Tag: playfield
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More taxi playfield repop progress
Got all the metal and rubber parts on the playfield. If all goes well I could be playing this weekend, but I’m not counting on it! In other news, my workshop is a frickin mess.
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Taxi post puzzle: solved!
Placed all the ramps to figure out where the posts needed to go, then installed all the posts. Screwed in the back board as well. There are a lot of plastic pieces to clean and polish. I am missing a few trim plastics and that bums me out. Unfortunately there isn’t a repro set out…
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Poking holes
So nerve racking. I think these are the last to drill out.
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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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“just one more thing”
Just one more. Just one more thing. Just this one last thing… 3am. The pins in the photo mark the through holes that were covered by the overlay. Normally i’d say i have about 5-10 hours left with a machine at this stage but in this case with the new clear coat and overlay obscuring…