Tag: pinball restoration
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Planning a pinball class
I’ve been thinking a lot about putting together a pinball restoration class for 4-5 kids next school year. The other night I decided to just dictate a voice memo with all of my ideas about the class, and here are the results.
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Tracing Team One
Our retheme project stalled for a few months as I tried to figure out how to scan this playfield. I tried a few methods with less than stellar results and eventually decided that tracing, then scanning was the best idea. All I really need is a 1:1 digital file that contains the basic playfield layout–inserts,…
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Dang flipper bats
Replaced the flipper coils in space mission today because one was bad. Unfortunately the bats are so mangled that I couldn’t get them adjusted correctly afterward. Tried to use the sanding flap wheel on the dremmil to smooth it out but it’s just too far gone. After three failed attempts decided it is time to…
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Shadow Bling
Switched all the star posts to purple and put purple post lights under the slings. Also replaced the old spotlight sockets with matrix since they were so ugly after repairing the solders. It was nice because the matrix posts lights and the spot light all tie in together now. Finally got around to installing the…
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Roll out!
Transformers is working pretty nicely! Cleaned a lot, replaced rubbers and some bulbs, and fixed the right flipper by replacing the transistor on the board. I had some good fun playing but I’ve only put in a few games. Not quite sure how any of the rules and modes work at this point. It’s fast…
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Another rebuilt stepper
Used all the new techniques that Nic taught me and rebuilt the second stepper unit in Team One. It was pretty easy to do and took me a little over an hour. It’s really satisfying to get everything working 100% and all the contacts burnished and all the springs clean and perfectly adjusted. I’ve got…
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More Team One teardown
Getting everything ready for the tumbler, including all the rollover lane switches. ayayyyyy. Also put together my Pinball Resource shopping list. I need quite a few new parts for this machine, so much of the plastic is cracked, and pops need to be rebuilt.
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Tearing down Team One
Just quickly tearing down bits of the Team One playfield.
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EM Stepper class
Learned a whole heck of a lot on Saturday in my time with Nic. We rebuilt this stepper, a few relays, and a score reel. Nic also found and fixed the mysterious issues with Space Mission. We didn’t get as far as I hoped with Team One, but now I feel 100% confident in doing…