Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992
Airborne
Capcom, 1996
Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017
Black Knight
Williams, 1980
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Williams, 1993
Centaur
Bally, 1981
Centigrade 37
Gottlieb, 1977
Champion Pub
Bally, 1998Radical playfield.
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Me either honestly.
I really don’t like them or toys but the owner supplied me with things he wanted and I was able to make it work and as tasteful as possible.
The shooter rod was a bit of a pain.
The one he sent had a red wheel and I just couldn’t use it so I had to break it all down.
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I bought a multi colored set of the smallest Bones wheels I could find.
The orange one was the most ideal once I looked them over in person.
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I had to drill out and reset the set up
It is bonded with a 3M body adhesive used to bond panels on cars. Not cheap and requires a special applicator gun and mixing nozzles E4745049-7A0E-4AEF-9035-B1FB09799680 (resized).jpeg
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I put a weep hole in there to best bond the bolt into the rod.
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After a full 24 hours it was at full strength and assembled.
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Is it Halloween 
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Now drinking my first Halloween beer.
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Streaming Shudder
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Agreed! I’ve really enjoyed the new creepshow
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Radical is folded up
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That beats the heck out of any pinball box I’ve ever seen. Hopefully the owner will allow you to post a pick of the HEP Radical in their line up.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Radical is folded up, fully blanketed and back at the warehouse.
Did you use your standard technique on this game or did restoring it require a more radical approach?
TOM is the only playfield I ever sent back. I wasn’t happy with it at all. So I sold the game I was going to restore. I’m glad to hear there’s an improved version
I decided to prep and reclear the playfield
I could have almost used it as is but I just don’t want to take any chances missing something.
The two main things I saw were a slight run that would have been under the apron
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And the shooter lane was a bit dry in the center. That was most likely from clear absorption in the raw wood 4141329F-E86E-415B-AE1F-F504DD7A791F (resized).jpeg
Playfield was sanded. I noticed the clear is thinner on this batch and harder. Both are improvements.
I drilled out the topside t nut location that is under the trunk then countersunk and painted the t nut to match.
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The lane was smoothed and other holes cleaned up.
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Now cleared.
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I am comfortable assembling any playfield that is dry enough to sand and polish.
That can be as quick as 3 days but I generally wait at least a week if it is one I need right away and as long as 2 months if it is one I am in no hurry for.
Also there is a big difference in playfields that are just lightly recleared like the SC or TOM more recently than those that get a lot of repaints and multiple clear sessions. Those need to set about 2 weeks minimum so all the repairs and repaints are fully settled prior to final sanding and polishing.
SC playfield is sanded then polished.
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Well, Chris does- and that’s why he gets my business.
He is such an asset to this hobby, gifted and a real gentleman too.
Thanks, buddy
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Well, Chris does- and that’s why he gets my business.
He is such an asset to this hobby, gifted and a real gentleman too.
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Are you kidding me? Look at that - it’s a total hack job. He didn’t even bother to carry the blue details through the t-nut.
TOTALLY kidding. Great work! 
Quoted from marc_b:When Chris sent me these pics, I looked at this perfectly yellow-matched t-nut and thot to myself “who does that?”
I thought the same when I saw that, but it's not the least surprising. Details matter in whatever you do ... and people usually (not always) will notice when you put the effort in. Great work as always Chris.
Quoted from pinster68:I thought the same when I saw that, but it's not the least surprising. Details matter in whatever you do ... and people usually (not always) will notice when you put the effort in. Great work as always Chris.
True enough. When I got my first game from Chris- I noted that all the screw heads were perfectly aligned throughout the game! I am always amazed, but I am no longer surprised. It’s those details that make his games so coveted. And his details are not just aesthetic- but usually very very functional and make a difference in game play and less maintenance.
Quoted from marc_b:True enough. When I got my first game from Chris- I noted that all the screw heads were perfectly aligned throughout the game! I am always amazed, but I am no longer surprised. It’s those details that make his games so coveted. And his details are not just aesthetic- but usually very very functional and make a difference in game play and less maintenance.
Thanks Marc.
It is great to see you here in the thread.
If it were not for you,DJB,and a few others in the early days HEP would have never even gotten off the ground floor let alone been able to evolve into the quality levels and experience I have today.
Doing this TOM for you is one of the highlights of this year and I really mean that no ass kissing.To still have some of the same customers and honestly friends after 15 years is a true blessing and really makes me feel like I have done things the right way over these many years.
So with that in mind you should do an updated restore on the first machine you ever owned, no charge! When can I drop it off? LOL.
Tearing down the SC donor playfield
The amount of mechs on such a small playfield is truly overwhelming.
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These still remain
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Each harness is separated.
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Quoted from Pinballemporium:So with that in mind you should do an updated restore on the first machine you ever owned, no charge! When can I drop it off? LOL.
I”ll have to run that by new management once they wake up
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Whoa careful there. I think Scott is smart enough to figure out he can win over management with a box of milk bones. lol.
--Donnie
Chipping away at the SC
When I tore down the old playfield for the needed parts I organized the washers and lock nuts.
These are always a pain to pick out of the tumbler then a pain to pick the media out of.
That was solved with some simple zip ties.
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I was busy Skip came through on Saturday and dropped off a High Speed project.
Then I had my Sunday festivities.
Homemade chicken chowder and chicken wings this week along with a side by side of the 2018 and newly released 2019 CBS.
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Really can’t understand why I did not think of this 15 years ago but whatever!
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Four target banks,three flippers,jet bumpers,vari target,spinning dial,subway ,and more all in this little area.
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Going with all new GI sockets. The old ones are just not worth cleaning all the gunk off of desoldering and reusing.
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SC has its looms turned up to better clear mechs. Even at that it still could use a little more clearance in some spots.
What I will do is switch to the TAF loom brackets.
TAF didn’t need those taller ones to start with but they will come in handy on SC.
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2DB10BAB-C583-4D0E-8D96-2618E98844CB (resized).jpegQuoted from High_End_Pins:Four target banks,three flippers,jet bumpers,vari target,spinning dial,subway ,and more all in this little area.
"Let's build a small game," Pat said. "It'll be cheap," he said.
Quoted from yancy:"Let's build a small game," Pat said. "It'll be cheap," he said.
It won't weigh more, he said.
LTG : )
Quoted from the_one:How do you prevent your clearcoated playfileds to start ghosting on the big inserts? Especially MM, CV and AFM Playfields are critical after clearcoating them.
Thanks Pat
Really not much can be done during the clearcoating process to prevent or predict future ghosting possibilities.
If it is present at the time of it can be dealt with on some level but after the playfield is recleared it may or may never return.
The issue with ghosting is it happens below the original surface and screening.
It is the loosening of the screened layer from the plastic lens creating a cloudy Look within the insert.
The work done or layers of protection added on top of that really isn’t going to have a big impact on how those two surfaces are bonded to one another other than to stabilize them from chipping away and beautify it.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Parts were then ready to pull from the tumbler.
Really can’t understand why I did not think of this 15 years ago but whatever!
Freaking genius!!! Did the parts come out just as good, or how did it work with them sandwiched together? It's definitely one of those palm on forehead moments 
Quoted from Strohz:Freaking genius!!! Did the parts come out just as good, or how did it work with them sandwiched together? It's definitely one of those palm on forehead moments
They turned out great The key is to leave some slack in there for them to move around.
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I agree, I love this. It was so annoying to pull media out of lock nuts, I just always replaced them lol.
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