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DUMPSTER FIREpower

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#501 3 years ago
Quoted from mrm_4:

Forgot to post that I also pulled the trigger on the alternate CPR topper. I’m going to light it up from behind just haven’t made the time yet.
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Very nice. Now that's a topper I'd like. The regular one just doesn't look different enough. I have that logo on my cabinet, why put it on top as well right?

Where'd you get those score/instruction cards that go on the apron there? I have a few aftermarket ones, but I like the darker background colors of that.

#502 3 years ago
Quoted from Teamhex:

Where'd you get those score/instruction cards that go on the apron there?

I stole them from @beatmaster
His Firepower resto thread is what sparked my interest in the game. I still check his thread about 4 times a week waiting for progress

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/firepower-restoration-it-has-begun/page/6#post-4231878

#503 3 years ago
Quoted from mrm_4:

I stole them from beatmaster
His Firepower resto thread is what sparked my interest in the game. I still check his thread about 4 times a week waiting for progress
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/firepower-restoration-it-has-begun/page/6#post-4231878

Awesome! Thanks for the link man. I have some that are similar to that, but they're red instead of the darker background color.

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#504 3 years ago

These lanes on the machine were giving me some pretty bad ball hop so I decided to get the enhanced version of cliffys outlanes.

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I pulled the old lanes out and filed the bell posts off to transfer to the new.

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Cleaned them up with some evaporated for a while

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Put on replacement decals I made for the lanes and noticed that the holes drilled on the right lane are wider than the left.

I tried to get the tops of the old bells to expand with my punch but the holes are too wide so there is play and the lane doesn’t sit high enough

So now I still have the same ball hop.

I hate this hobby sometimes

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So on the right out lane I teetered the left side of it as high as I could and teetered the right of it as low as I could and tightened the hell out of it.

Plays like butter for a game or 2 until the impact of the ball pushes the right out lane too low towards the right flipperimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpg

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#505 2 years ago

@mrm_4, I just picked up a Firepower that's in need of some repairs and found this thread. It led me to your other threads (Mata Hari, Xenon, Shangri-La, Rocket...) and I went down the rabbit hole and read 'em all.

Inspiring stuff, man. It's beyond dispute that your work is incredible. And I enjoy going on the journey of each of your restorations. You have a great narrative that incorporates research, decision-making, joy, frustration...the whole gamut. If Vid is the restoration god who passes down wisdom from the clouds, you are the bravest of us mortals striving for greatness. That resonates through a lot of your threads when you're hardest on yourself. You have a moment in each of your threads when you ask the "why God why?" question. Usually it comes when you are deciding whether or not to set the machine on fire: The clouding clear coat. The wrinkling siderail paint. The defective hardtop. WHY??

I think it's because you always challenge yourself and you always push the envelope. No more, no less. You make every project the best it can be. When the cabinet is done, you go for the playfield. When the playfield is done, you go for the backglass. When the backglass is done, you take the machine to a show and win 1st prize. That's good stuff. Maybe OCD is a part of it, but I think it's much more about that drive - that relentless drive. For my part, I usually take the more timid approach and say "this looks good - I'll stop here before I screw something up."

Anyway, cheers. I spent so many hours reading your restoration threads that I feel like celebrating your successes, and I learned a lot. Cent'anni!

#506 2 years ago
Quoted from calla76759:

mrm_4, I just picked up a Firepower that's in need of some repairs and found this thread. It led me to your other threads (Mata Hari, Xenon, Shangri-La, Rocket...) and I went down the rabbit hole and read 'em all.
Inspiring stuff, man. It's beyond dispute that your work is incredible. And I enjoy going on the journey of each of your restorations. You have a great narrative that incorporates research, decision-making, joy, frustration...the whole gamut. If Vid is the restoration god who passes down wisdom from the clouds, you are the bravest of us mortals striving for greatness. That resonates through a lot of your threads when you're hardest on yourself. You have a moment in each of your threads when you ask the "why God why?" question. Usually it comes when you are deciding whether or not to set the machine on fire: The clouding clear coat. The wrinkling siderail paint. The defective hardtop. WHY??
I think it's because you always challenge yourself and you always push the envelope. No more, no less. You make every project the best it can be. When the cabinet is done, you go for the playfield. When the playfield is done, you go for the backglass. When the backglass is done, you take the machine to a show and win 1st prize. That's good stuff. Maybe OCD is a part of it, but I think it's much more about that drive - that relentless drive. For my part, I usually take the more timid approach and say "this looks good - I'll stop here before I screw something up."
Anyway, cheers. I spent so many hours reading your restoration threads that I feel like celebrating your successes, and I learned a lot. Cent'anni!

Wow thanks for the kind words, I really appreciated reading this, especially today! I’ve been on some what of an unwanted hiatus from pinball restoration and it’s really depressing me. My projects are my outlet and I haven’t been able to dedicate time to anything and the longer I go the more I get depressed. As soon as I can get a few things situated I’ll get back into finishing xenon. Thanks again for checking out my threads!

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#508 2 years ago

Wake up thread I got you a surprise!

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#509 2 years ago
Quoted from mrm_4:

Wake up thread I got you a surprise![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Is that the new CPR backglass? I have one heading my way too

#510 2 years ago
Quoted from Manny65:

Is that the new CPR backglass? I have one heading my way too

Yep it’s great! Last time it was for sale I was 1 of 2 that paid for it then I got that heart breaking phone call saying they couldn’t make it. So glad they are allowed now!

#511 2 years ago
Quoted from mrm_4:

Wake up thread I got you a surprise![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Got mine a couple weeks ago. Is the mirrored part not as Mirrored as the original? Seems a little dull to me. My old one is for sale if someone wants to buy it.
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#512 2 years ago

The CPR mirror is not the exact process that was originally done back in the day. But its pretty close...Mayfair has some of the original (well a re-run) style mirrored backglass' that is about as close as you'll get...but the CPR is still a great looking backglass...

#513 2 years ago

Yeah I think the mirroring is probably 8 out of 10 if original is considered 10 out of 10….
I’m happy with it.

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#514 1 year ago

Well this thread gets to wake from the dead!
The games been playing great since the restoration finished up but one thing I’ve been wanting to do is add an additional power supply for the cabinet LEDs because it’s annoying plugging and unplugging the strip anytime I want them on. I’d rather they just power on and off with the game. So I pulled up beatmaster ’s old resto thread which has always been a source of inspiration to see how to go about it.
I also bounced some ideas off Deez and decided to go this route.
Found this power supply that provides 12v and 5v and decided to use terminals to distribute each voltage. EF0A4203-9C10-4802-A591-7AB3E9D61CA2 (resized).jpegEF0A4203-9C10-4802-A591-7AB3E9D61CA2 (resized).jpeg90A10B64-DC6B-44AF-A26D-93E456F0D27F (resized).jpeg90A10B64-DC6B-44AF-A26D-93E456F0D27F (resized).jpeg
It was all about finding real estate in the cab to make it work at this point.

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#515 1 year ago

I got the layout I wanted for hardware but when I was wiring it up something wasn’t working like it was expected.
It’s simple enough:
-ground to ground from the power cord to the new supply
-Neutral off of the filter to the neutral on the supply
-Hot from the dead side of the games power switch to line side of the power supply
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After I got every hooked up I plugged the game in and flipped the switch and nothing happened.

I unplugged the game and did a bunch of continuity checks and it wasn’t making any sense. The hot side of the switch was making continuity to the hot line on the cord but the dead side of the switch was making continuity with the neutral

Then when I did a voltage check. The switch would show 115 Volts when the game was off F8CD7B36-2D3B-4536-A219-1E0277DD3BED (resized).jpegF8CD7B36-2D3B-4536-A219-1E0277DD3BED (resized).jpegbut when I powered the game on I would not get any voltage reading. 20C7438B-ACD9-40C4-B8FA-8E83B3BC6306 (resized).jpeg20C7438B-ACD9-40C4-B8FA-8E83B3BC6306 (resized).jpegI was losing my mind with this.

I ended up reaching out to beatmaster about it and he said I was doing it right but something was off and to find the wire.
I blew up Deez phone about it too. Wtf is going on???

#516 1 year ago

I pulled the plug from the wall again and got the wiring diagram and started tracing every wire to the transformer.
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I don’t know how this game was working or had not caught on fire…
The wiring in this blue connector was not at all what it was supposed to be according to the diagram. The neutral was pinned to 1 and the switch was pinned to 3 and the jumpers were not right either.
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I had a .093 sized remover for the transformer side of the connector so I left the blue connector be and then rearranged the pins on the transformer side according to the diagram 5B099850-E2E0-4254-8E0D-57368D44DF19 (resized).jpeg5B099850-E2E0-4254-8E0D-57368D44DF19 (resized).jpegand BOOM my extra power supply lit up when I turned the game on!

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#517 1 year ago

Now that I have the power supply working I stripped an adapter and wired into the cabinet LEDs and then I added a light strip on the head for the topper.

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#518 1 year ago

Here’s where I went off the deep end…
I love this game and one of my favorite parts of it are the sounds. Well I wanted to do this game justice.
To me Firepower is the original Total Nuclear Annihilation so with that thought I decided to go the TNA route and get an amp with a 10” subwoofer 919AF3E2-5EE0-48A0-8324-07F3F453BFB3 (resized).png919AF3E2-5EE0-48A0-8324-07F3F453BFB3 (resized).png02424F45-EBA3-4A5E-84E7-8C2688019275 (resized).jpeg02424F45-EBA3-4A5E-84E7-8C2688019275 (resized).jpeg
There’s enough room in the back of the cab for the sub. 1AAB70EB-65B2-463E-9D4C-A3B7E238FC6C (resized).jpeg1AAB70EB-65B2-463E-9D4C-A3B7E238FC6C (resized).jpeg
Problem I had is the space was too tight for a jigsaw so I got this monster drill bit. ACA4C385-E3BB-4EA8-A51F-4518E61FDAD4 (resized).jpegACA4C385-E3BB-4EA8-A51F-4518E61FDAD4 (resized).jpegCut a hole and added perforated metal62669B8B-A1F7-4C6B-921C-94EEF55A37FD (resized).jpeg62669B8B-A1F7-4C6B-921C-94EEF55A37FD (resized).jpeg
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#519 1 year ago

After I got the subwoofer hooked up I learned that the open air set up wasn’t allowing the speaker to give any punch. I was plenty loud but just wasn’t hitting hard enough so I decided to build a box.

I used a scrap sheet of MDF I had from another project.

Now I know the box isn’t sized to spec or built to a certain frequency but it’s close and it’s sealed which makes the low sound kick like a mule!

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#520 1 year ago

Overall the project turned out pretty clean, I love the look of the terminals.B82C5E78-47B0-465C-A109-4E1278140E7D (resized).jpegB82C5E78-47B0-465C-A109-4E1278140E7D (resized).jpeg12AA53B0-3AA0-4E47-8422-3F35F1031168 (resized).jpeg12AA53B0-3AA0-4E47-8422-3F35F1031168 (resized).jpeg 6B5D5D20-B14D-4BCE-9B21-73A268DB79A4 (resized).jpeg6B5D5D20-B14D-4BCE-9B21-73A268DB79A4 (resized).jpegAE7F4839-4932-4C48-9588-B924082D491F (resized).jpegAE7F4839-4932-4C48-9588-B924082D491F (resized).jpegI made some custom labels for the new parts:0A580550-6656-4CD7-96FA-9B674DD12632 (resized).jpeg0A580550-6656-4CD7-96FA-9B674DD12632 (resized).jpegA3463DCC-FD5B-4899-B542-3AA4B5AA3D70 (resized).jpegA3463DCC-FD5B-4899-B542-3AA4B5AA3D70 (resized).jpeg
This game is LOUD and the subwoofer pulls out some amazing tones that shake my entire house. I have it dialed in so the regular full range speaker is at its limit of 90 decibels. It’s incredible to hear and feel the sounds of this game. 92A91731-17E7-4F34-8DE8-696E68A05B0E (resized).png92A91731-17E7-4F34-8DE8-696E68A05B0E (resized).png
This baby is again bolted to the floor35EFA0FA-E898-4F57-AF97-2E14A96AEB45 (resized).jpeg35EFA0FA-E898-4F57-AF97-2E14A96AEB45 (resized).jpeg

#521 1 year ago
Quoted from mrm_4:

I created a decal for the amp [quoted image][quoted image]

As one does...

Awesome work. Looking forward to hearing it someday soon. Bringing to Pinbrew???

#523 1 year ago

Nice work! Was adding the box to the sub worth it? Did it enhance the sound enough to make it worthwhile?

#524 1 year ago
Quoted from Schwaggs:

Nice work! Was adding the box to the sub worth it? Did it enhance the sound enough to make it worthwhile?

Yeah the cone of the subwoofer was moving way too much in open air. The box helps keep the the air pressure against the back of the speaker which helps with a tighter bump.
The other option is to add a port but that’s better for larger boxes.
This speaker calls for 1 cubic foot of volume I’m at about 75% of that. If it’s ported the requirement is more.

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