EdwardFarmer Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 Not far off completion now main thigs to do are to go through all the games adding coin input and hoppers 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavroz Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 That looks decent, really professional looking. Brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted August 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Mavroz said: That looks decent, really professional looking. Brilliant. Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davep180 Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 Nice one! Looking really good there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted August 19, 2023 Report Share Posted August 19, 2023 Looks awesome that! Really neat and tidy look to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 Looks brilliant ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altheman2004 Posted September 3, 2023 Report Share Posted September 3, 2023 Looks amazing, would love to see more photos and info on your build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Hog Mad Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 What size screen is that? I want to build another lol. But with 2 screens, one for the reels and one for the top part. It can be done. Looks good that btw. Send us some pics of the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotsmagic Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Road Hog Mad said: What size screen is that? I want to build another lol. But with 2 screens, one for the reels and one for the top part. It can be done. Looks good that btw. Send us some pics of the inside. I'd always been tempted to repurpose one of my digitals in that way when one dies. Something like my Electrocoin Vegas Strip cabinet. Lovely and compact and a pair of 4:3 screens. I mainly play lo-techs anyway these days, so it would be easy to have that type of machine in a dual screen config. Would also work nicely with lo-techs with a set of top reels in the top glass. Mind you I've still not made any progress on my cabs. I probably ought to sell some of my collection off, might give me a kick up the arse to work on the MFME cabs. 1 Happy non-gambler since 1st January 2025! (if anyone else needs or wants to quit, I recommend Allen Carr's 'Easyway to Stop Gambling'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted October 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 03/09/2023 at 14:48, Altheman2004 said: Looks amazing, would love to see more photos and info on your build Yh mate, still a work in progress but pretty much runnin a pay in and out system using 3 hopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted October 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 28/09/2023 at 11:37, Road Hog Mad said: What size screen is that? I want to build another lol. But with 2 screens, one for the reels and one for the top part. It can be done. Looks good that btw. Send us some pics of the inside. Off the top of my head i used a 43" screen then brought a touch screen surrond to make it touch screen Will get some inside pics for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted October 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 28/09/2023 at 11:58, slotsmagic said: I'd always been tempted to repurpose one of my digitals in that way when one dies. Something like my Electrocoin Vegas Strip cabinet. Lovely and compact and a pair of 4:3 screens. I mainly play lo-techs anyway these days, so it would be easy to have that type of machine in a dual screen config. Would also work nicely with lo-techs with a set of top reels in the top glass. Mind you I've still not made any progress on my cabs. I probably ought to sell some of my collection off, might give me a kick up the arse to work on the MFME cabs. I made this and now iam sellimg of my Astra cab i think this is like an all in one machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 19/08/2023 at 12:29, EdwardFarmer said: Not far off completion now main thigs to do are to go through all the games adding coin input and hoppers bloody lovely 1 living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPU_FIVE Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Hi @EdwardFarmer... I noticed in davep180's thread that you said your machine had a separate 12v power supply and did'nt use the molex leads from the PC for power... When I eventually make a cabinet I want to use a separate 12v supply too... (and possibly a 24v one for the hoppers if they need 24v - the 12v would be for the LED bulbs as i wanted brighter ones than the 5v LED bulbs.) I just wanted to ask if you could show how you did the common ground for your machine as i have noticed it to be a problem with some builds. I had an idea that if i got a mains plug with just the earth pin wired up and plugged into the same extention block as the PC, Monitor, 12v and 24v power supplys etc, could everything that needs grounding attatch to that same earth wire, or is that a bad idea? Another question I have for you is are there extraction fans to remove heat from the cabinet as i know large TV's / Monitors say in there instruction leaflets not to be used in enclosed spaces as they can overheat so wondering how you overcame that problem too... Hope you don't mind me asking all this! Thanks, and once again - very impressive build you have made there. All the best, Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 2 hours ago, MPU_FIVE said: Hi @EdwardFarmer... I noticed in davep180's thread that you said your machine had a separate 12v power supply and did'nt use the molex leads from the PC for power... When I eventually make a cabinet I want to use a separate 12v supply too... (and possibly a 24v one for the hoppers if they need 24v - the 12v would be for the LED bulbs as i wanted brighter ones than the 5v LED bulbs.) I just wanted to ask if you could show how you did the common ground for your machine as i have noticed it to be a problem with some builds. I had an idea that if i got a mains plug with just the earth pin wired up and plugged into the same extention block as the PC, Monitor, 12v and 24v power supplys etc, could everything that needs grounding attatch to that same earth wire, or is that a bad idea? Another question I have for you is are there extraction fans to remove heat from the cabinet as i know large TV's / Monitors say in there instruction leaflets not to be used in enclosed spaces as they can overheat so wondering how you overcame that problem too... Hope you don't mind me asking all this! Thanks, and once again - very impressive build you have made there. All the best, Gary. Hey pal, yes mate, i went woth the 12v as found it better with the hoppers i used as when i used a 24v supply to them they ran to fast throwing out a few extra coins Regarding the bulbs i just used 5v as i power them from my pac drive 5v supply they seem bright enough for me, you just need to make sure you have the right bulbs I can sort you a GND diagram to how i did mine will tey sort that for you was pretty straight forward when i got going i just daisy chain. Regarding the heat from the TV atm my cabinet is open top and back so bot needed a fan yet can show you a pic of that also later when home. Also hear to help pal dont worry about asking i was the same got to learn somewhere as you want to get it bang on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkster Posted December 4, 2023 Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 31/10/2023 at 10:31, EdwardFarmer said: Yh mate, still a work in progress but pretty much runnin a pay in and out system using 3 hopper Looks great that I’m planning something similar myself if it looks half as good as yours I will be happy. I’m interested in how you have the 3 hopper system running did you use the Arduino method that’s posted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted December 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 3 hours ago, clarkster said: Looks great that I’m planning something similar myself if it looks half as good as yours I will be happy. I’m interested in how you have the 3 hopper system running did you use the Arduino method that’s posted? Hey mate iam sure it will, just let me know if you need any advice along the way, I pretty sure I can have as many hoppers as I want, I just use 2p, 10p, £1, when I play a game that is normally a 20p hopper I just put in the settings multiplier x2 on the 10p hopper to pay out 20p, I use a pac drive for mine mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkster Posted December 4, 2023 Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 2 hours ago, EdwardFarmer said: Hey mate iam sure it will, just let me know if you need any advice along the way, I pretty sure I can have as many hoppers as I want, I just use 2p, 10p, £1, when I play a game that is normally a 20p hopper I just put in the settings multiplier x2 on the 10p hopper to pay out 20p, I use a pac drive for mine mate Ok thanks for the offer it’s much appreciated. That’s good to know. I was under the impression that mfme only supported 2 hoppers. I was thinking of having a £1,10p and 20p token set up for my build. As most of the games I used to play were cash/token games. Have you tried all 3 running on one machine successfully? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frog Posted December 4, 2023 Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 That's one mighty impressive build. Fair play fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted December 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, clarkster said: Ok thanks for the offer it’s much appreciated. That’s good to know. I was under the impression that mfme only supported 2 hoppers. I was thinking of having a £1,10p and 20p token set up for my build. As most of the games I used to play were cash/token games. Have you tried all 3 running on one machine successfully? Yh I wish I put 4 hoppers in my build now as some of the token games I would like to have on my build, I haven’t tried 3 on one game at a time but I sure there would be a way to get them to work would need time to look at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted December 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Ze Frog said: That's one mighty impressive build. Fair play fella. Thanks mate appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkster Posted December 4, 2023 Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, EdwardFarmer said: Yh I wish I put 4 hoppers in my build now as some of the token games I would like to have on my build, I haven’t tried 3 on one game at a time but I sure there would be a way to get them to work would need time to look at that 4 would probably cover most if not all games 2p/10p/£1/token that would be an ideal set up. Let me know the results if you do end up trying 3 on one machine please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted December 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 50 minutes ago, clarkster said: 4 would probably cover most if not all games 2p/10p/£1/token that would be an ideal set up. Let me know the results if you do end up trying 3 on one machine please Yh mate I think so also, Yh when I get some spare time I will try it mate and let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLOVELL36UK Posted March 5, 2024 Report Share Posted March 5, 2024 On 19/08/2023 at 12:29, EdwardFarmer said: Not far off completion now main thigs to do are to go through all the games adding coin input and hoppers Hi Great cab i built a desktop one now doing full scale ver any chance you have a cab drawing with mesurments i could coppy ....looks perfect for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardFarmer Posted March 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2024 1 hour ago, MLOVELL36UK said: Hi Great cab i built a desktop one now doing full scale ver any chance you have a cab drawing with mesurments i could coppy ....looks perfect for me Hey mate, I don't I just made it up as I went along, but I could get you some measurements if you like ? Also if you need help with anything else I can try point you in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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