In Progress Gremlins - Goodwins Place Homebrew Pinball Log

[Goodwinsplace]

Quick update. Had a break from this project but back on it and a lot more time going into it.
Now flipping and scoring on MPF, using my Open Pinball Project boards I built myself.

 

[Fantazia2]

Are you going to swap the flipper button switches to proper leaf buttons later on?

 

[Goodwinsplace]

Are you going to swap the flipper button switches to proper leaf buttons later on?

Probably will when the time comes, the ones I had were broken. I have more arcade spares than pinball so they went in to test things out. I'm running single wound coils so they function fine with these micro switches for now.

 

[Ashbo]

Nice work. Looking good. Good to see you got the buzz again. Sometimes you need a break to be able to come back and make progress. I don’t think I will ever lose that “can I smell burning” thought on mine, whenever I turn it on.

 

[Goodwinsplace]

Nice work. Looking good. Good to see you got the buzz again. Sometimes you need a break to be able to come back and make progress. I don’t think I will ever lose that “can I smell burning” thought on mine, whenever I turn it on.

100% it's been on the back of my mind the whole time, I needed the time to build a bigger space and organise my setup before getting back to this.

I lost a lot of momentum when I came back to it as it's a steep learning curve to remember everything you'd done previous. Getting my OPP boards working is my current big success, I think I could have been in this position a long time ago if I went with FAST or Cobra hardware.

The smell of burning yep a familiar smell for anyone doing one of these builds. I still have a fire extinguisher next to my build at all times.
I think I've spent more time panicking about it catching fire (again) and putting my finger on MOSFETs to see how hot they are than actually building the thing.

Thanks for the support.

 

[Goodwinsplace]

A night away with work so took the Orange Pi with me. Didn't get much done but managed to name all my switches and start learning a bit more on MPF modes.

 

[Ashbo]

A night away with work so took the Orange Pi with me. Didn't get much done but managed to name all my switches and start learning a bit more on MPF modes.

Yaml? In a hotel room? With your reputation?

 

[Goodwinsplace]

Few days off over Easter so did a bit of progress on the Gremlins. Will do a proper video soon, but quick short to give a sneak peak.

 

[ronsplooter]

Love the Gameplan style lower left corner with the bumper

 

[Goodwinsplace]

Love the Gameplan style lower left corner with the bumper

Thanks, not sure how final that is, might make the space around the pop smaller and possibly put in a drain gap. I'll see how it plays first. Also need to put a stronger coil on it as it's an old pop mech and pretty weak.

 

[ronsplooter]

Have a look at pics of Cyclopes and Andromeda both by Gameplan to see the differences they went with Andromeda doesn't have a drain like you currently have but Cyclopes does and having played both I definitely prefer it to have the drain there!

 

[Goodwinsplace]

Idea of the lower left, but this is more open along the top.

 

[Goodwinsplace]

Have a look at pics of Cyclopes and Andromeda both by Gameplan to see the differences they went with Andromeda doesn't have a drain like you currently have but Cyclopes does and having played both I definitely prefer it to have the drain there!

Posted pretty much the same time. Andromeda was where the idea came from.

 

[MattCarr]

Good work, keep it up.