Quoted from Bublehead:so it may be a combination of soft wood,
Where is this soft Hard Maple from?
Hard Maple is a very consistent wood as far as hardness.
There are softer Maple species, but they are way more expensive.
Quoted from Bublehead:over sanding
If you oversand a standard playfield, you'd make holes through the insert faces before you hit the next layer of Maple.
Quoted from Bublehead:and/or faulty clear coats,
Clear coat does not matter.
A clear coat is .004" thick.
If you took a piece of steel foil that was .004" thick and bonded it to a playfield, it would still dimple like crazy.
Quoted from Bublehead:Has anyone seen a difference between a freshly NIB machine placed on route and the same title NIB but has sat for several weeks before putting it on site?
Yes.
This playfield sat NIB for 2128 weeks (her complexion is very yellow), then it got clearcoated, then 26 weeks latter the game got put back together.
The very first day it got deployed, this was the result:
In just one day, her cherry got totally popped.
And this is a game with no drops, no forward facing targets, no ramps the ball can fly off of, weak Bally flippers, no upper level.....