I'm not talking about sublimation. Offgassing happens at much lower temps than that, in some cases less than 100F. The plastic stays in one piece, but gives off potentially toxic VOCs, depending on the material in question.

I don't really need to get into a VOC discussion, just wanted SickNate to be aware of the potential health downsides of an all-plastic playfield.

Bally experimented with plastic playfields in the 80s with EBDs and others.

Basically, you don't want to let Nate get Sick.

I had a speakeasy like that. It held up well but was super bendy

Just to keep you guys updated heres a few different GUI concepts Ive sent to Nate and revised over the last few days. He is working on getting the numbers and meter overlays on top of the blank versions now.

If the top of pictures look odd its because the screen of the machine cuts off 100 pixels off the top, so I made them with that in mind.

Ill be working on the playfield art when I get some time as well.

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Great work. How are you building these? I haven’t gotten to animation yet but hopefully soon enough!

Very interested in see what you come up with playfield ideas. P3 is just lexan on top of a tv basically. Lexan gets worn out. Swap out a new one. Fresh playfield.

plastic would be doable but I would factor in a couple of aluminum angles from one side to another

another approach could be carbon fibre flat panel playfield - put a little more of a pain - info from the net

"Machining of carbon fiber composite is generally done with a router; however, standard metal machining methods can be used. Machining carbon fiber composite requires higher spindle speeds than metals but lower feed rates. The feed rates need to be adjusted to minimize the heat in the part while machining. "

overall super cool project, well done

yeah had a feeling that might be the case.

Fantastic work! I don't like the idea of carbon fiber on this game. Doesn't fit the theme.

really nice, love your machine

IM calling it now! The 2021 Twipy for homebrew is already settled!! This game is going to be amazing when done. I wish I was able to play to finished product. AMAZING job so far.

What a day..... what a LOVELY day!!

I don't know what your editing setup is like, but you can split the headphone out on the computer audio and record that separately, then add the clean audio you recorded separately at the same time to the live audio and video and mix the levels to get great sounding audio with your phone video.

Or, if you're using HDMI, you can get the audio AND video clean and inset that in the corner of your live video of the playfield.

Excellent! Please go for the 2021 award, I don’t want to compete next year or the year after with madmax!! Game is f’ing awesome, and has been brought to the current state in a crazy fast time.

That lower playfield is a little sparse, have you considered adding a pop enemy up like MM or the Hobbit has down there? Maybe a bad guy from the movie popping up?

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Overall ga,e iseautiful

The space will be filled by art, it's not really that sparse, and bottom of pf likely filled that area with lights and mechs wire.
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Wow, this looks really fun to shoot.

this is amazing, blown away!!! looks incredible!!

If you haven't sent it out for production yet, check out PCBWay. Ridiculously cheap and very fast last time I ordered from them.

That’s some intense machinery! All the rotating heads are so cool!

How much does that bad bear cost?

Oooodeelalily!

Very cool bit of tech - great to see these clips! Thanks

Nah it’s great to see this stuff, to see how machining has advanced - it’s not bragging, just damn cool

No bragging at all, that’s rad to see and not something anyone outside of the industry gets to see!

I think most of us appreciate the engineering side of things. We are pinballers after all.
Brilliant and thanks for posting. Makes my old belt driven lathe I did my apprentice on very antiquated.

Not at all.
I don’t think anyone here with a brain thinks you picked that up at Walmart.

For me this build is one of the most fascinating threads on pinside.
I really appreciate you sharing the process involved and know a lot of other people do as well.

For me as well reading through your progress posts is really interesting. it shows how much work you put in there. Just seeing a finished product is cool, but seeing how it comes together is the best part.

Nate -

Any thoughts on the playfield cnc routing? I know your neighbor's machine didn't go so well and the local Makerspace was closed, but couldn't find any posts after that. Just the one that said it was done. I have a new toy (x-carve cnc router) and was going to give that a shot. Plywood is expensive so was hoping to get it right the first time. Was hoping for some feedback on

- best type of cutting bit to use (upcut, downcut? fluted endmill? ...)
- size of bit? 1/8"?
- cleanout inserts or use tabs or let them fly?
- bit to drill holes?
- special bit for shooter lane?

Basically, any thoughts you have about that process and how the fitment went with all the inserts - like does a 1" insert fit well into a 1" hole?, insert flange depth, etc. etc.

I recommend cutting in foam before letting the chips fly in real wood. Once you have tolerances and everything tuned on the cheap stuff, step up to plywood with confidence. Mind your feeds and speeds, know what works on your individual machine, use others' reports as a starting point to work up to.

Downcut will splinter the bottom and leave the top practically finished.

I use 0.125in with a 0.25in shank, two flute. I clean out pockets. tabs can be a pain - the more inserts, the more post processing.

I used corner radius endmill on similar finish to shooter lane with success in the past, fewer passes than ball (some would argue the scalloping could be beneficial) and less post-processing required in my use case.

Thanks for all that info.

Nate -

So, if I understand correctly, you would resize your CAD files so a 1" round insert would have a radius of .505" and you would increase the sizes of multi sided inserts by moving each side out .005". What about the corner radii of those inserts? I assume you would increase those accordingly? I'm probably overthinking this. Can't help it.

P1nhead - Trying to get my head around the shooter lane comment ... "some would argue the scalloping could be beneficial". How so? Also, ... "0.125in with a 0.25in shank" - Less flex in the bit? I guess the cut length portion of the bit is oversized ( greater than .5")?

I've heard less tearout or other potential issues when encountering voids in ply (assuming you have big box store crap like I do). the scallop left behind allows for more tool engagement on finishing passes. would probably be faster from rough to finish. but the scallop is just a byproduct of the benefits of a ball mill, speed and durability, maybe I worded what I wanted to say wrong.

the ball end mill is probably the tool of choice when doing relief work or free form curves. ball end mills should allow higher feed rates and the durability of the cutting edge is very high. though the only flats I've broken were from dropping them from 5ft onto the concrete floor.

Looks great. You have the tool to make some really great-looking spotlights for the slings instead of those boring generic ugly spotlights. You don't HAVE to, buuuuut...it sure would look a lot better.

I'm also wondering if a demolition man-like pistol handle grip option for flipper control would fit the theme and give the cabinet a cooler look.

.....or a Shotgun handle with some of the barrels for the shooter.

Thought I would send some new screens I made for the GUI that Nate is coding in soon. As an added bonus the last two pics are of the playfield art i’ve made so far
( EARLY CONCEPT ). Its really early and made on a phone just to get an idea, but this is the direction so far. The tire marks are leading to the 3 ramps. Hope you guys like them!

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Wow, this should be very nice. Are you animating that screen stuff or will it just be stills?

Playfield looks great, but I'd caution on the over-use of browns in the center with the cracked ground. The Walking Dead pin art is 100% on-theme, but there's so much brown and red on the playfield, it's just ugly to look at. Also, most of Fury Road movie was on sand or sand blown over rock/clay, if I recall. Maybe the marsh area could have the kind of ground you're depicting. Your art is very compelling. Fill that playfield up with it. There's no need for a Rob Zombie playfield that's way too empty.

Charlize Theron will need a harder, more badass facial expression in the final. The placid expression in the concept art looks like it's from a Summer's Eve commercial.

Looking forward to seeing this all come together!

wow looks really cool!

Those are stills at the moment, but depending on the software there potential I can send Nate some versions that have simple comic book movement similar to the avengers GUI where the characters are like art sprites moving across the screen. We’ll see!

Edit: Also this is all art from the various Mad Max comics compiled, and edited by me in various programs. I am by no means a hand artist! Im good with adobe software and design but I’m not going to take credit for the initial layers of art before the editing begins; unfortunately, I’m no Zombie Yeti.

Ah, I hadn't seen the comic and didn't realize you were just using that to make the art.

Still, it's a cool look for the pin.

Thank you, im going to make sure to get it looking more professional and I wrote some of the good suggestions you made down. Btw, nice work on ur mods; just installed the fan yesterday on my Avengers. Considering the Dr. Strange spotlight fix soon. Just got into 3d printing and sculpting as well so I should be able to make some cool parts to ship out to Nate and add on as well.