Kalgan
Quoted from pfinny:Why did you go with a sliding patio door for your main entry ?
Large enough for pins and best way of keeping weather out.
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Saint Paul, MN
Quoted from king-pin:My partner is shoving everything she doesn't want out the door.
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Well ya have to have someplace for people to sit and put their drinks and food on.
Leduc, AB
Quoted from Darcy:As long as she doesn't toss your bed through the door, you will be fine.
would this be such a bad thing? 
Quoted from king-pin:Millionaire now.
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Millionaire is actually a pretty interesting pin. I'm surprised none of the mechanisms on it have been repurposed in modern games.
Quoted from PinMonk:Millionaire is actually a pretty interesting pin. I'm surprised none of the mechanisms on it have been repurposed in modern games.
I’m not.
rd
Quoted from Whysnow:wait... where is power coming from?
The wiring/boxes are there, they're just behind the drywall. Just have to pop holes to expose them and finish up.
Quoted from king-pin:Electrician is not coming back until next weekend so now he has some obstacles to contend with.
Darn, I thought we were about to see some new "Wireless Pinball Power" tech here....
Quoted from rotordave:What are you doing for lighting?
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If you’re using flouros, positioning is critical, or the glare will really piss you off. There’s a couple of games rooms we hold comps in, we have to pull tubes out when we are playing.
I’m guessing you’ve done a plan of where all the pins are going?
You want the lighting in the walkways.
All sounds obvious (and you well may have done it) but surprising how many people get it badly wrong.
I’d say lighting would be the #1 aspect to get right in a game room.
For others reference:
When I did mine, I had it all planned out - installed a heap of halogen downlights in the walkways so they didn’t glare on the games.
Which worked well.
However, if you needed to repair a game, you needed someone to hold a torch cause it was so dark.
So I added more halogens, these ones were 4x G10 spotlight fittings, these really helped. And you could adjust the bulbs to aim the light where you needed it.
But the biggest change was when I installed 120 degree LED bulbs (and transformers) in all of the fittings. Sooooo much better. Normal halogens have 50 degree spread. 120 throws out so much more light.
So, the takeaway for you guys planning your room - plan it carefully, lots of thought on where your games will sit, and how you’re going to light them up.
You can see in this photo (taken at night) that there is little light shining directly on the glass. Actually, with these rooms they are always like night ... because the pins block all the windows. My room has 2x 3metre wide sliding doors which do let in some daylight - but the pins block the light from all the other windows. Probably why I have a vitamin D deficiency. Haha!
Quoted from king-pin:Thanks Rd,
Was more looking to equalize the light in the room when I planned it but they should be very close to the walkways.
Why not just dimmable LEDs?
Are you gonna hold off putting more games in until the lights and power are cut in? Id rather wait so i didnt have to cover/clean up the games from the drywall dust.
What’s the game plan for game location? Chronologically by company? I see that your not just lining them along one wall
Quoted from Spitfiren8:Are you gonna hold off putting more games in until the lights and power are cut in? Id rather wait so i didnt have to cover/clean up the games from the drywall dust.
Yes,just had to get Fish Tales out.
Quoted from Luckydogg420:What’s the game plan for game location? Chronologically by company? I see that your not just lining them along one wall
Yes in chronological order but will put all the Bally's with overhead speakers on one wall.
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:This is just amazing. Great work!
Yes, looking awesome.
Electrician was not feeling the best yesterday. Our national game AFL had it's grand final on Saturday and the electrician s team won it.All the power points in coming back today to finish off.
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