Many thanks to @Silverpaolo @new forest pinball and @David retro for supplying the various bits!

Next job will be a full strip & clean, re-rubber plus mirror blades in preparation for her Swavesey outing

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Agreed, I've got the expression lights (and upgraded speakers, mirror blades) in mine too. A bit pricey, but it's a one-off purchase and I'll either add them to the price when I sell the Pin, or take them off and use in another Pin.

Clear rubbers look great on Star Wars, got them on mine.

 

[Fubar]

Clear rubbers look great on Star Wars, got them on mine.

Nice - I've gone for a white set but clear does look great for the larger rings

 

[Marvello]

Nice - I've gone for a white set but clear does look great for the larger rings

I nearly went with white which should look good too, anything is better than black.

 

[David_Vi]

Upgraded speakers and added the expression lights to Star Wars. Looks great in-game with different effects for all the gameplay phases. Sounds better with proper speakers too - can you imagine this LE came stock with the crap 4" speakers

Many thanks to @Silverpaolo @new forest pinball and @David retro for supplying the various bits!

Next job will be a full strip & clean, re-rubber plus mirror blades in preparation for her Swavesey outing

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I'm excited to play it at Swavesey. It's in my top 5 of modern sterns, I really like the gameplay and theme integration.

 

[Dovey79]

So I decided today to tackle something on baywatch. The subway worked fine but was missing the bottom tab so was paranoid. I know the kids like 3d printing everything but I went old school.
2.5mm 316 stainless. I didn't polish it up yet as I might weld some side bars on. Only question is is it enough and welding side bars is massively over thinking it?

 

[Sensitivity]

I read about the Vengeance multiball blackout mod for Star Trek and made my own version, as it hasn't been available for years.
I learnt to design a pcb and get it printed. It worked first time!
Now when the laser comes on all GI goes dark.

 

[Asiapinball]

So I decided today to tackle something on baywatch. The subway worked fine but was missing the bottom tab so was paranoid. I know the kids like 3d printing everything but I went old school.
2.5mm 316 stainless. I didn't polish it up yet as I might weld some side bars on. Only question is is it enough and welding side bars is massively over thinking it?

IMHO should be plenty enough as is.

 

[Sensitivity]

Here is the USS Kelvin installed.

Looks good, but I might swap my 3D printed stand with LED for a wire mount.

 

[zxspectrum16k]

Just installed TX Door Flasher board, looks really good. Mega easy to install

By Davi on Pinside

 

[MarkS]

I did a full LED conversion of my Indiana Jones using Comets:



I hadn't been sure I'd want to upgrade it before, but it's definitely much lighter and brighter now... all went well until the very last #555 bulb on the last PCB on the mini playfield which was completely jammed in. In the end I crushed it and spent 20 minutes scraping and picking bits of glass out of it, not very therapeutic

I also installed a mode scoop mod from free-play.se to try to minimise rejects which were consistently running around 50% - it seems to be down to 10% now on initial testing, the only issue was I had to trim the plastic above the scoop due to the increased thickness which was a pain!

I also fixed a switch issue which was caused by a crushed diode under the mini playfield... hopefully that scoop mod will prevent any more of that nonsense.

That just leaves the DMD... to go colorDMD or keep it original?

 

[lukewells]

 

[Fubar]

Getting SW ready for the Swavesey show - full strip clean and rerubber.

Just waiting on delivery of mirror blades from @Silverpaolo and some lovely plastics from @Colywobbles to finish her up

 

[jonathan]

Powder coated my WCS in advance of a trade this weekend

 

[Andydn]

Nice simple easy mod on JP2 using a Papo toy & piece of stiff wire

 

[mplayfield]

I did a full LED conversion of my Indiana Jones using Comets:

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I hadn't been sure I'd want to upgrade it before, but it's definitely much lighter and brighter now... all went well until the very last #555 bulb on the last PCB on the mini playfield which was completely jammed in. In the end I crushed it and spent 20 minutes scraping and picking bits of glass out of it, not very therapeutic

I also installed a mode scoop mod from free-play.se to try to minimise rejects which were consistently running around 50% - it seems to be down to 10% now on initial testing, the only issue was I had to trim the plastic above the scoop due to the increased thickness which was a pain!

I also fixed a switch issue which was caused by a crushed diode under the mini playfield... hopefully that scoop mod will prevent any more of that nonsense.

That just leaves the DMD... to go colorDMD or keep it original?

I vote Colour DMD best .

 

[Fubar]

Put the finishing touches on SW LE: mirror blades and Col's plastics