Bad Cats
Williams, 1989
Black Knight
Williams, 1980
Blackout
Williams, 1980
Comet
Williams, 1985
Eight Ball Deluxe
Bally, 1981
Evel Knievel
Bally, 1977
Fireball II
Bally, 1981
Firepower
Williams, 1980You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider yatch11.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
I coming to this party late and I'm sure this question has been asked somewhere in this thread already, so please excuse. I'm considering getting one for my Future Spa. As with most older games, most of my inserts have cupping issues, during the prep work, do you have to level them before you put down the hardtop?
Quoted from ChrisPINk25:yatch11 no need to deal with cupping inserts. Now, raised inserts are a different story.
Thanks, appreciate it
Quoted from yendor0:The long-term verdict is still out on this. The hardtop is sturdy enough that it will be flat even over cupped inserts. So most say you don't need to level them. But what might happen over time? With 10 or 20 years of heat cycles and continual gravity, it's possible that the hardtop might start to depress down into the cupped insert. Also, there's an air gap that is either going to be expanding/contracting based on temperature, or possibly breathing (pulling in air and therefore moisture from under the playfield) if there is any tiny gap around the edge of the insert. The latter could cause the insert to start to look cloudy.
Good info to think about, thanks a lot
Quoted from ChrisPINk25:Have to sand the playfield anyhow. I'd think that would mostly resolve cupped inserts.
I had the same ideas as well. It probably wouldn't get it totally smoothed out but would definitely help it though. Unfortunately, I have to put this playfield project on hold. It has since crapped the bed on me and have to figure out this electrical issue I'm having, ugh. lol
Quoted from RCA1:Finished my High Speed, including Freeplay40 clear ramp.
It looks great!
Fit was very, very good. Dremelling out the star rollover holes was nerve wracking, but very do-able.
Just need to fine tune a few switches and play a few games.[quoted image]
Looks awesome!!!
You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider yatch11.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-hardtops-thread?tu=yatch11 and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.
Monessen, PA