This thread is funny. Orange peel? Come on man. Hey Tron guy, let’s see photos of the playfield with a florencent light straight above the three bank in front of the disc...
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Quoted from Rarehero:I’ll play. Here’s my Tron. I’d call this “normal dimpling” as you don’t see it unless you’re really looking for it. Again I’ll post a picture of a cratered TWD. This is a different type of dimpling & should not be considered acceptable.
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And there is a Tron with dimpling. When people say there are no dimples like kvan99 I call them out. All pinball machines dimple. Of course wood will vary across playfields because wood is a natural product that varies. I also think some design choices cause more dumpling than others. You put a huge bash toy a few inches from the flippers and you will get more also. Not saying the wood isn’t softer or harder - which is very well may be also.
The way a playfield is photographed can also have a dramatic effect on how it looks. I can make pretty much any playfield look crappy with the right lighting.
Quoted from vid1900: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.If you oversand a standard playfield, you'd make holes through the insert faces before you hit the next layer of Maple.
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.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:
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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.....
Xenon has drops. Otherwise nice post.
Quoted from vid1900:Ramp drops, not drop targets....
Ah ok. And the Tube is a smooth entry and exit. That came out wrong.
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