I posted before looking for replacement inserts for my Stern Lightning to no avail. So I decided to go a different route... First I found a website that sells colored plexiglass at 1/4 inch width ( not many providers out there). Ordered a 12x16 inch sheet of blue transperant plexiglass, then traced around the original inserts and cut them out with my dremil tool leaving at least 1/8inch excess around the lines. The first set I tried hand sanding down (long miserable failure). Then I went out and got a 1inch x 30inch belt sander from harbor freight for $32 with coupon, and tried again.
This set came out very fast and easy ... took my time sanding down going back and forth from the game to see how it fit. The end product fits extremley tight and good ... dont know if I even have to glue them in?

jordans_bday_022.JPG 001.JPG 002.JPG

more pics

003.JPG 004.JPG 005.JPG

more pics

006.JPG 007.JPG 008.JPG

more pics

006.JPG 007.JPG

more pics old first new second

jordans_bday_019.JPG 009.JPG 008.JPG

I was wondering what glue to use myself? I've heard plain old white glue works? Thanks for any input

I thought about the cost but ... just another cool little tool to ad to my little pinball workshop garage. I'll use it on other projects (no more hand sanding!)

Well I put in some lights and found these new inserts to be very clear (like you can see lamps clearly when lit)... so I also purchased another sheet of plexi from the net with my original order cause I wasn't sure how they would look. I cut 2 more inserts from it ..... take a look let me know which you like

019.JPG 013.JPG 017.JPG

Good Idea

Well another pinside member needed some inserts for the Lightning they're restoring, so I helped him out and he helped me bring down some of those expenses by $15... no if couple more people need inserts made I recoup all my costs!

the plexiglass site is www.plasticareinc.com

Just got a new lightning this week and bust out my old materials and made another set of inserts

1392D4B8-CCCD-47D1-A69E-8E172F74F78B (resized).jpeg

2B9FCB27-D3E1-4A25-97FC-342B36148D16 (resized).jpeg

31CA6956-C7E4-477A-980C-5819E0989BA6 (resized).jpeg

6CF591C9-E365-45E2-953F-4FF661306FD6 (resized).jpeg

9CAE6D04-C6B9-4E00-9166-6A50DD5340A0 (resized).jpeg

B3F059CC-D5E7-4C20-A1A8-46F7688D66EF (resized).jpeg

B417CEDA-631C-479B-9C29-FB6E4C4D9D42 (resized).jpeg

BB7E78EC-6E22-4DE2-A98B-9E062BEB7F71 (resized).jpeg

CD8B5D2E-914D-4424-A12F-90E391F1FD5F (resized).jpeg

F2EC48EF-2D1B-44A4-B00E-6781CC643DF0 (resized).jpeg

F4B61724-E3A7-4EF5-9660-1D5D81A6F7F4 (resized).jpeg

Very clear like stated before

11937A38-8498-48F4-AE35-7DE1584DFAEC (resized).jpeg

52ED6A52-6694-41D2-9328-9BBD5C7E5E58 (resized).jpeg