High Speed
Williams, 1986
Sky·Line
Gottlieb, 1965
Whirlwind
Williams, 1990Quoted from Chosen_S:I think I just got an idea of keeping people from playing my Tron.
Quoted from Drewscruis:You can steal anything with a hammer.....
Quoted from Chosen_S:I was thinking more along the lines of this
Install that thing at crotch level and deploy! Problem solved.
STEP 17:
Build sliding cabinet doors.
Life has be kind of "life-y" as of late, so I haven't been able to attack this project the way I'd like. Here's my issue:
So, a few short weeks after (finally) rolling in game, I had to use my trusty Harbor Freight 1,000 lb. rolling hydraulic lift to get Whirlwind out to allow for #progress. Here's a link to this guy because daddy has to eat, people:
Compare to Dayton $689.99!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lbs-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-69148.html
It's getting better all the time
At this point in the process, I shouldn't be surprised at how uneven the floors are here, but notice that over a 60" run, I've got at least a 1.5" drop in the floor (as evidenced by the totally-misnamed "2x4" that is propping up my base*)
*The terrible naming convention of the 2x4 really is ridiculous. I mean, to some degree, i get it:
https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3074/why-arent-two-by-fours-two-inches-by-four-inches/
But I still think it is stupid. It reminds me of the crap my generation has endured with ice cream container sizes. When I was a kid, you got a legit half-gallon. Then, it shrunk to 1.75 quarts...and then to 1.5 quarts.
I like ice cream dammit. GIVE ME MORE!!! Nom. Nom. Nom.
I blame the Baby Boomers. For this, and everything.
Quoted from heni1977:Don't put wheels under your games, they will roll down the hill! Just a smidge unlevel!!!!!
You joke, but I actually have 3" casters on the back legs of my Sky·Line in the basement because it sits on, what is basically, a ramp between sections down there.
Whats up with the ritzy chandelier?
Quoted from zh2oson:I blame the Baby Boomers. For this, and everything.
Boomers started the ball rolling but Millennials are totally next level.
Quoted from merccat:Whats up with the ritzy chandelier?
The chandelier came with the house but it isn't really our style, so we pulled it and are storing it in the garage. It's probably worth about a player's condition Pinbot when I get around to selling it.
Quoted from merccat:Boomers started the ball rolling but Millennials are totally next level.
Gen X FTW!
Quoted from zh2oson:The chandelier came with the house but it isn't really our style, so we pulled it and are storing it in the garage. Its probably worth about a player's condition Pinbot when I get around to selling it.
To use more of the knowledge I've gained in the pinball hobby, I should probably list it on EBAY for $4,500 and call it RARE, VINTAGE, PERFECT CONDITION, HUO.
The Ford Escort of closet doors:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/59-in-x-80-5-in-Aspen-Steel-Interior-Sliding-Door-ASN-5980WH2S/202089883
I'm bolting the frame of the door assembly to the metal shelving frame, which is anchored to the brick. Don't @ me. The other side of the framing is tied to a stud in the pegboard wall.
Quoted from zh2oson:Those floors aren't going to clean themselves.
Quoted from zh2oson:And thus completes the pegboard porn for this project.
Quoted from zh2oson:And thus completes the pegboard porn for this project.
If I docd every one of my steps like this, you’d be not seeing much progress on my end, and there’d be lots of wood to metal porn
Quoted from Chosen_S:If I docd every one of my steps like this, you’d be not seeing much progress on my end, and there’d be lots of wood to metal porn
I'm still awaiting the big reveal on your mystery door/window/drawbridge situation.
Dude, they’re like a buck on amazon ... kids safety glasses. My kids just break stuff, but they’re awesome ladder climbers
Quoted from zh2oson:You just bumped it to 40 hours for him.
Glad I contributed to his toughness 
Make it 50... toughen up those eyeballs until nails will bounce off them with such foce you’ll no longer need a nail gun. It worked for Chuck Norris.
Quoted from merccat:Make it 50... toughen up those eyeballs until nails will bounce off them with such foce you’ll no longer need a nail gun. It worked for Chuck Norris.
You can babysit my kid anytime random internet person.
By the way, the Walker, Texas Ranger lever on the Conan O'Brian show was peak TV.
Quoted from Krh13:The Escort must be getting some bondo work. No new updates.
His kids in timeout, therefore no work being done since the kid is doing all the work
Quoted from Krh13:The Escort must be getting some bondo work. No new updates.
Quoted from Chosen_S:His kids in timeout, therefore no work being done since the kid is doing all the work
My kid filed a complaint with the Employment Development Department. Something about no overtime compensation. It's going to be fine - I have a strong case, but the Labor Relations Board is all over me right now.
More updates to follow.
Quoted from zh2oson:My kid filed a complaint with the Employment Development Department. Something about no overtime compensation. It's going to be fine - I have a strong case, but the Labor Relations Board is all over me right now.
More updates to follow.
Good luck with that CA is always for the employee (your son) never the employer. I hope you gave him all his breaks and don’t forget his vacation time.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Good luck with that CA is always for the employee (your son) never the employer. I hope you gave him all his breaks and don’t forget his vacation time.
Just move the company to Texas. Problem solved!
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Good luck with that CA is always for the employee (your son) never the employer. I hope you gave him all his breaks and don’t forget his vacation time.
Don’t forget his FMLA leave, CFRA leave, PFL leave, PDL leave (i sure hope not), and our newest as if we didn’t already have enough, HWA leave.
Yeah I write hr/payroll software.... did you know that CA even has some special minimum wages (some over 40/hr.) for certain classes. 
Oy!
Anyway... haha - you’re screwed lol.
Quoted from zh2oson:I'm thinking about just scrapping my whole project and going the waldo route:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lets-see-pic-of-games-rooms/page/216#post-4393483
Grab a shovel, because you’re going to need to dig a basement. Might as well Build the real Flynn’s arcade down there while you’re at it complete with 20’ ceilings and a massive office loft
Oh yes... Texas... come try to work in the oil field and ask for a break, lol not happening. Better rest up while sitting in your truck 5 hours while you wait on who knows who to bring who knows what to be able to start on a frac job that’s going to take 60 hours to complete this weekend, don’t take your eyes off the logs or controls... how to accomplish this??? Super hero strength or Meth... wait a sec, I think I just discovered how you’re going to have the energy to dig that basement
Quoted from zh2oson:I'm thinking about just scrapping my whole project and going the waldo route:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lets-see-pic-of-games-rooms/page/216#post-4393483
well.... you could use some of his carpet anyway
But then you would have to rip out the new stuff you just threw down. I say this project needs better planning. Cost overruns are now a serious risk.
Quoted from rufessor:But then you would have to rip out the new stuff you just threw down. I say this project needs better planning. Cost overruns are now a serious risk.
Nah, he just needs to cut a hole in the floor
We talkin a Flynn sized hole?... cause that’s the next level shit this thread needs. I changed my mind- a hole is what this project deserves, that and some new carpet and there ya go- lower level arcade implemented. I read that in London all the billionaires are excavating downwards to install pools and theaters under these little homes. We are onto something here that should not be ignored and personally, I demand my internet 2c Input on this project. You could start a wave of billionaire copy cats in your neighborhood.
Also also- next next level- (just in case the excavation stalls or hits permitting issues)
Please LED the chandeliers - purple blue is the current rage apparently.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Good luck with that CA is always for the employee (your son) never the employer. I hope you gave him all his breaks and don’t forget his vacation time.
Tell me about it. In my professional capacity, I've been sued because an employee was regularly sleeping on the job and filed a discrimination lawsuit because we disciplined her. Yay.
Quoted from mcluvin:Just move the company to Texas. Problem solved!
Quoted from rufessor:We talkin a Flynn sized hole?... cause that’s the next level shit this thread needs.
Quoted from Chosen_S:Grab a shovel, because you’re going to need to dig a basement. Might as well Build the real Flynn’s arcade down there while you’re at it complete with 20’ ceilings and a massive office loft
A Flynn-sized basement situation isn't happening in Pasadena, so Texas is looking pretty good. Do people in Texas like California transplants? Asking for a friend.
Quoted from rufessor:Please LED the chandeliers - purple blue is the current rage apparently.
I wouldn't stop at just purple-blue. I'd rainbow puke that shiznit up.
Quoted from merccat:Don’t forget his FMLA leave, CFRA leave, PFL leave, PDL leave (i sure hope not), and our newest as if we didn’t already have enough, HWA leave.
Yeah I write hr/payroll software.... did you know that CA even has some special minimum wages (some over 40/hr.) for certain classes. Oy!
Anyway... haha - you’re screwed lol.
If my son needs PDL leave, we have bigger issues.
Quoted from rufessor:But then you would have to rip out the new stuff you just threw down.
The carpet is my favorite part of my project...even if it isn't approved for use in California and will probably kill my whole family.
Quoted from zh2oson:Step 8:
Carpet tiles, baby.
So…the cheap-ass tiles that I wanted to buy from Home Depot (this is the 1987 Ford Escort of renovations, remember) can’t be sold to people in California. When did I find this out, you ask?
Great question, imaginary voice in my head!
I found out that the five cases of carpet tiles that I wanted to buy were illegal after logging in to my Home Depot account (which lists my local store) putting everything into my online shopping cart, entering my credit card information, getting my credit card information stolen by Nigerian hackers* and then giving them my shipping address.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficMASTER-Hobnail-Gunmetal-Texture-18-in-x-18-in-Indoor-Outdoor-Carpet-Tile-16-Tiles-Case-CN14N4716PKS/202467020
Nope!
Home Depot did kindly offer to search local stores to see if anybody had some of these in stock, which was a kind gesture, except for the whole not-legal-here issue.I did some research** and found that the fibers for this carpet are made from a mixture of nicotine, broken glass, battery acid, lead and asbestos. For $1.19/ sq. ft. I was willing, nay happy, to deal with some potential side effects from this mixture.
Sadly, I’d already bonded with these tiles in a way I haven’t bonded with anything since my unborn child was in utero. I loved the pattern, the color, the magical moisture-wicking properties, etc. We were going to spend years together playing pinball and fixing stuff. I NEEDED THIS CARPT.
So, I did the only thing I could think of – I “muled” them into the state.*** My AP Style Book tells me this isn’t a word, but it should be.
*Probably
**In my mind
***I did not. I found a reasonable facsimile that was Prop 48 (or whatever) approved from another online vendor and paid double what Home Depot would have charged me. Boo.
Quoted from Chosen_S:how to accomplish this??? Super hero strength or Meth... wait a sec, I think I just discovered how you’re going to have the energy to dig that basement
My son gets coffee before he starts working. Anything stronger seems inadvisable.
Quoted from rufessor:I read that in London all the billionaires are excavating downwards to install pools and theaters under these little homes. We are onto something here that should not be ignored and personally, I demand my internet 2c Input on this project.
I think this is fair. I'll get working on it ASAP. Stay tuned.
Quoted from fanuminski:well.... you could use some of his carpet anyway
That's not really "Ford Escort" carpet.
Quoted from rufessor:I say this project needs better planning.
Apparently, you haven't been following this thread for very long.
Quoted from rufessor:Cost overruns are now a serious risk.
That's why I'm trying to be be creative with my staffing.
Quoted from zh2oson:I'm thinking about just scrapping my whole project and going the waldo route:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lets-see-pic-of-games-rooms/page/216#post-4393483
Sure you can do that, if you want to slum it. I don't see any pegboard walls in his game room. Amateur...
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Don't put wheels under your games, they will roll down the hill! Just a smidge unlevel!!!!!
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