Tag: pinball
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Poking holes
So nerve racking. I think these are the last to drill out.
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Taxi posts puzzle, it’s tricky
It’s been mildly stressful finding and drilling holes in this playfield but I’ve got nearly all of the metal parts on now. What I have left is the tricky stuff. I have to figure out where all the long posts and hex posts go and there isn’t any documentation. I failed to get proper photos…
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Taxi interconnect board fixed, playfield progress
Lots more in on the playfield and having tons of fun now that I have a boatload of new machine screws in different sizes and lengths. I paid my oldest son to do the board work. He replaced two resistors and made a molex connector from the GI wires that are soldered directly to the…
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7 more guides down
Installed 7 more metal guides in no time today. This is getting fun. Still finding more holes to drill as I place everything.
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Taxi: moving along
Got a bunch more installed tonight. Lane guides, two ball gates, and quite a few posts. I’m realizing that I need to replace broken screws and I probably don’t have everything I need. Hopefully it’s stuff I can get at the hardware store. Still, it’s looking amazing. Calling it a night cause my computer ran…
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Getting back into Taxi
I’ve been traveling and painting for the last four weeks so it’s good to be back. My goal is to get this done in the next 3 weeks. It’ll hinge on how long the board work and fixing GI wiring takes me. Tonight I finished drilling all the holes in the back half so it’s…
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Finding the screw holes
I found all the through holes using a flashlight under the playfield, but now that I’m repopulating I’ve got to find all the screw holes that didn’t go through. Luckily, I’ve found that if I locate the approximate position and press that area with my thumb, I can see a slight dimple where the hole…
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Taxi: rails and holes
I’ve drilled all the holes that go all the way through the playfield. It was anxious work. Also put on all the black rails. Another long task was fixing all the lamp sockets. Dude who cleared the playfield shot clear into them so many weren’t working. All clean now. I’m going to start populating the…
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Taxi speaker panel mod
Speaker panel cut and t nuts back in the right place, everything painted black. I think I’m eventually going to go all the way with this one and put in a crossover and an 8″ woofer for the cab and a separate volume for the backbox. For now just speaker replacement here.