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Broken Backglass Salvage

By sudsy7

8 years ago



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    #1 8 years ago

    I bought a Night Rider backglass from a self-proclaimed "pinball guy" who assured me that he knew how to ship a fragile backglass. I presume he then spent a total of 3 minutes wrapping exactly 1-1/2 layers of bubble wrap around it and tossing it in a box - no corner/edge protection, no packing peanuts, no wadded-up newspaper, etc. I'm sure it broke before it made it to the Knoxville post office. I would name names, but he did reimburse me quickly, so I won't make it personal, but I'm still pissed because of the obvious lack of effort and total disregard for beautiful artwork.

    Anyway, apparently this glass was not tempered properly at the factory and did not break into a zillion tiny crystals, which in this case, was a fortunate thing for me. I was able to re-purpose it into a stained glass type of wall hanging. I still would have much rather had the backglass, of course, but I guess this is one way to make lemonade from this lemon.

    I'm still pissed at you nameless nitwit from Knoxville! And you are not a pinball guy!

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    #2 8 years ago

    That's some tasty lemonade you made there. Nice work on the recovery!

    #3 8 years ago

    Creative way to salvage some of the artwork

    Judging from some of the post-mortem photos of destroyed backglasses I've seen, 1970s backglasses don't seem to shatter into a million pieces--just big sections. Mid to late 80s backglasses seem to shatter into a million pieces like you would expect of temptered glass.

    #4 8 years ago
    Quoted from Cheddar:

    That's some tasty lemonade you made there. Nice work on the recovery!

    Real tasty lemonade!

    #5 8 years ago

    that sucks but what you made of it is pretty cool

    arts and crafts

    #6 8 years ago

    When did Bally start using tempered glass for the back glass. I know early 70s was plate glass..

    Very cool art by the way...

    #7 8 years ago

    I like what you did with it....really highlights those areas of the artwork.

    Quoted from robotronjohn:

    When did Bally start using tempered glass for the back glass. I know early 70s was plate glass..
    Very cool art by the way...

    I know they were using tempered by 1981 as my Centaur will attest.

    #8 8 years ago

    Cool. I'll have to remember this trick in case the unthinkable happens.

    #9 8 years ago

    The important thing is that the glass did not break in such a way as to ruin the most important curvy parts.

    #10 8 years ago
    Quoted from robotronjohn:

    When did Bally start using tempered glass for the back glass. I know early 70s was plate glass..

    My only personal experiences with broken backglasses are with this one (1977) and a Strikes & Spares (1978) which did break into tiny pieces. There's 2 data points!

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