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some of the mirco IJ's I have done have willy's teeth red with lip stick. I thought it was a digital print, but there has been a couple that her lipstick red is on the teeth, and I fix it. You cant really see in the pics that this one has the glitter around the inserts. he is doing this on a couple of titles. I am not amused, although nothing was more of a pig with lipstick than the colorized centaur repro. what s kick in the balls of the original artist.
It blows my mind that I have never once seen a pf reproducer just give props to the original artist. Maybe on the description where they say how great it is and how much, just say thanks to who ever originally painted it.

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I will detail the madness a bit more. I dont have a plow for the kubota L3400, but a loader. It took 2 hours to plow and shovel, and I destroyed my back. it was 12-15 in (just from last night) when I was out there. Its still blasting snow so bad I cant see the tree that is about half way to the road, so that tree is at about 400-450 ft. Going back out to do some more painting. may be a good weekend to build crates, as well as I realized that my roof trusses are sagging between an inch and almost 2 in where someone put up a beam to have a tall door. They got rid of 3 trusses and put in a beam 16 ft that just connects to the remaining trusses. So these trusses are made of 1 by material, and are 28-30 feet long. The Beam is attached with hangers at the peak of the trusses, and they didnt put any posts up to support. The trusses are just sitting on a 2x4 wall. I have been here since 05, but I just noticed the sag in the middle of the trusses, so I am going to get some steel posts of the ends of the trusses, and in the middle I am going to build one that supports under the center of the truss, and goes up to the peak of the truss and get under that beam. so that is a little over 16 ft. I am going to buy 16' 2x8's. I am sure they are going to be pricey. Lowes doesnt carry basement posts any more so I gotta find those. I am going to look if there is a habitat for humanity store in kzoo soon and see if they have some, because I am sure they are stupid expensive now days.
I was a remod/builder for 21 years, and I threw away so much materials back in the 90's that I would fight for the dumpster dive, now

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That thing is a monster! I dont think I have driven one that size before, when I see it next to your van
I totally agree with frunch about the design of the kubotas. What I think is so cool is everything is 100% form follows function, but yet they still achieve a cool distinctive design. I dont have time to look for a pic right now, but the real old stuff form the 80's looks so different than anything else.
I think the era of my kubota is really tame and soft looking, but maybe if I make it another 20 it will look different compared to whats being made. I know the tractor will make it another 20.
This time of year, I fill my loader with firewood, and bring it right up to the door of all 3 buildings. I can barely handle all of the handling of firewood with the tractor. if I had to hump 20 face cords a year, I would be in amazing shape, though more likely just having natural gas run to the place.

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Got some pf porn: this is a wpt that really came out nice. I have this game in my living room, and it would be wild to play with a zero friction pf. I think of all of the steve ritchie games with cleared pfs would be insane, like balls floating like on ice.
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I have been focusing on pfs for 15 years now it seems. I can think of several pfs I had to sell that bum me out so bad. I dont make enough to afford most of the pfs that I want so bad. The way I look at it, is I try to enjoy the short time I get to have them. My rule is even if I buy it for me, I make my self list it as available, and if someone buys it, I have to sell it. Since I am so many years behind on projects, I would have all of the pfs, and no one else would have any!.
The NOS pfs that I have owned that come to mind are:
several IJ's
rocky
amazing spiderman
incredible hulk
proto TZ
Most of the sys 11 titles in diamondplate which is very cool
asteroid anne
genie
Iron maiden and viper/classic sterns
charlies angels EM (after dayhuff spent 10 years looking for one, and sold the game)
several TAFG
Anyway I finally got a pf that I have wanted since day one. It was the second game I owned, and its a licensed game that I love the license and the game. In fact in my opinion the 3 greatest games made are IJ, DEGnR, and wiz of oz. I may add godzilla if I still love it after a couple years.
So I got this nos GNR that I cleared for chad years ago, and he didnt install it. This is the first pf I have owned that I am keeping for me.
I have a JJP GnR also and I want to hang both in my office. I am bummed I sold my roached out, used GnR to someone, because it would be cool to have that on the wall again also.
The other pf title I would kill for is a pabst with dirty donny's art. I doubt that one will ever happen.
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I dont have the money right now, but I will be in the market for the game soon. I have owned 3 of them. I think one of my mine is still in the detroit area. I forgot the fella's name I sold it to (chucks partner on the pin2000 boards). After april 15th.

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I was just reminded the problem with selling projects, or used pfs or anything that is not absolutely perfect. Someone contacted me about the nos DE simpsons pf that I lost interest in a couple years ago. it was about half way done. I drilled and dimpled, sanded and sealed the back prepped, did more than half of the paint work and locked it down with a coat, and then sanded it level so the paint could be finished and be cleared.
So a month later I get a letter that says your paint looks bad when you put light behind it, and it is not even, and its going to cost 500 to get finished.
here is the first letter I write. one of 20 some explaining that the job is not done.
Hello. The de simpsons is indefinitely on hold. I get about 2 emails on it every single day. It blows my mind.
I dont do restorations any more because I havent figured out how to make more than 7 bucks an hour. I did it full time for 5 years before it bankrupted me.
So anyway , I clear pfs, both repros and NOS, and I perfect them first. Like most nos pfs have cracks around the inserts, or other things that should be fixed before clearing.
I have been clearing pfs 6 and 7 days a week for several years, and I just dont have the time to put in to the simpsons. it is for sale as it is for 1300. I have drilled and dimpled it, done most of the paint work, locked it down with a thin coat of clear, and sanded it. so its ready for yellow, and black. most of the other colors are done.
Thanks and have a good day, ron kruzman
Not only do I not want someone to be unhappy with something they bought from me, but I realize now that this person is going to look for help and write everyone to say I bought this from kruzman and look how bad it is, not mentioning that I explained that its a project and not complete. I said the paint needs to be finished and it needs clear before it can be installed. I thought the person was going to finish the work, install it and be happy. Maybe go buy some paint and a brush, and figure it out. it just takes time. LOTS OF TIME.
if its 500 to finish the paint and clear it, thats a steal. But we all know that pinball is a hands off, easy, inexpensive, not labor intensive hobby.
So now I have to rethink selling some projects in the shop to help with the bills and compressor. everything has to be idiot proofed before shipped. I suppose I have to install it also.
Just venting. frustrated. I need a wife or room mate

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Picked up 2 more pfs for sale
a cpr gold tales of Arabian nights and a really nice IPB scared stiff with an aftermarket clear that I really like. very different style than me. Quite thin compared to mine, but it looks just right!
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The quality control staff here at kruzman pinball playfields, is hard to impress.
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anyone wanna explain a hard top to me? some kind of overlay?

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I wanted to mention for a friend/customer that philip baliey in texas has a TAF pf that I cleared for chad some years ago. He has a couple taf pfs, and we cant tell if this one is nos or repro. Anyway he is looking to sell it.
I forget his handle on pinside. I am old.

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I get creamy for chrome coin doors

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Quoted from kruzman:I am ready to pull my hair out. I got 15 emails from someone who wanted a spiderman nos pf. he wanted to make sure it was new. he wanted to make sure its was not cleared, but it has a clear. he said he will take it several times. he sent me his address, I sent him mine and the total. I had to explain over several emails that it dosent matter if you send a check or a post office money order. I had to explain what a post office money order is. then he asked if he could send a money order from his bank? fine. again, he will take it. I make out a shipping tag. he didnt send his phone number, I ask and he sends it. Then he writes can he send pay pal he will send an extra 10$, and is it used? before I answer he writes forget it, sorry to waste your time.
I dont have much hair left to be pulling out. 55 years old and an advance degree and this is what I do for a living. I am as dumb as him.

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So every girlfriend/wife I have ever lived with is cold at all times (a lot had to do with the way they dressed, some just wanted to whine) and always complaining that its too cold in the house.
So when I see these healthy young women hanging around in the cold vacuum of space, wearing just a thong... I gotta call BS!

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I am old enough that I tell the same dam story all of the time!
I had this woman living in my guest house that I called red (she died her hair, and often half of her forehead red). She was all right to have around. feisty old broad, but she was getting up there in the years. I dont know what was wrong with her guts, but you couldnt have the shortest convo with her, without her farting. Every 3rd step... honk! she didnt feel it or hear it or care, but it took me months to be able to not either giggle, or about choke from trying to hold back my laughs.
Man I hope that doesnt happen to me!
Its bad enough that your body looks gross when you get old, but your butt gets loose too!

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Once I get started on drum sticks or pop tarts, I cant stop. If i have the time I fry cinnamon PT'S in butter!!!oh yea!

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Has anyone seen this?
I saw a video of people put tin foil on the counters, and when the cats jump up on the corner, they instantly jump backward off it, like the counter is on fire. I dont let max and ruben, aka blackie and moma in the house, but that would be a great way to train them. I will have to see if I can figure it out for my tenants black cadillac coupe. Its got an amazing black paint with silver metal flake in it. I cant imagine what it would cost, but stupid asses max/blackie insists on goin up there, more than likely for the sun on black.
I saw it on tic toc because someone posted a tictic of one of my pfs arriving. I suppose that means my biz is going to get hacked by the PRC. I am so important, I am sure they have been waiting for a way to get to me. If I disappear it was Xi.

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I just ordered one also. for 14 bucks, if it breaks I am not going to feel sad.

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I bought the one from Ben's link.
do they make a bigger one, because if I like it I am going to buy 2 more. If your glasses got ruiend by splashing clear on them, and you are trying to get away with dime store readers, because its 850 to replace the glasses I had, the more light, the better I can see!

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wado the tornado , does indeed rock, but those 1950's pfs slathered with "heavy lead enriched ink", are something also. On the em pfs from the wood rail days, they are so uncluttered and simple that they really show the wear and flaws. So a new pf is important on those games. On the other hand it is more common to see a game from 1958 with a nicer pf than a sys 11, because of that rich ink back then, and amazing wood.

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21 votes or 64% for a nos pf even if it will cost more
11 votes or 33% voted for which ever is cheaper
1 vote for prefer a repro pf
Now I wonder how that would compare to the general pinball population.

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Thats exactly what I was doing, both trying to make it last, but it also takes several jobs before the wool pad is matted down the way I like it, even after cleaning. I am using a new one right now and there are fuzzies everywhere!

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I have never owned a white water game.

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I dont know how to do it. I had a restored wizard that had some of the winds taken off the right flipper. I like my games up at a higher angle, and that game was notorious for not having enough power to make the arch shot to the flags, from the r flipper.

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come to think of it, I may be mistaken and the fella that restored my bally wizard, may have used a slightly different coil for the right side, so I could have the angle jacked up. rather than removing wires from the coil. I am old.

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Does anyone have a dremmil that has a speed adjustment, or know if that is a tool made that I can plug it in to that allows to adjust up or down the voltage which will bring the speed down?
My dremmil has 2 speeds, way too fast, and launch. I have to be so careful when I do this operation. If I could bring the speed down 40%, the finish product would be better.

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Here is the next restoration. This one is going to be tough.
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This is the second Mirco to arrive with a busted corner. The sttng had one, and one came at christmas with several.
This is totally fixable, but I just wanted to put it out there.
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exactly. You really have to make an effort to better your self, but its effort well spent. I dont get to do much games my self, but I feel such a part of the projects going on. Yesterday I saw my name was mentioned on a post about a quicksilver on face book. The game looked awesome, and it was nestled between 2 beautiful DMD games. The owned motioned that I did the pf, and it totally made my day! I cant overstate how much I rely on being a part of what is going on here.

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I built crates all day yesterday, and it will be all day today. I finally got new bifocals. So they are only 2 days old.
I stacked 5 sheets of 3/8 plywood and 2 or 3 sheets of underlyment, and screwed them all together so I could cut them all at once. They have the bi focal part up too high in the lenses so I am getting the fish bowl effect, no straight lines.
So on those sheets of plywood I make 4 cuts. I make the first 3 stacks 23 in wide and the last stack 26.
The last 2 stacks I totally screwed the cut and they measure 23 at the top and 22.5 at the bottom, as well as the last stack is 26 and 25.5 at the bottom. So I ruined about 3 sheets of plywood. Of course they are cut too small so its not like I can cut them again. That plywood is 34.99 and 38.99 a sheet, so I pissed away 100 bucks.
Later I did something I have never done in 35 year of working with nail guns. I finally shot my self in the finger with a 18 guage brad. at least it wasnt the framer. About an hour later my screw gun came off the screw and went in to my knuckle, and broke open a couple veins.
At that point I sat down lit a smoke and thought about my life. It was 10 pm and there were cartoons on tv. time to quit before I loose an eye.

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Before I installed all of those pink panther inserts I wanted to do an experiment with the 2 best kinds of glue I have. One is epoxy which has no elasticity to it at all, the other is a mid grade construction adheasive, and it has plenty of elasticity like the factory glue.
Unfortunately I sanded the sides of both inserts. That is not an option in pf manufacturing. In fact cpr bought new inserts and they didnt sand the sides and on the first runs of cyclone and fire power, the hot dog inserts pop right out. I bought one, it sucked.
So I tested them the way I remove them but without adding heat. I find a deep dish socket that fits perfect so I am pushing on the edges of the insert, not in the middle area where I could damage it. On both I gave it 48 hours to cure in a room above 65 deg f. On both I put all of my 260lbs on the socket, and then even tried to add some momentum. I got no movement on either. I think the key is sanding the edges for the glue to bite to. I use this sea witch pf for experiments. It would be great to belt sand for a hard top.
Inconclusive.
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I think I know what you are talking about. it has some heavy fumes? and you let it set up for a min or 2 before you put it together?

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I know that material for the floors, I have used it with the 3/16" trowell I think and give it like 1 or 2 min to set and its Hellasticky. Also I can smell the solvent, so I wouldnt have to sand the sides of the inserts, though I would still rough them up a little since I am only doing 25 on that pink panther.

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I have torn out several vct floors on cement, and I didnt know about the heat. That glue sometimes is like cement. I would use a 5 in one and a hammer and just take up silver dollar size chunks (in spots. Other places they came right up) I will grab some at lowes and do my experiment. The reason I am apprehensive of the epoxy is it will never come out. never.

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I am afraid they will get pirated. I have other friends who make mods, and the second they list their new invention, someone else is now selling them. the install kit income is so important that I probably wouldn't be able to stay afloat with out it

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Ok now I heard back from larry evidently a shadow was stolen from him at the Texas show. I havent had a shadow sent here in over 6 months, so its not here. No idea how I got involved or how it became a TAF, but I wil;l give the benefit of the doubt it s a misunderstanding.
Getting stolen from sucks so he is probably pissy himself.