thinking & making

  • Almost almost almost (Shadow)

    Almost almost almost (Shadow)

    Everything is done except putting back the brass wire forms. This thing is like a freaking puzzle. It’s probably going to take me another 2-3 hours but I should be playing by the end of the weekend! Did the rest of the plastics, the battlefield apron, slingshots, installed diverters, plugged all the wiring back in,…

  • More Shadow progress

    More Shadow progress

    Got more done on Shadow tonight. Tomorrow the left diverter will go in and I’ll start putting the wireforms back on. Can’t believe I’m getting so close!

  • Metal metal metal

    Metal metal metal

    Spent a good long time polishing these metal parts from Shadow. Very happy with how they came out. Now everything is ready to go back on the machine. Reassembly starts tonight.

  • HBD (neon) to me!

    HBD (neon) to me!

    Well dammit all I just got the coolest birthday gift from A. My very own Williams Pinball neon sign. HOT DANG!

  • Cleaning Shadow parts

    Cleaning Shadow parts

    Spent about 4 hours cleaning and organizing parts. Still need to polish metals, but screws, posts, plastics, and other various crap is clean and polished and ready to go.

  • Good times playin and fixin

    My personal goal for Sinbad was to clear all the drops twice in a single ball. I managed to do it last night and was actually just shy of clearing it three times. I scored 200k on that ball and got an extra ball too. Unfortunately I managed to play like crap on the other…

  • Gottlieb Team One – new to me!

    Gottlieb Team One – new to me!

    Picked this up on the way home from dropping my son off at camp. It’s very clean inside and should be easy to get working. Needs new rubber and a very thorough cleaning on the playfield and the outside of cabinet. The plan with this one is to do a complete re-theme with Allison. Not…

  • Fun game on Spanish Eyes

    Fun game on Spanish Eyes

    I couldn’t get into the “A” lane to save my life but I managed a few extra balls with the numbers and horseshoe. My reproduction backglass is on the way and I can’t wait. Love this machine.

  • Fun at Brixie’s

    Fun at Brixie’s

    Had a real fun night playing over at Brixie’s. Rob had some rarities on location that were a real treat.