Excited to finally join the club! Found a local machine in terrific shape. Playfield tear down for cleaning / metal polishing and rebuilt with a color dmd, comet leds, titan rubber, new bookshelf, electric chair and thing kicker scoops. Trim is a beautiful antique gold.

Next up will be a ocd led board.

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Does the bare cab come assembled or just as sides, front, floor, etc that need put together? What does shipping run?

Friday night and I’m playing terrible. Might as well do some maintenance. Remove the ramp. Get a nice IPA. Replace the dome shaped rubber by the pops. Green this time.

Drill out the old ramp flaps. Use them as templates to cut new ones. Punch out holes. Clean rust off ramps. Rivet the new ones with my new press from pinrestore.

Reinstall ramps after cleaning and waxing playfield. Grab another beer and play.

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https://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece-punch-and-die-set-95547.html

Not homemade. Harbor freight punch set. About $40. Yes the punches are flat. It works great for making ramp flaps. I just use the old flaps to determine hole size and location.
1/8 in., 3/16 in., 1/4 in., 5/16 in., 3/8 in., 7/16 in., 1/2 in., 5/8 in. and 3/4 in.

Spring steel rolls from pinrestore. .007" thick. Just google spring steel and find if from other vendors as well. Get more than you need as the first few attempts may not be perfect as you improve your technique.

http://www.pinrestore.com/Supplies.html

Cut with tin snips of many types available at home depot or harbor freight. I usually leave corners more square when I first cut them out then keep going back rounding off pieces to get the desired shape.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Wiss-9-3-4-in-Compound-Action-Straight-Cut-Aviation-Snips-M3RS/100060795?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&mtc=Shopping-VF-F_D29A-G-D29A-Multi-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA_LIA-2153902-WF-MinorAppl_Minor_Appliances_Special_Buys&cm_mmc=Shopping-VF-F_D29A-G-D29A-Multi-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA_LIA-2153902-WF-MinorAppl_Minor_Appliances_Special_Buys-71700000042813121-58700004539894749-92700067474701002&gclid=CjwKCAiAv_KMBhAzEiwAs-rX1LjXBJgs5sSroYb-OUZfGrdeeOFNR0b5Oc1WIbk8tiDoQ-gRKLUa2hoC0OoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://mantispinball.com/product/the-adams-family-chair-scoop/

Shiny and new

Is it sad that I have a Addams Gold at home but I’m still dropping quarters in this when I go to the bar?

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You can also run the bare pop bumper gi inside clear tubing as shown here. I use it to go under the pop bumper brackets without risking a short.

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https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/23-6716

Marco sells 1/8” inner diameter tubing for this. Or get something similar at Home Depot or a pet store for a aquarium.

Such a clean look. Love the green rubber as well.

Joined the club again. Picked up an Addams Gold to put beside my current Addams Gold. This one is #8 and had batteries with 2012 date codes on the board that haven’t leaked.

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Just a bad photo. No acid damage noticeable. Still removing the battery holder and going with nvram though.

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Need some expert advice on my pair of Addams Gold games. Both are actual gold games with collectors edition plates.

I got no 0738 in 2019 and it was a reimport. Playfield is vibrant with deep orange cloud but showed some wear at scoop like most do. Mansion was clean. Serial number label shows a build date of 4/27/94 and the pf has a mar 28 94 date code. I have the certificate for this game.

I got game no 0008 this week thinking it might have a repro pf. Orange cloud wasn’t quite as dark, more yellow orange. But looking closely this pf has a oconto falls, Wisconsin label same as my other gold game. Both built by Burkel inc with matching phone numbers on both playfield edges.

Game 008 is a domestic game built 5/6/94 on the serial number tag. Pf has a Dec 15/95 date code. No certificate for this game.

So are both of these original gold playfields? I thought game 008 might be a pf swap because it showed no wear at scoop or elsewhere and orange cloud color was a bit lighter than the other game.

Both games have the collectors edition plaques, extra ball buttons, larger snowflake pattern in red carpet area of pf, use optos not leaf switches for flipper buttons.

Game 008 also has numbers matching boards and is missing the relay cube on the main board that ordinary TAF games had. They removed it for the gold run.

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I agree that nothing about these was sequential and a late build makes sense for a special or employee game. I’m was mostly just interested in opinions on if the playfield is original based on me thinking it could be a replacement due to it having no wear and lighter color in the orange cloud area. Based on the stamps and dates though I now think it is all original.

I’m not complaining to hear these are original. I just had a hard time believing it at first. These pf are both the same manufacturer Burkel Inc. Oconto falls WI 54154 (414)846-8453. They are both stamped as such. One was March of 94, the other was Dec ‘95.

The more faded or yellowed pf on the right is off the serial number 8 game that looks much cleaner, wasn’t drilled for a lock bar, didn’t have coin mechs installed, and looks brand new.

Wish I knew more of both games history.

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Selling my TAF Gold. Located near Pittsburgh.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/146178

Installed my Leds in my Addams and they are incredible. Looks like a neon effect. A must have for this game.

https://modfatherpinball.com/

I did my thing hand and the electric chair. Looks much better. Need to ship yours to him.

One less member of the club today

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/30/wednesday-addams-family-lisa-loring-dead-dies/

I finally removed my ramp to install new ramp flaps. During reassembly I wrapped all the exposed wire on the ramp in black 1/4” split loom. Cheap to buy on Amazon and really cleans up the look of all the exposed wires.

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ebay.com link: itm

I like this board better than the in line fuses I typically see. Just feels like a cleaner solution.

I remember seeing a pinsider here looking for a factory TAF with mixed gold and regular cabinet decals. Found one on location at helicon brewery. Could probably be bought as I’ve picked up several games from them.

Could have been a new head switched later in life but the wear seems consistent across cab and head.

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I took your idea and reached out to classic arcades for a front face decal for my safecracker as the rest of the cab is in good shape. They replied that I could get it for $75. Glad you thought of asking.