Cabinet work

We've got a shopping list and have started work on cabinet restoration. This was a player quality machine when we received it and some work would need to be done to put some shine on the project.

We've removed all the game boards, electronics, and hardware from the cabinet and playfield. After some examination we're filling in nicks and gouges using a auto-body filler and sanding till satisfied. Some good progress so far.

The playfield has been touched up and is ready to get so clear coat. The cabinet will get resprayed with yellow and more than likely we find a decal kit for the side art.

Additionally, we'll need to rebuild the neck of the machine (parts between the back box and main body of the pinball). It might be an opportunity to improve or customize the look subtly, we'll see.

Let's make a pinball machine

You've passively considered doing it on your own. You and your friends have talked about it. You've even done some of the research about what involved, but you're never really ready for that feeling when you decide to make it real. You're going to build a pinball machine.

On November 19th 2015 I had that feeling at a Fast Pinball Meetup. All the pieces mentally lay in front of me and the room was full of ambition and curiosity. Standing on the precipice, the only thing that was keeping me from taking that last step was a date. That made it real, too real.

With lots of help from the community at large, the hope is to have a working Williams Taxi pinball machine wired and flipping to take to the Northwest Pinball and Arcade show June of 2016.

Goal: Take an existing Williams Taxi pinball

1. Restore and touch up the cabinet and playfield
2. Replace all the running boards with Fast Pinball hardware and Raspberry Pi.
3. Rewire all the lighting in the machine.
4. Rewrite the existing rules using Mission Pinball framework

    * Impress friends with new found talent

Bonus Content:

• Add new rules to the game (like a 3 ball multiball?)
• Add a DMD or other display to the back box
• Add Animations to above display

Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show

http://www.nwpinballshow.com/

Mission Pinball Framework

https://missionpinball.com/mpf/

Fast Pinball Hardware

http://fastpinball.com/

The Meetup

http://blog.fastpinball.com/fast-pinball-mission-pinball-meet-up-11192015/
https://missionpinball.com/blog/2015/11/mission-pinball-fast-pinball-meet-up-nov-2015/

Here is some footage from that night: