http://www.pinblog.com Restoring as many pins as we can get our hands on. Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:44:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During the week of the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown I was wandering around, trying to get as good a deal as I could from the different vendors at the show (buying pinballs is a prime example, no shipping). While perusing the floor I ran into John Detweiler (aka ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/07/15/sir-tiltsalots-playfield-rotisserie/ I've been trying to keep track of all things pin on the web for a while now, and I recently found pinwiki.org. It's slowly taking shape, so head on over, take a gander, and add some content already! http://www.pinblog.com/2007/05/20/a-new-wiki-in-the-house/ Over the past few days I was busy trying to get my Johnny M up and working. I bought this pin from the 0P as non working. It had been sitting in his shop not working for about six months from when I started to barter back and forth with ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/04/27/burn-out-and-burn-in/ Repopulating the playfield took a lot of time, mainly because I cleaned each piece as I was putting it back on. I replaced all the ramps except Insanity Falls, and I learned a couple things about the repros: They are awesome. They are not ready to bolt right back on. ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/28/wh2o-restoration-post-7-soaking-wet-and-moving-fast/ With the playfield cleaned up, I turned my attention to the cabinet. I had used a PMS color sample book and PMS 293 C matches for the decals and PMS 294 C for the blue paint. I had a ugly place above the shooter that would need wood ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/28/wh2o-restoration-post-6-rapids-ahead/ Now that the Upper PF is done, attention turns to the Main PF. Each section gets all the pieces, bolts, posts and screws removed and placed in ziploc bags, leaving me with about 89 baggies in a box. Man, I hope I can get all this back ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/27/wh2o-restoration-post-5-floating-gently-along/ While I'm waiting for my parts, there is plenty to keep me busy. First thing that comes off is the Upper Playfield, so I started there. Getting that off was a bugger, but it eventually yielded. I pulled everything off it, some of it held on by ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/26/wh2o-restoration-post-4-hand-me-the-paddle/ Here's the list of what's getting replaced or added. The parts are coming from the usual places, Marco, BAA, Illinois PinBall, Pinball Inc, Pinball Life. And I'd like to send a shout out to my 2 local sources for parts, Action Pinball and ThePinballWizard.net. Both excellent places. So ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/26/wh2o-restoration-post-3-nobody-rides-for-free/ The first thing to do was take stock the actual condition of the machine. It's fully functional, so I'm good there. All the dirt hides a lot, however, and closer examination of all the parts will reveal just what needs to be done. So off with the ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/26/wh2o-restoration-post-2-one-foot-in-the-raft/ I picked up a White Water from a local op here in SLC. It's my first pin, and I'm going to jump in with both feet and restore it to the best of my ability. No new cab stickers, but I will touch up the paint, replace any ... http://www.pinblog.com/2007/03/22/white-water-restoration-post-1-getting-my-feet-wet/