(Topic ID: 100493)
Berea, OH
ugh, that's awful 
At least sell or give them to someone who can repair them. That playfield didn't look too bad...at least before getting butchered
Anything crappy enough to be "upcycled" is going to look crappy as whatever you make it into. It's like that pinball desk from a month ago: http://i.imgur.com/m2eRDoN.jpg
(Pics tomorrow)
If it cant be used in a machine I would use a playfield to make a coffee table. currently building a wide body Genie coffee table for game room.
Burleigh Waters
Quoted from ForceFlow:ugh, that's awful
At least sell or give them to someone who can repair them. That playfield didn't look too bad...at least before getting butchered
Hey bud, I didn't build it. What you see is about one square foot of playfield - so you really don't know how bad the old playfields were or if they were warped. We're discussing playfields that are deemed as not worth restoring, and usually that's because there are better examples that can be found that can be restored.
You might not be happy with it, but at least the birds are.
Deroche, BC
Just thinking, if you could touch them up put some clear coat on them a sheet of glass and legs could be a cool coffee table!
Quoted from DefaultGen:Anything crappy enough to be "upcycled" is going to look crappy as whatever you make it into. It's like that pinball desk from a month ago: http://i.imgur.com/m2eRDoN.jpg
That might be your opinion, but a lot of folks recycle everything - no matter how bad it is - into interesting items, artwork. Check out what you can do with 322 old refrigerators.
http://gajitz.com/second-lives-for-electronics-5-obsolete-tech-sculptures/
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Quoted from Patofnaud:Not as psycho as pmWolf.
Me neither, but this is how I did mine. Sorry you have to see an unfinished wall/ceiling. Once the ceiling is drywalled they will be flush with it.
This is how they will look in the finished game room...
Thanks for the kind words guys, I really appreciate it.
Quoted from Patofnaud:Christmas lights? Or Ardino?
Neither actually. Better than Christmas lights, but not as fancy as Arduino. I'm just using the 16' 5050 RGB LEDs cut into 6 strips and using the standard flash patterns that are programmed into the module. I initially bought this to use white super bright LEDs as a constant-on backlight. I had given up on using fluorescent lighting as it was just too bulky and rope lighting was too hard to work with and didn't provide enough light. But when I fired this up for the initial test it came up in a full color flashing pattern and I was just blown away.
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Zemst
Quoted from wayout440:Yup, and a keg inside - see the thread link:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/my-first-attempt-at-clearcoating-a-playfield/page/2
Nice !!! I just happen to be a home brewer who kegs, just no room to set up a permanent bar. Hopefully I will in our next house.
Great work !!!
Quoted from phillymadison:How are you able to play that Batman Forever lol
It looks crowded, but there is plenty of room! 
Rob Bell
Robsgameroom.com
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