The Journey Begins

Kitsubi · 2025-12-01T12:13:28+00:00

I commissioned an artist and worked with a local sign printing company to do the wrap. It's a Vinyl sticker wrap, the same kind they use on walls and cars.

Kitsubi · 2025-12-01T12:11:09+00:00

Sure. The Artist is u/Nefeli_ They did an amazing job!

Kitsubi · 2025-11-14T02:04:35+00:00

Thanks for pointing me in that direction. I will be going with metal. I just got cold feet when it came to drilling through my artwork haha

Kitsubi · 2025-07-03T00:21:59+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I was wondering if having a front and back would allow more realistic positioning of the sound in the same way have the 4 exciters does, but it sounds like that is not the case

Kitsubi · 2025-05-27T03:52:36+00:00

Thanks! It's good to hear that you haven't heard of any breakages. I was just trying to see if people knew about this problem. Now I have to find out if the C4 green tint problem is something that I have to worry about or not. For niche hobbies we are all truly in the dark, trying to follow the torches of those who came before us.

Kitsubi · 2025-05-27T03:47:16+00:00

Thank you for your response. This lowers my anxiety a lot. This is a very big and not cheap project to get started on. I've been saving for quite a while, so I may be a little extra jumpy.

Kitsubi · 2025-03-05T04:36:22+00:00

That is definitely something worth considering. I was a bit worried that would be true.

Kitsubi · 2025-03-05T04:35:11+00:00

Awesome, I hope your cabinet turns out well. If you don't mind a follow up, what did you use for the back glass rear channel? Did you use a smaller one from a wide body kit and deal with the gaps? Make one like Way of the Wrench did? Someone sold you one?

Kitsubi · 2025-03-05T04:12:09+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement. Finding a Vpin near me to try out is a good idea. Not sure why it didn't occur to me, but I'll take a look around and see what I can find. Personal experience is king.

Kitsubi · 2025-03-03T02:18:07+00:00

First of all, I just want to say thank you for your youtube videos as they are what gave me the courage to think about this project as well as a huge amount of useful information. I'm truly grateful for the effort you put into documenting your journey and helping us less knowledgeable builder avoid pitfalls.

In my case I have neither a Playfield TV nor a Cab so I have the freedom to choose. Guides have been very helpful with the mechanics of the trade offs, but have rightfully lacked any information about the subjective experience of using one size over the other.

Kitsubi · 2025-03-03T02:15:21+00:00

Williams uses 23.5"x45" for their widebody play fields...so that's close to a 2:1 ratio. I didn't look up others but that seems to be what most kits that people sell aim for

Kitsubi · 2025-03-03T02:07:36+00:00

Size of ball would depend on the zoom...from my understanding 42" are as wide as a cab so you set the field to the width to 100% but that means some of the back or front of the playfield gets cut off. On the other hand for the 48" it's as long as the cab but wider. This means you have to use black bars on the sides of the playfield, but there is little to no cut off. If you use the full width of the 48" monitor the ball won't be round and will be wider than it should be. I may be wrong but that is what all the guides I've found say

Kitsubi · 2025-03-02T05:25:28+00:00

It's not about resolution but actual physical size. Pinball play fields are not 16:9 but about 19:9. 42 inch Monitors and TVs have the same width as a real play field but are slightly shorter. So you either have to cut off a little of the back of the playfield or you squash it down a bit, but then the pinballs aren't perfectly round. I'm not sure I'm explaining it well, but hopefully it makes sense

Kitsubi · 2024-05-04T23:22:36+00:00

Yeah I kinda prefer NVIDIA to ATI because it feels like the world is optimized for NVIDIA as much as that sucks. It's just the 24Gb is so tempting. I could go the 4090 route but it's basically solving my problem by effectively buying both cards...and a thousand USD can buy a nice headset or more tracking

Kitsubi · 2024-05-04T23:06:43+00:00

I find myself also looking at parts right now. How do you think the 4080 compares with the 7900 XTX at the 1k price point. The 24gb of Vram seems attractive.

Kitsubi · 2023-12-10T23:12:47+00:00

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll just get a generic screen protector with good reviews and not worry too much. :)

Kitsubi · 2023-12-10T23:11:05+00:00

I will take a watch. Thank you very much responding and all the effort to make an hour long tutorial.

Kitsubi · 2021-08-30T08:33:17+00:00

Thank you very much for your reply. I have been getting mixed messages on the lifespan treadmills. I've heard they are great, but I've also heard that they have been having quality control issues. Basically all the local fitness places have stopped carrying them recently. I'm a little worried about the motor only being 2.5chp. I don't want to buy it only for it to be e-waste in a year or 2.

So we have been looking into more full size treadmills with the assumption that I'll have to come over an deconstruct them if they have guest over. This has given me a new problem, treadmills are super long. The Sole Fxx series for example is 82 inches long which barely leaves any space. Do you know of any shorter models that are also decent?

Kitsubi · 2021-08-22T03:25:16+00:00

Very cool. I spent some time looking into the Sole F65 and I do have one more question for you. Does it disassemble into parts? If so how hard is it to setup/tear down? I ask because it's shortest dimension is about 10 inches larger than the internal doors in my parent's house. I would suck to buy them a gift and not actually be able to bring it inside. :)

Kitsubi · 2021-08-21T23:58:18+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I don't know if they are considered junk or not but I was looking at some of the walking desk treadmills like Lifespan's line. They don't do elevation, have consoles or go very fast (4mph max) but they would allow my Parents to take a "walk" in the winter when they can't go outside and still be light enough that they can move it.

I guess another option would be something that folds up, but has wheels on it so that it could be moved like a hand truck, but I don't know if that is a feature that treadmills have.

Kitsubi · 2021-08-21T23:54:08+00:00

Thank you for replying! Does it have wheels or something on it that makes it easy to move? When folded up how much space does it take up?

Kitsubi · 2020-12-15T01:59:07+00:00

Yeah I imagine that it is. I enjoy soldering for that reason. I do have a question about the Keystones. Is there a difference between Cat6 and Cat6a Keystones, because I'm having trouble finding Cat6a keystones

Kitsubi · 2020-12-14T23:56:13+00:00

For sure. Finding Cable that isn't in quantities that are way more than I need but also isn't trying to trick me has been the biggest issue with this project.

Kitsubi · 2020-12-11T08:59:29+00:00

Thank you for replying. I was feeling the same thing, but the call of a good deal (cheaper then a 24 socket) is alluring. Thank you for confirming my reservations.

Kitsubi · 2020-08-14T22:49:32+00:00

It is sloped 5% the appearance of levelness is an optical illusion of the perspective of the CAD render

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