Pinball Restoration Blog

Dr Who – mini-playfield protector strip

Dr Who – mini-playfield protector strip

From: stokiebouy Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Re: Dr Who – mini-playfield protector strip Well, I finished my metal strip replacement. Took about 30 mins all told, mainly because I also built a little jig to...

Tech guide/pictorial – rebuilding flipper assemblies Part 1

Tech guide/pictorial – rebuilding flipper assemblies Part 1

From: adi@ Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Tech guide/pictorial – rebuilding flipper assemblies Part 1 The link to Part 1 of “Rebuilding Flipper Assemblies” exclusively posted at pinball.enthusiast.group Newsgroup, link here: Or, shorter link: http://tinyurl.com/8tepq Adi...

MM restore complete Pics are up.

MM restore complete Pics are up.

From: “Bryan Kelly” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: MM restore complete Pics are up. Well, another one joins the herd……and this one ain’t goin anywhere anytime soon. :-) I took plenty of “under the hood” pics...

Heatsinks for BR1 and BR2 on WPC games

Heatsinks for BR1 and BR2 on WPC games

From: “PT” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Re: Heatsinks for BR1 and BR2 on WPC games Have you tried PBR? The part number is 01-10572 (I think). Its a tough size to find. The tall caps...

Lock Bar Repair

Lock Bar Repair

From: “Lloyd Olson” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Re: lock down bar You might consider just inserting carriage bolts in the holes so you don’t have an unsightly bar across the front and the holes are...

Tech: Simple Shadow Wireform Switch Fix

Tech: Simple Shadow Wireform Switch Fix

From: Rick Swanson Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Tech: Simple Shadow Wireform Switch Fix My Shadow has the problem that when you shoot the left Phurba ramp the right side wireform switch doesn’t always register that...

Target Foam

Target Foam

From: Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Re: forget milk – got target foam? Weather stripping commonly found in Home Depot is just fine for this. Cit to size and peel away. The key here is prep....

Regraining Metal

Regraining Metal

From: “Bryan Kelly” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: Re: Ramp regraining question for our Top Notch Restoration Experts like Bryan Kelly and Company Tell ya what, Mike, you’ll do the job a lot faster and end...

Pinball Hall Of Fame

Pinball Hall Of Fame

Recently I had a chance to go and see the beginnings of the Pinball Hall of Fame and meet Tim Arnolds in Las Vegas. Tim was Kind enough to let me take photos. Originally...

More TAF Magnet Mod

More TAF Magnet Mod

From: “Mamushka” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: TAF magnet fuse mod works. This is just empirical data but it looks like the TAF magnet fuse mod works (I Googled and could find no one that verified...

Dry Cabinet Application

Dry Cabinet Application

From: Robert Winter Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: HOWTO: Cabinet decals using the dry method Since I’ve documented my method of applying decals using the “wet” technique, I thought it was only fair to do the...

MM Restoration Pictures

MM Restoration Pictures

From: “Bryan Kelly” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: MM cabinet prep pics are up I’m working on my MM restoration and thought I’d take some pics of what I do when restoring a cabinet. Most of...

PinMame in STTNG Cabinet

PinMame in STTNG Cabinet

From: “D Peeples” Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball Subject: OT – Kinda – MAME in a STTNG cab. Found this interesting. http://home.comcast.net/~ataritoday/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html Dave