Thanks to a very good guy I got in contact through https://pinside.com/ I have new larger images of not only the front of the glass, but the masking on the back too. Posting them here for others to find as well (images should link to the larger files, under 2Mb each). I hope to be back to …
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extremely minor repair: Ball Eject.
The game had trouble ejecting the ball, maybe the solenoid is loose. So lets pop the top. Well, it was loose, but the bigger issue is the rails are below those tabs. Loosen up the screws and lifted the rails over those tabs and it ejects every time now. The new rubber is …
The Playfield
The Play field needs some cleanup, but is in good shape. All the rubber needs to be replaced. There is a little flaking near the bumpers. There is a little rust in the ball captures and the lower part of one of the bumpers is chipped, but works. The center Speakeasy artwork piece is cracked …
Backglass Cleanup
The Backglass of this pinball machine is supposed to look like this: But mine looks like this against a yellow poster board, and after a little cleanup in GIMP (images link to xcf files, 919MB and 96MB currently ). Way too much of the artwork is missing for my original plan. From reading other forums …
Hello again
Well, I managed to break wordpress and had to start over. Luckily I did not have very much content and I can hopefully build it back soon. Live and learn….
Arcade Cabinet: Will I ever do artwork
Back in march 2009 I ordered the paper plans for an arcade cabinet, a 27″ arcade monitor and 4 sheets of MDF plywood. When the rain calmed down construction started in April: So now lets buy a computer to run it, 2 joysticks, keyboard encoder, trackball, spinner, mouse encoder and 24 buttons. When June came …
Speakeasy: The start of a new project
My wife bought me a toy for fathers day. It is a 1977 Playmatic 4-Player Speakeasy EM Pinball. I really like this machine, The playfield is in good condition and is kind of simple. But for a machine built when I was 7 I like that you can trigger the reels on the backglass slot machine …