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Pinball Machine Legs
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:50 am
by Devospeed
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!
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:53 pm
by dbeeks1
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
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:49 pm
by Devospeed
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:19 pm
by dbeeks1
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?
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:37 pm
by Devospeed
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
My wife is ready to kill me!
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:13 pm
by Gman
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 
Get a set of these to help attach the legs to your 45 degree corner blocks.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/itemdes ... 01-11400-1
Pickup some bolts, and levelers and you will have a real pinball set of legs.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:44 pm
by Devospeed
Well I now have a 22" Acer LCD for the playfield on my Future Pinball table!
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:06 am
by METZ
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!!
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:45 am
by Devospeed
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!
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:29 pm
by Gman
Good progress on the project.
You have to mount one of
these
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:02 pm
by Devospeed
Gman wrote:Good progress on the project.
You have to mount one of
these
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!
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:36 pm
by Gman
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:35 pm
by Devospeed
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:01 pm
by dbeeks1
Lookin' good Devo!
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:45 pm
by Gman
that is looking good!
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:06 pm
by METZ
that looks good
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:24 am
by Devospeed
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!
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:13 am
by Devospeed
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!
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:16 pm
by Chris
That is freakin' awesome looking. If you put some black laminate on the sides it would cover all the holes and look nice.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:53 pm
by Devospeed
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.
