Tag: coin door
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Backboxing
Ended up having to work from home today and not having a commute meant I was able to get the backbox sanded and make a trip to the hardware store for sandpaper and paint before the kids went to bed. The littles were great helpers at Menards. I did a round of wood filling with…
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Big Guns: tilt mech & coin door reassembled
The coin door took longer than expected. First I had to clean the wire harness and everything attached to it. I didn’t take very many pictures of the teardown (big mistake), mostly just the finished wiring. It was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, but I’m confident it’s done correctly. I need to dig up…
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A full day’s work
I took a day off today and mostly worked on the machines. It was fun and very productive. Painted lots and lots of stuff for Big Guns, mostly cabinet related. Regrained, buffed, and polished lots of metal for Space Mission, and some for Big Guns. Painted the blue metal arc for Space Mission and unfortunately…
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Spraying!
Took advantage of the windless evening and sprayed paint for about three hours. 4 coats gloss black on the cab, gloss black on the transformer, and 3 coats textured black on the coin door. At the rate I’m progressing I should have the cabinet stencils painted and the cab reassembled in 2-3 weeks. Exciting!
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Big Guns cabinet paint prep
I ended up spray priming the cabinet last night, but there were a couple places that I filled with putty and forgot to sand down, so I finished sanding those spots out and would have finished priming too if it weren’t for the heavy mist outside. I sanded out the coin door parts and nailed…
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Coin door teardown
Dismantled the coin door on Big Guns, finally hitting rock bottom on this rehab project. There’s nothing left to take apart!