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  • Taxi: Very clean mechs

    Taxi: Very clean mechs

    I’ve been taking my time rebuilding most of the mechs on this machine. There are a few more kickers to do that are still under the playfield, and of course the pops, but the big ones are done.  I figured out a solution for finding all the through holes in the playfield that were covered…

  • Taxi drop targets done

    Taxi drop targets done

    Drops done, slingshots are next. Unfortunately, I have to replace the sling switches because they are totally jacked up and covered with some kind of clear coat.

  • Dirty parts need some love

    Dirty parts need some love

    This week’s goal: clean this stuff and rebuild the flippers. Taking the slow and steady approach to rebuilding this Taxi.

  • Taxi playfield comes home and the garage is a disaster

    Taxi playfield comes home and the garage is a disaster

    Picked up the freaking amazing looking taxi playfield. It’s just great. Not perfect, certainly not as awesome as a new reproduction playfield would be, but for the money it is ASTOUNDING. That said, i really fucked up. i totally fucked up. i forgot to mark out the location of all the screw holes. This machine…

  • Taxi playfield overlay installed

    Taxi playfield overlay installed

    I found someone to install the overlay and clear coat the Taxi playfield for me. Today i got this text from him and i am just TOO excited. He’ll clear and level over this and then I will get it home and start repopulating! So crazy that this machine will finally be playable soon.

  • Sanding wood patches

    Sanding wood patches

    Block sanded the entire playfield again at 400 grit and worked the newly patched spots down. Shooter lane is great, but I’ll probably need to paint it fake woodgrain so it’s not obvious. Next step I’m gonna do a light poly coat.

  • Taxi playfield overlay arrives

    Taxi playfield overlay arrives

    Very exciting things to come

  • Taxi, wood repairs

    Taxi, wood repairs

    This area of the shooter lane was totally ruined and was preventing good ball launches up to the spinout ramp, so here i have messed it up more removing all the soft flakey wood and putting in some holes to anchor the JB Wood that i’m going to use to rebuild it. In other news,…

  • Goodbye Taxi playfield art

    Goodbye Taxi playfield art

    I didn’t expect to end up where i did, but after giving up on scraping the crap off the playfield, i thought i’d take a crack at sanding. Pretty quickly it became clear that there was no way to gingerly sand off selective areas, as adjacent areas would get worn down to the white undercoat…