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Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street
Gottlieb, 1994
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Here's the question - do the flippers work at all times (and at duration) BEFORE the ball is even launched.....if so, the flippers 'dying' are related to the balls the game senses it has....in other words - and I had this happen....someone loaded too many balls in a Freddy (which starts with multi-ball) and the flippers would die while a ball was in play - giving the sense of the flippers dying for no reason- until the next ball was up.....
3 months later
Quoted from Nightmare:How did the glove turn out?
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1 year later
Quoted from Haggy38:Hi Guys,
New in the club, I just got Freddy Pinball, in really bad,bad shape, I guess it going to be a very long restoration process, its my firs Gottlieb in addition, Im looking for the manual and probably some parts, I will post pictures.
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Gustavo
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WOW!!! But good luck - it's a worthy pin of restoration.....Steve Young at Pinball Resources is your key guy for Gottleib parts...
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2 months later
Quoted from Luckdragon100:Considering buying a Freddy, but I see this curved circular line / cut on the bottom of the playfield, above the flippers. I've seen it on a few other machines, but I'm not sure if this is damage or just the style of the playfield? Any input would be great, thanks! G
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Mylar....nothing wrong at all
3 months later
Quoted from Luckdragon100:Anybody ever use this service or know of anything similar? I'm considering buying a machine with a broken claw but I fear I'm not handy enough to fashion new blades myself haha.
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Just get ahold of mrsyfy he makes repro gloves...
3 years later
Almost done....some cure time - a little epoxy added to fill in the gaps and some paint touchup....
Although it looks amazing and likely well made (never to break??)- I just can't do $250 for a new one....the last repro from pinball_customs I got ~5 years ago - was no better than the original, supposedly it too was never going to break - well that didn't pan out...so I decided to head back to the original glove (which I still had) and do the fix....I found
Viggin900 stl/obj files he made of the blades so I could print new ones out of ABS....from there, I took about 1.5hrs to Dremel out the old blades - don't use a cut-off wheel seen in so many videos - use the many, many small carbide wood carving bits available...and take your time....you may have epoxy around - but you just can't beat SCIGRIP WeldOn 16 - sometimes known as IPS WeldOn 16....it's expensive but the stuff works....
Thought I'd share....
Matt
Quoted from Nightmare:I did the exact same for mine and haven’t had any issues since.
I thought about it, but frankly 3D printing is so simple since the design work was already done and ABS (most PLA will work too) is plenty strong enough...took about an hour to print, a couple minutes to sand them & paint...perfect fit....
Quoted from blowback1976:Well this sucks…… Still have the original, also with broken claws. Is lexan the best option?[quoted image][quoted image]
Well, I wondered....that said, I think GeekedOnPinball is still active (unlike @pinball_customs) and will refund/replace - but I'd be going for a refund obviously....I tell ya - I had held out hope he had the right materials....guess not...
That said, some have used Lexan (a polycarbonate), some used actual metal...others like myself simply 3D printed them from ABS...all are good options....the key is they are blades that run into the fingers - not simply extruded from the tips of the primary material....the weak point is said junction as opposed to having them separate pieces that fit into the glove...
If you need further discussion - PM me your number...I'll call ya...
Matt
Thinking about it more - if the glove was made in 2 (well 4 pieces, but you get the point) and the blades individually glued/epoxied into the glove in post production - so to speak - that would likely prove to be far more successful.....and not likely to break - making them from 1 piece of plastic has proven to not be the way to go in the last 29 years...
1 week later
Restoration of original glove complete....i know the blood isn't for everyone, but my daughter wanted it on..... I'm already rebuilding the other one i have.....i replaced all the blades..... It was a long process, but i wanted it done well...
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Thought I'd share my 2nd, and final, glove restoration...this is the infamous Pinball Customs repro from about 7-8 years ago - some cat named Brock that hasn't been heard from in years....he did a pretty good job in duplicating the original glove, with a more accurate paint scheme, however, he did post a video back then showing how the blades weren't likely to break and very flexible- well they never were as flexible as the video, they did all invariably break off - and much quicker than the originals...but at least he offered an option....and at $75 or so back then - I guess a reasonable one compared to the latest option...and at least I have a spare now!
Matt
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Quoted from JakeJones07:Does any one have an STL(s) file for the glove blades? The one on Cults3D doesn't seem to be scaled correctly when it's brought into Slicer.
Shot you a PM...call if you like...short answer...his stl is correct...but just like you found - you have to scale...~393%...I think I did 390%, this is simply due to the math 100mm =3.93 inches...I corresponded with him - as I believe you saw - but he simply didn't understand I guess....he initially had an obj that didn't work - I got him to make that stl...just scale it....you are looking for ~3mm of thickness and the center blade to be ~88mm long - that's when you've got the scale correct...that's all I did...the results were perfect...doing the restoration is tricky...takes a long time...but my restored glove(s) has been played quite a bit over 4 months and holding up great....
Quoted from JakeJones07:Just saw your message. This response is great, I’ll scale off the 3mm blade thickness!
Thanks so much for your help!
If you want help on techniques and glues to use - it's a multi-adhesive approach - the tutorials I found were nonsense....they left you with a rather poor looking repair...
Just call
Matt
Quoted from Viggin900:I checked the file in Cura and it seems fine. Make sure autoscalling is enabled. I even rexported another file and posted it called scaled. Not sure if that helps. I also put the dimensions in case there is any issue. I think you have autoscaling turned off, 30 downloads and I haven't heard anything? Hope this helps.
Can you go ahead and post the link to the scaled file again just in case.. I didn't find it .. I'm using prusa.... It didn't auto scale....
Quoted from Viggin900:It was added to the project. Sounds like it is Prusa users having the issue?
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/freddy-krueger-pinball-glove-replacement-blades
Possibly? I'm not sure what JakeJones07 is using - he's never said...
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