Aquarius
Gottlieb, 1970Picked up an Gottlieb "Aquarius" a few months back and want to replace the target faces on the game. They are very worn out and have been painted on.
I am curious to know if anyone has done these before. I attached a photo of a new face for reference.
They are riveted on to a leaf switch. My first inclination is to pull the switch and drill it out and re-rivet. These witches do not come apart. (Riveted as well). Any thoughts would be appreciated!! Thanks!
gtb-a9383bt.jpgJust an FYI, the rivets used here are not your typical rivets, they are semi-tublar rivets. I use the dies from here to press them in:
http://www.pinrestore.com/Riveting.html
Might be cheaper to ask around here and send it so someone to rivet for you....unless you plan on using all the rivet supplies frequently(cost quite a bit to do it right).
For a charge, you can also send them to PBR to be de-riveted/riveted. They also have just the rivets to sell if you ask.
Quoted from dasvis:I went the poor man's route on this & used a ball bearing, a block of hardwood & a hammer
Nice! You had a ball bearing the size of the rivet on hand? How'd you do it? I may copy your technique for the exact same target on my Jet Spin.
Quoted from boilerman:i have a tubular rivet tool and would do it for FREE just send them to me
offer is for any one
postage both ways is on you.
& here I used to think all pinsiders were just powdercoaters & LED'ers. Damn fine offer Boilerman.
With the right tools the riveting is the easiest part. I use a Dremel cut off wheel to remove old rivets because it does not spin and heat them. I bought a ton of these target faces to do after doing my 2001 in just a few minutes each. Turns out 2001 is the only GTB game I know of where the targets are screwed together instead of riveted. The riveted ones have to be desoldered, which of course is a pain. There are seven on Flip a Card. Ugh.
Heck of a great offer, thumbs up. 
Steve
Quoted from boilerman:I have a tubular rivet tool and would do it for FREE just send them to me offer is for any one postage both ways is on you.
Quoted from pinhead52:And its a tool that would normally sit on the shelf, hard to justify (the space). Just picked up a target pool, only about 30 targets on that game
those target faces are hard to come by. I call my target pool the 2001 of stand up targets
Quoted from EMsInKC:Action Pinball has decals to fix this and save you a ton of time effort and money.
Got one of these decals...looks perfect and didn't have to rivet.
I always replace with new when possible, I really dislike the look of art worn off the target face from the ball. Because of this, I go one step further. I have a punch that's the size of the rivet head that I use to punch a hole in 2 mill mylar. Then I apply the mylar over the target, press out the air and trim off the excess with a fingernail clipper. Then the art never wears off, I do the same for my drop targets too. 
Steve
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