jay3489
Pinball Wizard
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2019
- Messages
- 35
- Solutions
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- Reaction score
- 17
- Points
- 19
- Favorite Pinball Machine
- Moulin Rouge
As promised
Fair animation
I am not one to do something like this, but on this particular machine I thought it would look great
Especially considering the only the modification to the machine was tapping off the special light bulb socket
This light comes on and remains lit after all the cars are lit
Got a wooden Ferris wheel kit
Painted and assembled it
After working on it, I realized it was a little too tall. It would hit my ceiling
Don’t have 8 ft ceilings in my basement. Could have been avoided if I had a full 8 ft ceiling
Had to do a few modifications to make it smaller
Had to cut spokes shorter to clear the ceiling
After it was built and painted , was time to add lights
36 leds around the spokes
3 holes were drilled in each of the 12 for the LED’s and wired from the backside
Then I decided to add some sound
Got a small MP3 player and recorded calliope sounds for the carnival effect
When the special light comes on it sends 6 volts AC to a rectifier
That In turn sends DC to drive the relay
The Mp 3 player is also activated by the relay
After installing it, the LED’s were too bright. Looked more like a pinwheel
Rather than dimming the LED’s , I experimented with more light shining
on the wheel
I wound up installing a small LED floodlight ,lighting up the entire wheel
from the front
It balanced everything out and looks much better
I am more than pleased with the way it turned out
See attached photos and video
Fair animation
I am not one to do something like this, but on this particular machine I thought it would look great
Especially considering the only the modification to the machine was tapping off the special light bulb socket
This light comes on and remains lit after all the cars are lit
Got a wooden Ferris wheel kit
Painted and assembled it
After working on it, I realized it was a little too tall. It would hit my ceiling
Don’t have 8 ft ceilings in my basement. Could have been avoided if I had a full 8 ft ceiling
Had to do a few modifications to make it smaller
Had to cut spokes shorter to clear the ceiling
After it was built and painted , was time to add lights
36 leds around the spokes
3 holes were drilled in each of the 12 for the LED’s and wired from the backside
Then I decided to add some sound
Got a small MP3 player and recorded calliope sounds for the carnival effect
When the special light comes on it sends 6 volts AC to a rectifier
That In turn sends DC to drive the relay
The Mp 3 player is also activated by the relay
After installing it, the LED’s were too bright. Looked more like a pinwheel
Rather than dimming the LED’s , I experimented with more light shining
on the wheel
I wound up installing a small LED floodlight ,lighting up the entire wheel
from the front
It balanced everything out and looks much better
I am more than pleased with the way it turned out
See attached photos and video
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