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Awesome, I've always wanted to build a pinball machine.
Me too, I never knew I could or I would have done it sooner... you should build one, it's fun.

Below is a side edge view of the back glass panel, it is a friggin' dust magnet and the worst part is that no matter how much I dust it off it ...

Time to make the back glass, below is a sheet of clear acrylic that I copied measurements onto and then double stick taped some aluminum angle onto it in preparation for scoring and snapping.

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinBackBoxFrontGlass%20005.jpg

Here it is test fit, it was too tight so I ...

The cables inside the pinball machine are out of control, a good part of the mess is from power cables. I ordered three one footers to cut down on some of it, now the 16" monitor, Antec PSU and the power brick for the LED lighting all have short power cables.

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I almost forgot to show that the Sapphire window is a mirror when the backlighting is off...

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinBackBoxInstalled%20027.jpg

I mounted the 16" monitor into the back box and laid down some 3M screw strong tape along the top and side edges to hold the 23" LCD in place ...

The black tubular thing below the blue square push button is an arcade push button wrench, it only cost a couple bucks and for getting buttons fit tight it's worth every penny.

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinButtonWiring%20005.jpg

In the following picture I have all of my buttons and plunger ...

The front blue LED button and LED jumbo push button are wired to power. I didn't like that when standing and looking at the machine the LED strips I installed on the table underside were visible, moving the strips back an inch did the trick.

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I bought a few more parts for the pinball machine, two 6" USB extension cables five blue and five black SPST NO buttons, a 1.5" square blue LED pushbutton, a twenty LED automotive dome light, a metal plunger back plate and four rubber feet.

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The back box is assembled, now to put the side panels onto the table starting with the back. I also bought a seven outlet surge protector for the inside of the cabinet to replace of the six outlet adapter type I had originally planned to use.

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Looks like you're almost done! How much longer do you think it will be to complete it?
Hopefully soon.

This is quite amazing so far! Very professional looking.
Thanks.


Here is the entire thing completely disassembled, the panels were cleaned up and all the masked edges were tamped, so it's ...

The Performance-PCs sponsored Scythe Samurai-ZZ CPU cooler arrived and I waste no time installing it.

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinIllusionLighting%20003.jpg

Here is a shot of the CPU cooler in its new home inside the illusion... the mirrors work great, CPU coolers appear to go on as far as ...

I rewired to lengthen and then sleeved the wiring to the speakers to give them a more finished look, even though it will never really be seen.

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinBackBlackPainted%20005.jpg

I removed the lower back panel and drilled three holes into it to accommodate the rocker ...

I removed the TV speakers from their plastic mounting assemblies and then devised a fairly simple way to mount them into the front of the pinball machine.

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinSpeakerz%20007.jpg

Below shows the aluminum angle and pop rivet solution to mounting the speakers.

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The foam board illusion section mock up worked well, now it's time to lay out measurements onto the two-way and first-surface mirrors and prep them for cutting.

http://www.casemodgod.com/xPinIllusionMirrors%20003.jpg

I scored and snapped the mirrors and then couldn't resist setting it up ...

Wow man, how'd you get all these suppliers to send you parts?

Well, ten years ago I made a website www.CaseModGod.com , I have many CRAZY custom PC builds and a lot of other content, with that in place sponsors have a lot of prior work to judge whether or not sending hardware makes sense.

This ...

I cut a piece of MDF pressboard to fit the back side of the back box, then I measured out placement for two 120mm fans near the top of the panel.

http://www.casemodgod.com/PinBackBack%20002x.jpg

I used a dtremel to cut the holes and then cleaned up the edges with a dremel sanding bit, below ...