My story, by request.

By Wadeotornado

July 20, 2015


8 years ago

I started buying pinball machines in the late 80's while living in Long Beach. My background is in graphic art and I had a t-shirt printing business in the early 90's. I knew there were a few people making backglasses and I decided to do one for a dealer out of the Phoenix area. I eventually started making glass for Herb Silvers' "dirty dozen" group. Herb's art and film sets were sold to Shay and I also produced a few glasses for him. 

 

 I had always wanted to make playfields and custom games and in the early 2000's, I made a Knock Out and Kings & Queens playfield. These were just protos. I took a cnc class in order to refine the cutting process and make multiple copies. During that time, I also started printing plastics.

 

 I have worked on many custom games including the Visible Pinballs with  Michael & Christian Schiess for the Pacific Pinball Museum and Exploratorium , The Hellacopters (my first custom game), Metallica, Koolsville, (these were with Dirty Donny), The Punball (Only One Earth) with William Wiley, Evil Mansion, Faile, and Bast with Tilt Warning Customs, plus the self playing machines with Michael Schiess currently on display at the Phaeno Science Center. Many others contributed to these projects as well including Tanio Klyce, Dan Kramer, Greg Ong, Jim Dietrich, Dave Baach, Soviet, Adam 6000, Electric Works, Joe Sweeney, James Hetfield, Rolph Britain, Ed Cassell, sorry if I left anyone out, message me if I did.

 

I have a short film about what I do if you'd like to see me in action at my shop. You can find the trailer on vimeo and youtube.

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