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The Crazy Mansion by the Pinball Amigos

By pinballrockstar

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    #3501 5 years ago

    You guys do incredibly nice work.

    #3502 5 years ago

    Are those solar panels not working better when they are on the roof?

    #3503 5 years ago

    I cringe every time you guys pick up a power tool!
    Love the thread and everything about it.

    #3504 5 years ago
    Quoted from Honch:

    You guys do incredibly nice work.

    Thanks bro!

    Quoted from DDDwingmaster:

    Are those solar panels not working better when they are on the roof?

    I have a house and 2 extra buildings on my property and all roofs are full.
    10 of the panels in my bike shed i made myself and worked well...but they had to come off...i needed stronger panels to feed my hungry Tesla.

    Quoted from oldskool1969:

    I cringe every time you guys pick up a power tool!
    Love the thread and everything about it.

    Hey,we made it through another evening bro!

    #3505 5 years ago
    Quoted from pinballrockstar:

    .i needed stronger panels to feed my hungry Tesla

    If you didn't mash the pedal leaving every stoplight... your Tesla wouldn't be so damn hungry. ;D
    I envy you... as I'd really starting to want a Tesla... my issue is I can't seem to go for the cheap ones... cause I want one with the extended range.
    Oh well; maybe someone will send me a free winning loto ticket.

    #3506 5 years ago
    Quoted from Zitt:

    If you didn't mash the pedal leaving every stoplight... your Tesla wouldn't be so damn hungry. ;D
    I envy you... as I'd really starting to want a Tesla... my issue is I can't seem to go for the cheap ones... cause I want one with the extended range.
    Oh well; maybe someone will send me a free winning loto ticket.

    Dude you will never drive a gas car ever again.
    It is so awesome.
    I placed a Tesla charger in front of my house and it charges really fast!
    It is a must,cause the normal cord charges insanely slow!
    This was the first model s 85 that popped up in the ads for a fair price and i took it.
    An s60 will get you nowhere!
    This one has great range,this summer i am going to do a Tesla supercharger vacation with it...
    Throughout Europe there are strategically placed superchargers that fill your battery in half an hour so you can reach far destinations.
    This specific model has lifelong free supercharging.
    So i don’t even have to pay for charging!
    It’s great being part of this movement!

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    #3507 5 years ago

    I just found this thread a couple of weeks ago as I started looking around for folks that were doing homebrews since I decided in january that this was the year I would finally tackle this crazy project and try to make my own. I haven't been super involved with pinside until I came across this thread.

    It's been a blast catching up on all 71 pages of this insane crazy mansion adventure!! You guys are amazing and a huge source of encouragement for me!

    I'm particularly interested in everything you guys do in learning the FAST system as I think that's the one I'll end up using in mine once I get to that point. I don't have any donor machines to part out, so it'll be a "from the ground up" build, too. So, don't hold back on sharing what you're learning with the FAST system, ok? I hope you don't mind if I start PM'ing you with a gazillion questions once I get in the programming portion of my build. Seriously tho, you guys rock, it's so freaking fun to come in here and see all the stuff you guys think up and just crank out like it's nothing - you move so fast?!?!?!!

    I still have no idea how you can drive your Tesla, Bas - aren't you legally blind now with all the welding you do without any goggles? hahahah!!

    Keep up the awesome work! I'll be following you all the way!

    #3508 5 years ago

    Hey @skondris, the Pinball Amigos really hook in to their builds and share everything which is great for those wanting to try something crazy like a homebrew.

    make sure to check out their minion build and also this thread which is a index of all the homebrew builds on pinside over the last 5 years

    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/homebrew-pinball-games-released-2016-to-current

    #3509 5 years ago
    Quoted from skondris:

    I just found this thread a couple of weeks ago as I started looking around for folks that were doing homebrews since I decided in january that this was the year I would finally tackle this crazy project and try to make my own. I haven't been super involved with pinside until I came across this thread.
    It's been a blast catching up on all 71 pages of this insane crazy mansion adventure!! You guys are amazing and a huge source of encouragement for me!
    I'm particularly interested in everything you guys do in learning the FAST system as I think that's the one I'll end up using in mine once I get to that point. I don't have any donor machines to part out, so it'll be a "from the ground up" build, too. So, don't hold back on sharing what you're learning with the FAST system, ok? I hope you don't mind if I start PM'ing you with a gazillion questions once I get in the programming portion of my build. Seriously tho, you guys rock, it's so freaking fun to come in here and see all the stuff you guys think up and just crank out like it's nothing - you move so fast?!?!?!!
    I still have no idea how you can drive your Tesla, Bas - aren't you legally blind now with all the welding you do without any goggles? hahahah!!
    Keep up the awesome work! I'll be following you all the way!

    While you're at it you might want to go catch up on their first project...

    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/we-are-building-a-minions-pinball-updates-every-friday

    You'll never look at a store endcap the same way again .

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    #3510 5 years ago

    haha, awesome. yeah, I've got some catching up to do, for sure.

    thanks for making that index of all the homebrews!! Got lots to read, but it's already april, and I haven't started on my whitewood yet! lots to do!

    #3511 5 years ago
    Quoted from skondris:

    I just found this thread a couple of weeks ago as I started looking around for folks that were doing homebrews since I decided in january that this was the year I would finally tackle this crazy project and try to make my own. I haven't been super involved with pinside until I came across this thread.
    It's been a blast catching up on all 71 pages of this insane crazy mansion adventure!! You guys are amazing and a huge source of encouragement for me!
    I'm particularly interested in everything you guys do in learning the FAST system as I think that's the one I'll end up using in mine once I get to that point. I don't have any donor machines to part out, so it'll be a "from the ground up" build, too. So, don't hold back on sharing what you're learning with the FAST system, ok? I hope you don't mind if I start PM'ing you with a gazillion questions once I get in the programming portion of my build. Seriously tho, you guys rock, it's so freaking fun to come in here and see all the stuff you guys think up and just crank out like it's nothing - you move so fast?!?!?!!
    I still have no idea how you can drive your Tesla, Bas - aren't you legally blind now with all the welding you do without any goggles? hahahah!!
    Keep up the awesome work! I'll be following you all the way!

    Hey dude,well...welcome to our crazy topic!
    Very cool to hear we motivate you man..
    Like the guys mentioned; the minion pinball build was done in a different way,using an excisting Bally pin and a P-ROC board.
    This build we wanted to learn new skills and went for a complete starter kit from Fast and build something from scratch.
    So far so good
    Ask any question you want,the basic game is easy to get going.
    We’ll get you there pinball brother.
    And btw: My Tesla has Autopilot,it drives by itself (kidding)

    #3512 5 years ago

    Looking at the moving sub playfield today,i am very happy with it..
    This is how crappy our first mech was:

    This is what the improved mech sounds like...it is fokkin smooth man!

    #3513 5 years ago

    Another fun thing i wanted to share with you guys is this great great parts find today!! I am finding usable parts everywhere these days!

    I found two old car boosters from some awful cheap brand.
    I always open up stuff to look what’s inside...

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    #3514 5 years ago

    Appearantly,these boosters have a build in tire inflator pump!
    Aaaaand guess what?
    These are run by 2 very strong electromotors and cause they are automotive voltage...
    They are 12 volts!
    Excellent voltage to connect to the Fast boards!
    They have a nylon gear and a piston that compresses air...
    We can take the pistons off and use the motors for sure!

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    #3515 5 years ago

    It just goes to show that everything is a potential part for your pinball machine!!?
    Sure,the Toyota rear wiper motor i used for the sub playfield is sorta huge and heavy...but due to the large amount of copper windings in that particular motor,it als runs on a way way lower voltage still being strong!
    Where a tiny pinball motor will get very weak at lower voltages cause the field gets to weak.
    So this scrapheap motor is great for this purpose
    I am just saying,look around you in the world...you don’t have to buy shitloads of expensive stuff for your build.
    You find good parts in other peoples garbage.
    Thanks car boosters for donating your organs!
    Now go recycle into sumtin else

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    #3516 5 years ago

    Spot the weirdo...

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    #3517 5 years ago

    So today i bought another rescue 911...i really regret wrecking the other one cause the cab,playfield and legs were really nice
    The only thing missing was the boards.
    Now i buy an awful condition 911 with working board set but the dmd is not working.
    Gottlieb manuals are hard to find on the ole interwebs,
    So i have been searching on pure luck the last hour.

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    #3518 5 years ago

    I only paid like €490 for this crapper and the dmd passed the test (hooked up to no fear) so it is already a good buy in parts.

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    #3519 5 years ago

    Appearantly,this dmd connector is lacking all voltages...i think the lightbulb above my head just lit up..

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    #3520 5 years ago

    Ha!!!
    I just shoved No Fear next to Rescue 911 and hooked the data cable(it barely made it)to the NF dmd(cuz that dmd is powered!) and it works!
    Now i need to figure out why all the voltages are missing...
    A schematic anybody??

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    #3521 5 years ago

    It appears to have been water damaged..look at that ugly playfield hahaha

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    #3522 5 years ago

    I finally got the friggin’ thing on freeplay(turnes out you have to set the switch to tournament mode...)
    And look at the horrible fucking ball it spits out its ball trough

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    #3523 5 years ago

    Ah well,i still have the playfield over here from the first 911 i bought and it is very reasonable shape.
    Again...too bad i ripped it out and cut all the wires.
    Now i am looking at a playfield swap.
    But i think i am gonna make this thing my special little project...
    Now i have enough crap to build 1 good rescue 911.
    It fires up,the coils work,the boards work..this thing wants to live and i am gonna help him.

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    #3524 5 years ago

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    #3525 5 years ago

    It’s good to see an old game like that get some love! I have been watching your mansion project closely and have sure enjoyed it! Hey it’s friday tomorrow!!

    #3526 5 years ago

    No it's only Thursday but I will check back in tomorrow.

    #3527 5 years ago

    Hahaha!

    Quoted from BenB:

    It’s good to see an old game like that get some love! I have been watching your mansion project closely and have sure enjoyed it! Hey it’s friday tomorrow!!

    Yeah let’s build this crap back to beautiful!
    Thanks for following brother

    Quoted from Travish:

    No it's only Thursday but I will check back in tomorrow.

    Yeah i walked right into that one huh?!

    #3528 5 years ago

    Too soon?

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    #3529 5 years ago

    that is dark dude
    But yeah...superfunny

    #3530 5 years ago

    So today we celebrate our King’s birthday,on Kingsday everybody sells their crap on the streets.
    We really like to go out and buy some stuff.
    Scored an awesome original polaroid camera!!
    From the first owner

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    #3531 5 years ago

    Welcome to our friday build people!

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    #3532 5 years ago

    Hey?
    A package from Reed’s arcade?

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    #3533 5 years ago
    Quoted from pinballrockstar:

    package from Reed’s arcade?

    Damn, guess those Allen keys I sent like 2 months ago are never gonna show.
    Sorry Amigos

    #3534 5 years ago
    Quoted from Atari_Daze:

    Damn, guess those Allen keys I sent like 2 months ago are never gonna show.
    Sorry Amigos

    Yeah the post fucking stole them dude,we’ve been robbed!
    I am gonna order some online,thanks anyway man,you rock!

    #3535 5 years ago

    We’ve got awesome Three Amigos shirts from Reed’s!!
    Dude they fit real good,real nice shirts man!
    You are the man!

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    #3536 5 years ago

    who is your special 3rd amigo today?

    #3537 5 years ago
    Quoted from pinballrockstar:

    So today we celebrate our King’s birthday,on Kingsday everybody sells their crap on the streets.
    We really like to go out and buy some stuff.
    Scored an awesome original polaroid camera!!

    Dude, that's like a national yard sale day? That's freaking awesome.

    #3538 5 years ago
    Quoted from zerbam:

    who is your special 3rd amigo today?

    Yeah my daughter tried to squeeze her face in the shot

    Quoted from Wolfmarsh:

    Dude, that's like a national yard sale day? That's freaking awesome.

    Yeah? It is crazy dude,so much fun!
    These are the people that never sell on ebay and come out with their dusty attic boxes!
    It rocks!

    #3539 5 years ago

    Allright,time to install a crown stone down at the prints so i can install the relay board for the ufo motor.

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    #3540 5 years ago

    I am using black and red for positive and negative,seems logic

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    #3541 5 years ago

    Mic is thinking about a 5th flipper...

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    #3542 5 years ago

    There...now i have my voltages to connect the relay board to!

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    #3543 5 years ago

    Ah Mic moved on and is now searching for 2 pop bumpers for the lower playfield!

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    #3544 5 years ago

    Commercial block from 2 arcades
    Go there this weekend!
    Support these guys,praise them for being a custodian of pinball.

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    #3545 5 years ago

    I am gonna use this relay board..

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    #3546 5 years ago

    I tried working with this thing but i need to reduce the current with the dremel print and my plan will totally work!

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    #3547 5 years ago

    Why is there a waffle on their tshirt? Is that a big thing over in your part of the world?

    #3548 5 years ago

    I’ve got these cool male connectors from china,i simply cut one in half and i have the 6 connections i need for my relay board!

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    #3549 5 years ago
    Quoted from GhostThruster:

    Why is there a waffle on their tshirt? Is that a big thing over in your part of the world?

    Yup..a “stroopwafel” and i feel very sorry for you guys you have to go through life without them.
    Dutch Pinball museum has a lot of very typical Dutch stuff on their logo.
    Stuff we are proud of with a wink,you know what i mean.
    We don’t wear wooden shoes here on a daily basis but we are kinda famous for that.

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    #3550 5 years ago

    There...hooking up a + and - with my power supply...

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