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Early shot of my future "Den of Pin" before I had completely sealed off the third garage. On the table are magnets I would use to create a bug screen so I could go open door when the weather is nice.
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Sewing the screen.
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Screen in place.
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Closing up one of two large openings with framework and insulation.
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Simple Faux brick from Lowe's that I would later paint black and add an A/C window unit.
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In the back you will notice a black curtain. This is actually a heavy duty commercial freezer door. Does a great job of keeping that room cold even on the hottest days in TN.
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Room painted black and dark blue. Fiber Starfield installed but not yet trimmed. Starting the airbrushing. I also added a 5.1 blutooth surround system with all of the speakers mounted in the ceiling and a couple of powered subs hiding under the pinball machines. I can wake the neighbors when the door is open!
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Wide view of starfield pre trimmed and airbrushed "aurora" theme.
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Expanding the game lineup. I now have 14 machines (some still in the stages of restoration) and I rotate them out to keep the lineup fresh.
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Built an 8ft bar out of two old playfields and playfield glass. Installed GI lighting and LED sequencers for the inserts. Also wall mounted 3 TVs on left wall. One for sports, etc and the other two are in the portrait mode and are switchable to any of the playfields from overhead mounted HD cameras. Can either display 4 on 1 or a single playfield. Great for tournaments.
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Perfect weather and big door open for PinGolf competition this past Thursday night. I have been having Thursday nights for the last 3 years, way before I had the room done when I only had a single Virtual Pinball cabinet. It has only grown from there with as many as 18 people showing up on some Thursdays. My wife doesn't mind it so much since people don't have to trudge through the house when we play, and there is a fridge for beer on the other side of the garage and a bathroom just inside the back door. It's a great setup. Good times!

Thanks! It took me a couple of years to do all that, but it was a labor of love. To see my friends enjoy themselves on Thursdays makes it all worth it.

Hahaha! But of course!

Arlington is in West Tennessee, about 25 miles outside of MEM. And pinballers are always welcome.

Bring $5 to enter the PinGolf and whatever beverages you enjoy. And be advised the Den of Pin sometimes smells like Bob Marley's apartment. Not that I would know anything about that.

I'll try to get some video of the table, take the glass off, show how I wired it up etc. and share it with the forum. I'll also give some details about what components I used and how I built it. I'll post a link to the new thread here when I have it done.

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The wife wanted a new house built, with a pool. All I asked for was a pool house and a shop. On the far right in the 3rd bay of the garage it is walled off and will be insulated/HVAC with sliding door access. That will be my shop.
On the far left, connected by breezeway/security checkpoint-- the "pool house" which upon it's completion will have a .5 bath, hvac, fridge, icemaker and the rest will be pinball machines and a bar to sit at. It will also have a 10x30 covered poolside porch with a fire pit. The "work in progress name" for the pool house is "Dave's Ballshack."

A few closeups of my ballshack-
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The world is so jaded now, I'm not sure if sarcasm or not.

While the plan wasn't exactly that complicated (mostly an empty room) here is my original sketch with the architectural drawings overlaid. I drew stuff to scale using the simple grid tool in photoshop then passed it off to the builder. I expected there to be changes in where i put the breezeway and maybe even the bathroom and storage, but any changes they made were minimal.
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I have about 25 on route already. The rest are in storage. About 20 of the ones I have in storage haven't been restored yet. The plan (which is always subject to change) is to fill the room with some of my favorites then I will most likely reduce the number of routed locations I'm taking care of to get the routed number down to less than twenty. If I could get down to one location that would be really awesome. Then I'll continue to restore and change my home lineup/routed lineup as I see fit. I'm also thinking of selling a few to maybe buy some newer pins. A lot of mine are older but I do try to take my time and make them nice when I restore them. Maybe I can find some buyers.

Here is the last resto I did before we moved into the apartment (no shop currently).

EDIT: I didn't have time to finish Capt Fantastic because the house had sold. Still have to do the coin door and score reels. Didn't want anyone to think I'm slacking!

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8 amps? I’ve never heard a per machine estimate that high. But I’ll talk to the electrician when that time comes. May add more circuits.

I appreciate the info. I texted the superintendent and told him I wanted to meet with the electrician (which should be coming relatively soon as they are moving along at a pretty good clip). I've also got to get the guy who will be running structured/data cable as well. I think I'll add 3 more 20amp circuits just to be safe.

As of yesterday. Think they'll be finished with the decking today.
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As currently designed I would be at 6 per 20amp circuit. I'm going to add 3 circuits to get it to 4 and drive on. Thanks ALL for the info. Keeping me straight over here...

I spent some time in Vancouver going to some advanced classes for work. Nicest peoples ever so Canadians are always welcome here! However, I hope ATT charges you the same fees Rogers charged me PER TEXT! My cell bill was outrageous. Thieving bastards!

EDIT: I'll expect an apology for it...

Ballshack is 35x30. 10x30 of that is covered porch.
House is right at 3K and the shop is 200.

Quick update on the Ballshack. They have started on the roofing and cornice work and they removed all of the temporary support studs from the interior. Here's a pano of the inside.
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Ballshack Update: Windows and doors installed. Electrical going in (and I added 3 additional circuits over and above the original plans pursuant to advice of the folks on this thread. Thanks Y'all!)
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Looking from porch on main house toward pool house.
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Looking from inside pool house toward house. Wanted to make sure there was plenty of covered lounging area which will also include gas fire pit.
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Breezeway connection to house which will include walkway access and required security gate with magnetic lock (for pool safety). This will also carry data and other comms from main house.
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I've got plans for the walls and some bling, but it won't be neon signs. All will be revealed!

Was looking at your pictures and noticed the carpet. In the room I'm having built it will just be concrete when I take ownership and I've been trying hard to decide on the floor type. I want to go carpet for the noise cancelling and to easier on the feet. I've been looking at very similar carpet as this for its durability. Did you have this carpet put down? If so, do you know what kind of pad is under it? I'm looking for a pad that is thick enough to be easy on the feet but also "non-spongy" enough to make moving pins on in using my escalara somewhat easy and also dense enough to not get permanent indentations from the pinball feet.

What is this sorcery? Not the organizer/storage cases, I'm talking about the thing on wheels they are in. Did you build that yourself? Love it!
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Small update on "Dave's Ballshack" (pool house full of pinball eventually).
Brick was finished a couple days ago, as well as most of the insulation. The insulation folks broke the brick loose on the threshold of the shack because it wasn't dry yet so they'll have to come back and reset it. Also the pocket door frame for the bathroom has been installed (did a pocket door because I'm trying to minimize how much internal loss of space with doors that swing out into the space). Also pictured is the breezeway/entrance between the house and the shack leading into the back yard which will include a gate with magnetic lock.
We have high hopes we'll be moving in around the early part of May.
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Slab was poured in December.

Stay tuned! Want to wait until we have the pool installed and I have a chance to get it all together then invite the B'ham folks up for a Saturday pinball tournament and pool lounging session. Make a day of it.

Haha! Ain't that the truth? Place is a mess right now.

I got a pic of the Ballshack in its current state from within the house being built behind ours. I assume when this house is eventually occupied and they look out the back window this will be the vision they have. At least until the fence goes up.

I think we are still on pace to take occupancy in May.

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Just to add to the discussion about illuminating old playfields. I used a cheap LED sequencer called "LED Magician" and cut an LED strip into small sections and soldered the wires to the small copper pads that are populated all along the strip. I think the sequencer has 10 or so different patterns and will accommodate around 15 different channels. I've done 4 playfields so far and will add more after I get my room set up later. The sequencer was around $25 as I recall.

Here's some video of one for the wall:

And also some video of a few playfields I put in a bar:

I think it is one of my craftier ideas as far as naming my space (our last house had the "Den of Pin" which is fine, but not as good as Ballshack). My wife HATES it when we go to check the progress of the house and I say "Let's go out back and check out my ballshack." She's not a fan.

Correct.

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The picture is misleading. There are several on the back wall you can’t see and for some reason a few of the boxes are cut but still covered. That one room has a total of ten 20amp circuits.

Haha. Yeah I'm hoping they give the place a good sweep before we take ownership. You should see the back yard. It's a minefield of bricks, drywall and lumber with nails sticking out of it in every direction.

Updated pics on the Ballshack and the back yard overall. Also a pic of the HE LED lights I put up in my new shop. We are about 45 days from closing now.
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Update on Dave's Ballshack:
The builder installed the wrong glass in the doors to The Shack (wanted single piece glass instead of the one with the smaller panes), but that has now been replaced.
The pins in storage are ready to be set free.
Our move-in is in 3 weeks and 3 days (but who's counting)
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The house is finally finished and we closed on it Thursday. I’ve started moving stuff into the house itself and I’m using “The Ballshack” for storage at the moment. I’m going to pick up a MM tomorrow and it will end up being the first pin installed. After I get all the stuff my wife wants done completed, I’ll get to hit storage and fill it up from there.

Had a chance to enjoy my first beverage on the front porch of the shack last night. After almost a year long journey to get there it was a big exhale.

Since it’s a pool house and people will go in there wet, I had them install commercial grade vinyl plank for the floors. Pleased with how it all turned out.
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Commence Ballshack load-in sequence. Prepare for blast off.
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Got moved into the new house 3 weeks ago. Got the pool house stocked with the initial lineup in the last few days.
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It’s pretty much done. A few tweaks to make here and there but the major stuff is complete.
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