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1959 United League Ball Bowler Restoration

By RedRhyno91

5 years ago


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    #8 5 years ago
    Quoted from RedRhyno91:

    I truly don't care about everything being original. I just want it to look amazing in my game room and play perfectly. Would live to hear people's thoughts.

    The V section rubber is there because it has a specific function and I would never underestimate that purpose. Also for me looking amazing in a gameroom is maintaining originality but in a realistic and sensible manner and respecting the original engineering of the machine.

    #11 5 years ago

    I recently purchased various rubbers from Chris at St Louis ball bowlers. He has always had what I wanted for my ball bowler in knowledge or parts.

    #13 5 years ago

    On my Tropics resto I used Minwax golden oak on the timber and the closest filler I could find for the bumps. I found the golden oak made the finish slightly darker so you may find the same. But looking at your pics your timber should come up quite nice.

    Interestingly I reversed the V rubber as Clay suggests but what I found on re-install was that from the constant hitting the ball had become slightly 'warped' towards the back. So when I reversed it it then had a natural warp to the front and was not letting the balls through on the left or high side of the ball trough channel. I needed to reverse to original albeit with a repair to a split section of the V rubber.

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    #26 5 years ago

    I found on a recent resto that these bolts can become slightly bent (that trough takes quite a battering) and therefore more difficult to remove. Removal patience won the day and I replaced the bolts.

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