Projects come together
Posted by Jeremy on October 30th, 2007
So several months ago I purchased a Buck Rogers pinball machine playfield. The playfield is just that, it’s the area the ball runs around on - no back, no legs, etc. Just the field and the accompanying electronics used for it.
After a lot of soul searching I decided to not use the lights that came with it. Why? The reasons were simple - the main wiring harness was a thick complex rope of wires that ran through the table - making it hard to discern which lights were what. So what to do? I just spent a whopping $4.75 to purchase 50 40,000mcd white LEDs on eBay. Those are more then I need, but better safe then sorry. Not to mentionI know exactly how much voltage they need, how to build a harness for them, and other things - AND, I can do other things - like make certain lights blink with some arduino action. So that’s settled.
That leaves things like the top and legs and such. I can’t find it on their site but Target has these neat ‘Build your own’ furniture kits - and there are some legs I think might fit perfectly for the occasion, I need to measure them though. The top will be acrylic from TAP and the surround will be some wood I purchase and stain later, not sure - I don’t want pine though. Maybe a nice oak?
I’ve also ordered parts for a brand new PC, a badly needed upgrade - they arrive this week.
I’ve gathered all of the supplies needed now for what I’m calling Project Note - I look forward to building that this weekend or so. I’ll take plenty of pictures, but it’s a gift for someone for Christmas so you won’t see it until then, sadly.
More later - it’s been a busy few weeks.