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1934 Bally Signal Jr. rescue

By Battlebugs

3 years ago


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#6 3 years ago
Quoted from Blake:

Absolutely beautiful. Great job. Should swap out the lock down screws for brass slotted bevel head with brass escutcheon. Would be more time period correct.
The cabinet really came back to life. What did you use to give it that deep rich tone? I restored a 1941 Genco Argentine that I'm still not happy with the wood rails. Just lack that deep shine. Yours look great. Nice job on the semaphore assemblies and door too. My Argentine door was in very rough shape as many are from prying. Its presentable now but nothing great.
Heres the restore thread if you care to see pics - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cabinet-woodworking-finished-on-to-the-back-box
Final results here - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/1941-genco-argentine-restoration-video#post-6203804

We didn't go as far he did, but when we cleaned Linsey's Signal Jr. we used this stuff to really polish and get the wood to shine.

https://www.signaturepolishonline.com/

It works wonders. We used it on everything except the playfield.

#14 3 years ago
Quoted from Battlebugs:

In 1933 FDR led the development of an organization to help the nation recover from the Great Depression - the National Recovery Administration. They established a bunch of national industry codes and regulations. Companies that participated showed compliance by putting badges or stickers on their goods.
So the stickers on my pin I recreated from pictures I found on-line and put them where I could still see glue marks on the playfield surround.[quoted image]

On our Signal Jr I believe it has a serial number on the top left of the surround. If you click on the linked game that picture is of ours. I'll try and get some better snaps tonight.

#16 3 years ago

Upon closer inspection it may be some kind of inventory or perhaps tax sticker.

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