Quoted from bub2010:In regard to the lockdown bar supply... so how's the search going? I am doubting you'll ever find them as cheap as you had gotten them before, but just wondering how much that'll bump up the cost of a unit.....? For what it is worth Pinball life does have some really cheap black ones. I think these are just about $30 more than what you had.
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2090
On another note... there is a guy in this forum here that does custom ones... only problem... they do look a bit plain and they are $75 regardless of size, but having said that they could be tailored specifically to scale with the cabinet properly. As good as the cabs do look the scale of the lockdown bar is one of the things that does look a bit off. Here is a link to the 12th page or so of this forum where you can see one of them.
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?8461-**UPDATED**-Custom-Sized-Lockdown-Bars-75!/page12
Thanks for the info. I haven't done any searching yet because all my time has been devoted to making these cabinets. I guess I'll search when I run out of my existing supply. A friend knows a local metal fabricator so I'll probably start there first.
I disagree about the scale of the lockdown bar making it look off. Also, since I'm using real lockdown bars they feel realistic, if it were anything smaller it wouldn't have that real pinball feeling and that is what I'm going for.
For anyone else that still wants to order... I think I have about 8 or 9 lockdown bars left which aren't reserved yet. They're all brand new bars straight from the factory; never installed on a machine. After my supply is depleted I might not be building any more of these if I can't find a suitable alternative.