A few years in the making, an on-again-off-again affair, I present "Hot Touch Arcade."



A pinball-centric game cabinet with arcade controls and realistic feedback. The machine currently runs Windows XP and the Future Pinball pinball emulator.



Photos on Flickr

Major Features:

Custom Plywood Cabinet

19" LCD 16:9 Display

Speakers with Amplifier

Backglass with LED Backlight

Wrapped Cabinet Graphics

LED Marquee Display

Shooter

Coin Acceptor

Lighted Start Button

Joystick and A/B Controls

Flipper Buttons with Solenoid Feedback

Accelerometer

Nvidia Graphics Card

Intel Atom Motherboard

Solid State Disk

To answer some questions:

No, it is not a touch screen.

There are a few dozen tables installed that you can play, many more available.

It has solenoid feedback and working shooter for a more realistic experience.

It is entirely built from scratch.

I had to make a few pneumatic cannons for Make:NYC and in a pinch I sourced all the parts from Home Depot. Of course your local Home Depot stock will vary, but these are simple and easy to assemble.





Be sure to properly clean, prep and glue all PVC joints. Let cure 24 hours before use. Use Teflon tape on all threaded joints!

In Jai-alai, the stick used to hurl the ball at nearly 200MPH is called a basket. In cap tossing, I'm not quite sure what to call it. In a game where throwing bottle caps with the hand is the objective, a new tool emerges.

The cap basket.



Made from plywood and polycarbonate, cut with a bandsaw.

Fear!

Over the holidays I baked some quiches for family. I soon realized that pie pans are very hard to store, being very wide and flat, you can't stack them in the fridge. So, to save space and create a vessel to transport quiches to remote operating locales, I whipped up a container for them from a box I received from Amazon.



Here's a Cut/Fold diagram to help you make your own.



Of course, if you aren't the cardboard type -- or just like origami, you can print out the diagram and fold your own miniature version.



Yes -- It's just a box. I'm working very hard on more elaborate projects, so keep checking in.