Tag: pinball
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Clear coating Space Mission
I haven’t been doing anything out in the garage but playing Surf Champ since I fixed it. Last week I broke that habit and put on my nitrile gloves and my respirator and rolled the second to last coat of clear on. Put the final coat on tonight. I know that it won’t be completely…
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Chicago Street Pinball Arcade
Took all the boys with me and Chris to Joliet to play pinball today. It was a pretty long drive, but the place was full of fun machines and we had a great couple of hours playing. It’s an interesting mix of games. I surprised myself by having a great time playing Game Show. Other…
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Schematics to the rescue!
Got the new baby monitor for the little one’s room, so i was finally able to get out in the garage and try and get un-depressed about pinball. I ended up having a marathon session out there with mixed results. Surf Champ is running 100%!!!!!The good news is that, thanks to Nick’s help and this great…
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Schematics!
I jumped headlong in to learning how to read and use pinball schematics last night. I don’t have any schematics for Big Guns yet so i figured i’d take this opportunity to figure out my Surf Champ problems once and for all. Thanks again to the awesome community at Pinside, I got some good advice from Nicholas…
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Yet more Taxi teardown
Removed the old pop bumper parts. Everything but the metal parts will be replaced. Now the topside is free of obstruction and I can start cleaning it in earnest.
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Big Guns odds and ends
Addressed a number of small issues on Big Guns. The right outlane has been KILLING me and i realized that i had a too-large rubber on the single post pictured above. Switched it to a smaller black one from Shadow and it makes the game so much better. Other things I did: There is one…
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More Taxi teardown
Disconnected a bunch of switches, pulled the kicker and catapult arms, and removed light boards. Getting everything that pokes up above the playfield out of the way. Pop bumpers are the only things left.
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More block sanding on Space Mission
Knocked down all the raised spots from overfilling valleys. It is hard work, and I’m thankful that I am not doing another round of fills. There are very small imperfections here and there, but in this case with my tools and novice skills I know that perfect will be the enemy of good. Two more…
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Taxi: hardware sorting
All the hardware from Taxi. The top set has been tumble polished and cleaned. The bottom set is organized so I can take an inventory and replace most of it. These kinds of tasks take quite a long time.