Michigan gave the order and I'm in the club. Luckily I work in building supply and am at least partially employed.

Helped a trusted non-infected friend retrieve a 1973 Triple Action out of storage today. Ideally it'll be running by the time this thing is over. At the same time, I pulled a few parts: box of LEDs to go in something, a dead Pinbot CPU that I will be doing some board work on, and a couple other things.

At home are two parted out playfields that I need to finish stripping down, one with more rust than the other. Polishing is going to happen, most likely, and the prospect of more free parts for Volcano Blast is a goal that motivates me.

Totem needs re-pinned edge connectors, Swords of Fury needs a new lock saucer switch, and there is still plenty of work ahead of me on the homebrew.

Started the first of the projects yesterday. Finishing teardowns on my parts playfields.

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A bit of rust on the metal parts, but I suspect it'll polish out once I learn a few more things about polishing. Playfield is very dirty but actually in nicer shape than my functioning Police Force. Might end up using this for a swap - if I determine the game is even worth that much work!

Successfully got this thing flipping. More to come. See the build thread for more details!

Here you go!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/volcano-blast

Michigan shelter-in-place has been extended. First order of business, attempting to revive a System 11 CPU for my Pinbot, finally

Finished depopulating the reset section. Looking pretty bad. I suspect this was a major reason it wasn't working!

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