Only 889 Orbitor 1s produced.

It is nice to see one rise from the dead.

if I ever get my ass motivated and put on the plastics set I bought for mine, you can have all my old plastics.

i'll try and give you some pics, but they way the playfield is in a metal cage, makes it hard to get clear shots of anything.

Back in 1982, I went to the local Gottlieb parts supplier to get some parts. In the showroom had a few pins and arcade games on display. While waiting for the parts guy I usually played a few pins. One day there was an Orbitor, I started playing it, a another guy comes out from the back and naturally states, "Hey Kids this is not an Arcade". He finally looked at me, I said, 'I am waiting for the parts guy'. The parts guy nodded. So the sales guy then asked, 'What do you think about this game?" I said, "That is unique and totally different. Clear curved playfield and the ability to hit the ball backwards is bizarre." Then he thanked me for the input. I never saw one of these games in any arcade locally. (Greater Vancouver). In a darker room this game stands out, brightly lit room with worn playfield it just looks so so.

Ah......it uses the Wico flipper mechs, same as Gamatron and Af-Tor. I didn't remember that from when I owned one.

Those black caps with metal bases are common at one time, I installed 100's on truck caps!

I might even still have some, I'll check this morning.

Not sure if the right size but you are welcome to them.

They did come in at least one larger size, I remember using them with toggles to hold truck bed liners in place.

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If the wrong size, some other places to look-

https://www.amazon.com/RV-Designer-Collection-H603-Black/dp/B003ZOLWGE/ref=sr_1_5

https://www.amazon.com/White-Flat-Large-Screw-Covers/dp/B0064OV2T4/ref=sr_1_7

ebay.com link: sch

You are probably going to be looking for something from 3M company.

I do not know what would be proper but my thoughts lean toward upholstery type of adhesive. You spray the adhesive on both parts and let it sit for a minute, or whatever it says on the can. And then press one part to the other.

If you follow directions, the 2 parts will be bonded in a permanent manner.

I guess the question should be asked is if you want them to be bonded on permanently? Or do they need to be removable?

You want something that will peel like Post-it-note, it sound like. Or a merchandise price sticker that can be peeled off. A temporary bond, so to speak.

I have some 3M adhesive that I use to spray on the sanding discs I use on my dual action sander. It holds the discs good enough that I can use the DA and when the disc is worn out I can peel it off and spray a new disc and slap it on and go back to work.

I got this adhesive at an auto body supplies store.

You might try talking to someone at an auto upholstery shop.
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You might try to call someone at 3M

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/All-3M-Products/Adhesives-Tapes/Industrial-Adhesives-and-Tapes/Non-Structural-Adhesives/Spray-Adhesives/?N=5002385+5582877+8710676+8710815+8710968+8711017+8713605+3294857497&rt=r3
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What about hot glue? That is easy to apply with a hot glue gun. And when you heat it up with a hair dryer it gives up its bond very fast.

https://www.amazon.com/s

Could you use Velcro strips. 1 side glued to the carboard, the other side glued to were the light fixture needs to positioned.

Looking at your photos.

The cardboard rings look like they are to be attached to the underside of the playfield securely. Removing the bulbs requires squeezing the metal parts of the lamp base. Pulling the metal base out of the tube.

New replacement light shields could be made from plastic. If you used Velcro, you will need to cut the Velcro into squares, and removing a circle of material to allow the light to shine through. On the light tubes the velcro will have to folded back and glued onto the outside of the tubes.

OK. I'm looking at your picture.

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You are wanting to attach these cardboard tubes to the under side of your play field. I agree with Darcy, replace the cardboard with plastic tubes. I think you could find the right diameter in PVC plumbing tubing. For what you are doing, hot glue should hold those tubes securely enough to the play field. Hot glue would be a temporary bond that can be broken with a hair dryer.

I'm 95% positive that the type of plastic the play field is made of is bondable and will accept Superglue. So you could bond either cardboard tubes or plastic PVC tubing to the play field in a permanent bond using superglue. But hot glue has good holding power and gives you the flexibility of a temporary bond.

If you wish to take it a little farther, you could bond a a small flat piece of plastic to the side of the plastic tubes; This would make a mount to which you could use a standard bayonet light bulb socket. You can buy bayonet sockets in all kinds of configurations for any type of mounting situation. The metal tabs on these sockets bends into any shape of angle easily. You could make the bulb fit into a plastic tube at any depth you would want and be able to get rid of that squeeze type socket if you wanted to.

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Those cardboard light tubes are pushed onto the playfield bottom, are they held by friction or is there evidence of a glue being used?

Plastic tubes could held on with surface tension, by putting thin tape on the posts for the lights. Ever so carefully pushing the tubes in place. Some care must be taken as that underside playfield plastic may have become brittle with age.

This sure proves how different these Orbitor 1s were.

Could of been 3M Automotive trim Adhesive. It was cheap and lasted a long time and is yellow or black.

I can tell you that the plastic piece that the cardboard light tubes are glued to is very thin and brittle (at least mine is). Preceed with caution. Mine chips very easily on the edges of holes in the plastic. I would also be careful using a heat gun or hair dryer to soften adhesive. The plastic is thin and vacuum formed. I'm sure it wouldn't take much heat to deform it.

I don't know what type of adhesive was originally used. If I had to take a guess (and it's only a guess) , I would say the plastic is some type of styrene. It has the same feel and texture as styrene. The good news there is that styrene is very easy to glue with a variety of adhesives.

On mine, all the cardboard tubes are still firmly attached. So I have not attempted to reglue them. Several of the cardboard tubes have started to peel apart though. Most of them are deformed into oval shapes from the spring pressure of the lamp sockets. I have wrapped the outside in masking tape to hold the cardboard together and then put a plastic wire tie around the outside to help hold the light socket in place. This seems to work well. I have thought about replacing the cardboard with a piece of plastic tubing, but I'm not sure if I can get the cardboard off without damaging the thin plastic they are glued to.

Those motors look like Dayton C-Frame motors.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dayton+c-frame+motors&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicoKWC2cfjAhUBVa0KHXZGACMQ_AUIEigC&biw=1276&bih=897

Zoro.com carries a lot of these. All sizes. And there other sellers, as well.

https://www.zoro.com/dayton-c-frame-motor-shaded-pole-1-in-l-sleeve-4m070d/i/G0896384/feature-product?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIofPzhdnH4wIVRdbACh1OswMVEAQYAiABEgI59vD_BwE

Super cool - never played one, but wanted to. Best of luck!

Sold mine, just checking on your progress! Looks like you have aquired almost everything you need.

Ill check back for updates. This is a cool project to make from scratch IMO.

YEAH.
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Not sure if it’s been said yet, but I threw a led strip around the bottom of the play field so you can choose colors

Do not know, but a guess would be the name they used for pre-production, since the playfield is not flat.

I have a burner, LMK what you need and I'll drop it in the mail.

Damn, this was post #2000!

Black Beauty Shuffle bowler?

Call Pinstadium quick, new product idea

Just got my baby back from GreatScott! restos! Such a fun game.
Would like to beef up my flipper coils to get the back targets, anyone done this?
Did my own drain hole repairs and came up pretty nice. Keen to get some led strip going soon.
Alltek board installed but the target insert lamps flicker like crazy even with anti ghost leds?

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Nice work on the drain hole. How did you fix it?

To use LEDs on any classic Bally or Stern you’ll need these:
http://www.siegecraft.us/presta/index.php?id_product=44&controller=product&id_lang=1

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Yeah I was assuming the Alltek MPU. The Alltek lamp driver should work with LEDs. If not, contact Alltek for help/replacement board.

I'll keep saying this because it is an easy item to overlook. On the Alltek MPU board, in the upper left hand corner of the board you will see two pin jumpers and two sets of 3-pins. To use the Alltek MPU on a Stern those jumpers need to be on the two left hand pins for correct operation. For Bally pins, the jumpers need to be on the two right hand pins. If you are not jumped correctly you may run into problems, such as flickering LEDs and general poor performance.