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From a pile of scrap to a brand new machine. William's High Speed

By Axaios

3 years ago

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#1 3 years ago

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Axaios

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Hello guys.

This is my new restoration project. Picked it up during the summer after a 3 hours trip for 80$ as scrap. In the beginning I was about to use it for parts but I changed my mind.

First I had to reassemble the whole thing. I have done a lot the last few days during the current lockdown here. More to be done ofcourse.
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#2 3 years ago

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Wow - that is HUGE project....

Most people would just part that out but the playfield looked decent.

Good repair on the cabinet.

#3 3 years ago

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Quoted from wamonkey:
Wow - that is HUGE project....
Most people would just part that out but the playfield looked decent.
Good repair on the cabinet.

Exactly. After I realized that the entire playfield is there (nothing missing, can you believe that?) I desided that this pin worth to be repaired.

#4 3 years ago

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Can't believe you saved that cabinet - that is awesome!

#5 3 years ago

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kevmad

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Wow, the before pictures are truly painful to look at. Thanks for saving this game!

#6 3 years ago

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Looking good. Every pin is worth saving if remotely possible.

#7 3 years ago

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russdx

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Wow fair play I’d of transferred to a new cab but to completely save it takes balls lol

#8 3 years ago

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Isochronic_Frost

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Quoted from Axaios:
Hello guys.
This is my new restoration project. Picked it up during the summer after a 3 hours trip for 80$ as scrap. In the beginning I was about to use it for parts but I changed my mind.
Fist I had to reassemble the hole thing. I have done a lot the last few days during the current lockdown here. More to be done ofcourse.
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I imagine in Greece they’re hard enough to come by so this was worth it!
What an amazing project, great job!

#9 3 years ago

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One of my favorites.Best of luck to you.

#10 3 years ago

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Fantastic job saving this one!
Wow

#11 3 years ago

guitarded

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How did you get the Dingo to sleep through you removing that thing from its enclosure?

Awesome work, btw. What a great $80 spent.

#12 3 years ago

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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
I imagine in Greece they’re hard enough to come by so this was worth it!
What an amazing project, great job!

Yes it's very hard unfortunately. But there is always a pin to be found somewhere. Most of the cases condition is like this one. But that's the true meaning of it I believe. To save them.

#13 3 years ago

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Entire cabin ready. Going for the playfield now

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#14 3 years ago

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Half way through to finish the playfield

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#15 3 years ago

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You, sir, are a hero!

#16 3 years ago

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Very cool! How do you guys find these project machines?

#17 3 years ago

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no-extra-balls

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Great job on the cabinet repair, the new paint job looks very nice and bright.

#18 3 years ago

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Axaios

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Quoted from DanMarino:
Very cool! How do you guys find these project machines?

It's an ever lasting and never resting search in the most unexpected places

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#19 3 years ago

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Axaios

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Done with playfield.
Made necessary repairs on art, replaced the old ramp with a clear red new one, replaced broken targets, polished metal ramps, replaced old bulbs with leds and placed new rubbers, clean or replaced plastics and applied Novus 2.

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#20 3 years ago

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Sinistarrett

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Very ambitious to bring this game back-Lets see some completed pictures!

#21 3 years ago

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Quoted from Sinistarrett:
Very ambitious to bring this game back-Lets see some completed pictures!

Thanks.
Just edited my previous post and added some picture of the current situation. I did try before but for some reason I was getting an error.

I am going to create a back glass next week, so that will be the next step.

#22 3 years ago

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RCA1

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Very nice! Lots of work.
Curious what money the coin inserts are priced in. Looks like "10M, 20M, 50M". Wondering what M is.

#23 3 years ago

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Quoted from RCA1:
Very nice! Lots of work.
Curious what money the coin inserts are priced in. Looks like "10M, 20M, 50M". Wondering what M is.

I think it must be German Marks. It's a pre-euro currency.

#24 3 years ago

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jibmums

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It's funny how every single High Speed I see has the exact same worn area on the left slingshot plastic as in your photo, my own included. Never the right sling plastic though.

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#25 3 years ago

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It's funny how every single High Speed I see has the exact same worn area on the left slingshot plastic as in your photo. Never the right sling plastic though.
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It's true tha in most pins you can see the sne flaws again and again.

#26 3 years ago

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Working on my own custom made backglass.

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#27 3 years ago

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Great thread. Love seeing pins saved!

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#28 3 years ago

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Custom made backglass almost done

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#29 3 years ago

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Amazing job on a very tough donor machine. I know how hard it is to glue a splintered cabinet. I will say, it’s super fun to visit the before and after pictures. I once restored a Space shuttle that was flooded in saltwater. Almost anything is possible.

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#30 3 years ago

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Custom made backglass is done

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#31 3 years ago

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Great work, i guess almost everyone wouldve written this one off

#32 3 years ago

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Great job!

#33 3 years ago

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Unbelievable !! You sir need to be congratulated for bringing that beast back from the dead. I would have put lighter fluid on it lit it up and toasted marshmallows over its corpse.
Very well done.

#34 3 years ago

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Quoted from jokerpoker:
Unbelievable !! You sir need to be congratulated for bringing that beast back from the dead. I would have put lighter fluid on it lit it up and toasted marshmallows over its corpse.
Very well done.

Thank you

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#35 2 years ago

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Finally complete!

It took me a long time to reach to this point. With some breaks of course. It needs some work to the board, a transistor must be replaced, and I also need a lock down bar, I borrow the one at the pictures from my Comet, but long story short, here it is. (plus a reminder picture of how it was when I found it)

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#36 2 years ago

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awesome!

#37 2 years ago

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Well done - FANTASTIC result after no doubt a LOT of work!

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#38 2 years ago

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Incredible

#39 2 years ago

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Excellent work on an excellent game! You should be proud. Cheers!

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#40 2 years ago

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I love it! I hope to get one of my own.

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#41 10 months ago

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Quoted from Axaios:
Working on my own custom made backglass.
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Any info on how you recreated the graphic? Why did you cut out the display area instead of just leaving it clear? Awesome job!

#42 10 months ago

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Quoted from R23HTC:
Any info on how you recreated the graphic? Why did you cut out the display area instead of just leaving it clear? Awesome job!

Hello,
I was lucky enough to find the file of the back glass in High resolution and so with the help of graphic designer I was able to print a vinyl copy translite.

Now, the vinyl translite is being applied on a piece of a plexiglass as you can see, after that a 3mm real glass is also applied on top of that. Now if you don’t cut out the display at the end you will have the Plexi glass attached to the real glass, you don’t want that because when the display is lite, it will create a short of reflection between those two parts and cause to looked blur in some occasions. Also is very likely that dust and moisture will be trapped there, and you don’t want that either.

#43 10 months ago

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Quoted from Axaios:
Hello,
I was lucky enough to find the file of the back glass in High resolution and so with the help of graphic designer I was able to print a vinyl copy translite.
Now, the vinyl translate is being applied on a piece of a plexiglass as you can see, after that a 3mm real glass is also applied on top of that. Now if you don’t cut out the display at end you will have the Plexi glass attached to the real glass, you don’t want that because when the display is lite, it will create a short of reflection between those two parts and cause to locked blur in soke occasions. Also is very likely that dust and moisture will be trapped there, and you don’t want that either.

Okay. Makes complete sense now. Didn’t realize you added real glass on top. You by chance don’t still have the high resolution file do you?

#44 10 months ago

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Quoted from R23HTC:
Okay. Makes complete sense now. Didn’t realize you added real glass on top. You by chance don’t still have the high resolution file do you?

I think I do. I need to check.

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