This "year in review" thread is all about your restorations, or major improvements you made to your pins.

Adding 6 new games (2 EM, 3 SS and 1 DMD) kept me busy this year, so I didn't accomplish half of what I set out to do. But here's what I did get done:

Black Knight: made it bullet-proof (new boards, microswitches, lots of tweaking).
Whirlwind: finished most of the CPR playfield swap
Jumping Jack: replaced all of the drop targets and the backglass
Fathom: did a complete shopout, and sold my CPR playfield
Space Station: did a complete shopout, added new blue ramp and LED'ed it (!)
NASCAR: did a complete shopout

"Complete shopout" means I removed everything from the top of the playfield, cleaned it with Novus and waxed it 3x.

My main restoration goals in 2015 are C37, Space Mission and JM (and finishing WW). I'm planning to not buy anything this year, so I can totally focus on the games I'm lucky enough to own.

I also tracked down NOS playfields for Hot Shots and Trident, which I hope I'll be able to get to this year.

So nobody wants to talk about their year in the workshop?

I've planned out my projects for 2015. The new skills I want to gain are:

- installing cabinet decals (WW, JM)
- protecting playfield touchups (C37, Space Mission)
- leveling inserts with UV reactive resin (many games)

That's impressive - I imagine TAF is not an easy swap. I have to limit myself to 1 swap a year because I'm so slow (they usually take me 40-60 hours).

Space Station was the worst for me, for the same reason (not drilled or dimpled). Worse, it has double the number of GI sockets, for "condition green".