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Pinball Machine Legs

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Anybody know where I can get a set of four pinball machine legs? I've been looking on Ebay and I've only found new sets. The prices have been close to a hundred shipped! I'm looking for either new or used and preferably a lower price than a hundred. If anybody has any they want to sell please email me a price!
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I bought a few things from the Pinball Resource. You may have to call. I think the owners name is Steve. He was a pretty good guy to work with. Legs, levelers and bolts are all sold seperate so I don't know what the total would be with shipping.

http://www.pbresource.com/index.html
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I think I found that website before, thanks for the link though. I just found some on Ebay for a set of 4 chrome legs and leg levelers for about $59 shipped. By the way this is what I'm going to do with the legs, a Future Pinball Table! This is what I'm using for the table, can anybody guess what it is? :shock:
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Very cool - where would those of us with projects be without ebay?

I can't wait to see pics of the finished product.

22" widescreen LCD monitor, or something bigger?
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dbeeks1 wrote:Very cool - where would those of us with projects be without ebay?

I can't wait to see pics of the finished product.

22" widescreen LCD monitor, or something bigger?
I'm hoping to get a 22" LCD for the table view and a 15" or 17" to display the pinball header. I have a duel VGA card that should work perfect for this. So far buy.com has the best prices for LCD monitors, but I have been scanning Ebay for used monitors. I plan on starting this project in January and also finishing up the touch screen arcade! I also have a bartop Mame cab started :shock: My wife is ready to kill me! :shock:
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I like your projects. If your willing to paint your own legs they are $14 apiece at http://www.marcospecialties.com/itemdes ... =A-19514-N Image
Get a set of these to help attach the legs to your 45 degree corner blocks.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/itemdes ... 01-11400-1
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Pickup some bolts, and levelers and you will have a real pinball set of legs.
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Well I now have a 22" Acer LCD for the playfield on my Future Pinball table! :D I listed my Secret Treasure to trade it for a 22" LCD and had a guy reply within 5 minutes! The LCD is brand new! Now I just need to make a decision on the pinball legs. And I also need to find a 19" LCD for the header of the table.
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sounds like a winner
can you change the future pinball screen orientation?
I couldn't do it with VpinMAME and I bummed out about it
can't wait to see what you come up with!!
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METZ wrote:sounds like a winner
can you change the future pinball screen orientation?
I couldn't do it with VpinMAME and I bummed out about it
can't wait to see what you come up with!!
I guess they are supposed to come out with a new version of Future Pinball that has an option to show the table laying flat in a vertical position? Its supposed to be coming out Christmas day! I will post some picture of my progress!
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Good progress on the project. :thumleft:

You have to mount one of these
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Gman wrote:Good progress on the project. :thumleft:

You have to mount one of these
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I was looking at those and was thinking about adding it. Is the connection pretty much the same as a cherry switch used on an arcade? I'm going to be using a keyboard encoder for all of the buttons and map them to the Future Pinball controls. I also got my legs, brackets and bolts last week. I should be able to mount them tonight so I can start mocking up the table. I purchased the chrome set of legs. If I get it done tonight I will post some pics! Future Pinball just came out with another update and there are some new tables also. You can now show the table flat on the screen!
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the wires are for a factory pinball wire harness, there is a ground and light wire. I am not sure on the rest, I would hope it was a NO switch pressing makes the contact.
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Here are some pictures of the Pachi cabinet on pinball legs! I'm glad I purchased the 3" leg levelers. I think this is going to be a fun project!
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Lookin' good Devo!
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that is looking good!
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that looks good
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I got my dual VGA graphics card yesterday from Hong Kong, so today I'm going to do some testing with two monitors. I will post some pics later! I got a lot of mixed reactions last night when we had everybody over for New Years. Some people could not understand how I was going to build this? I guess some people do not have the vision!
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Well I now have a new computer to run the pinball machine! I traded my Ultraman ST for a custom built computer. I also sold my Super Black jack to the same guy for $240! Here is some pics of the table with thw two LCD monitors. This is just a mock up, I've got alot of work to do!
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That is freakin' awesome looking. If you put some black laminate on the sides it would cover all the holes and look nice.
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Chris wrote:That is freakin' awesome looking. If you put some black laminate on the sides it would cover all the holes and look nice.
I ordered some black iron-on Melamine from parts express to try out. If it doesn't work then I'm going to use the textured black vinyl on it. The Melamine is supposed to be very durable.
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