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Pinball Horror Pics!!

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#2201 4 years ago
 
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jibmums

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Not quite a horror story, but a very worn Mata Hari. I told the guy, if it was in sorry shape but it was working, it would be worth something to me, or if it wasn't working but was in good shape, it would be worth something to me, but as-is I wasn't interested. He told me it was being thrown out if I didn't take it.

Amazingly, there are no broken plastics, and the backglass has a couple of small scratches but no peeling. MPU is super corroded. Coindoor looks like someone took a pry bar to it. I was going to part it out, but now I'm thinking I'll throw an Alltek in there, clean and touch up the pf as best I can, and see if I can get it playable.

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#2202 4 years ago
 
FRN

Friengineer

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Quoted from jibmums:

clean and touch up the pf as best I can, and see if I can get it playable.

It will be alot of work but totally worth it. You'll have to bulletproof everything according to vid's guide, repin the connectors on the MPU at a minimum. Start a thread showing us your progress!

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#2203 4 years ago
 
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Coyote

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Quoted from jibmums:

I'm thinking I'll throw an Alltek in there

Put in a Weebly, not an Alltak.

1 week later
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#2204 4 years ago
 
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Beemus

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She cleaned up just fine and I took care of that white paint. The rodent was a clean guest and only stayed long enough to birth some offspring. The afterbirth was a joy to clean blech

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Picked up a Pleasure Isle out of the cellar of a dairy farm in WI yesterday. The wife claimed she bought it in 1965, which would make it HUO. After it quit working, they stuck it in the cellar where the mice made a home.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

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#2205 4 years ago
 
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Hyperball91

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Very nice. Looks great now

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#2206 4 years ago
 
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dudah

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Found this on Craigslist labeled as a "Virtual pinball"
Wood rail with a TV and a 60-in-1 Chinese arcade board in there.
Pac man controls on the front, Tron overlay as a lockdown bar for some reason, WOOF

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#2207 4 years ago
 
MPL

ThatOneDude

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That is, indeed, a horror show.

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#2208 4 years ago
 
KNT

Coindork

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US Cave Creek, AZ

7y 147K 4,623 20 74

Quoted from dudah:

Found this on Craigslist labeled as a "Virtual pinball"
Wood rail with a TV and a 60-in-1 Chinese arcade board in there.
Pac man controls on the front, Tron overlay as a lockdown bar for some reason, WOOF[quoted image]

LOL, I would totally take that to a show just to fuck with people.

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#2209 4 years ago
 
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Robotworkshop

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Quoted from dudah:

Found this on Craigslist labeled as a "Virtual pinball"
Wood rail with a TV and a 60-in-1 Chinese arcade board in there.
Pac man controls on the front, Tron overlay as a lockdown bar for some reason, WOOF[quoted image]

Did the still have the original parts they ripped out or did they trash them. That is truly awful.

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#2210 4 years ago
 
CDL

Murphdom

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So I guess you guys don’t like my kickstarter campaign

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#2211 4 years ago
 
ROB

RCA1

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11y 128K 8,681 28 11

Quoted from Murphdom:

So I guess you guys don’t like my kickstarter campaign

I'd be in if you were raising money to arrange a beating on whoever did that.

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#2212 4 years ago
 
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embryonjohn

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11y 110K 5,772 4 7

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#2213 4 years ago
 
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rollinover

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Lol that’s virtual alright
Haha wow
That’s hilarious

And a wood rail of all things

Edited
I’m still cracking up over this thing
A tron overlay
A Pac-Man control panel
And the cherry on top
A flat screen in a wood rail

If someone took that too a show I would have to buy it and sledgehammer it for the main event.

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#2214 4 years ago
 
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chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,202 9 4

Quoted from embryonjohn:

[quoted image]

Did you save the glass?

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#2215 4 years ago
 
JCH

embryonjohn

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US Marblehead, MA

11y 110K 5,772 4 7

Quoted from chad:

Did you save the glass?

I’m the guy who tossed it. It stunk like mouse urine and was peeling all over. Didn’t know glass could stink that bad...

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#2216 4 years ago
 
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chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,202 9 4

Quoted from embryonjohn:

I’m the guy who tossed it. It stunk like mouse urine and was peeling all over. Didn’t know glass could stink that bad...[quoted image][quoted image]

I understand now. Yikes!

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#2217 4 years ago
 
FRN

Friengineer

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10y 70,550 1,829 5

Quoted from embryonjohn:

I’m the guy who tossed it. It stunk like mouse urine and was peeling all over. Didn’t know glass could stink that bad...

Did you remove & check all of the fuses? Seems like it could be a blown fuse.

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#2218 4 years ago
 
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vec-tor

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7y 91,150 4,607 83

Quoted from Beemus:

She cleaned up just fine and I took care of that white paint. The rodent was a clean guest and only stayed long enough to birth some offspring. The afterbirth was a joy to clean blech
[quoted image][quoted image]

Note: I got to repair the other , "non add-a-ball", version of this game and the top bottom
----- middle "mini T bumper" was missing... there was no playfield marks or
----- anything to suggest that a post was there rather that it was an option.
----- What I found out while playing the game, is that the ball can now easily traverse
----- between the top two pop bumpers. The ball can go left to right and right to left sides of the
----- playfield. It was much more funner to play. I think it might be Gottliebs way of making
----- the game more conservative/liberal to each version of the game.
Congratulation, on a neat Gottlieb game.

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#2219 4 years ago
 
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dung

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12y 86,050 5,580 6 30

Pretty sure this is a nightmare for some pinsiders.

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#2220 4 years ago
 
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fast_in_muskoka

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CA Muskoka, ON

10y 77,800 1,299 1

Holy shit

Quoted from dung:

Pretty sure this is a nightmare for some pinsiders.[quoted image]

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#2221 4 years ago
 
BMS

Beemus

Pinside member

10y 52,550 211

Quoted from vec-tor:

Note: I got to repair the other , "non add-a-ball", version of this game and the top bottom
----- middle "mini T bumper" was missing... there was no playfield marks or
----- anything to suggest that a post was there rather that it was an option.
----- What I found out while playing the game, is that the ball can now easily traverse
----- between the top two pop bumpers. The ball can go left to right and right to left sides of the
----- playfield. It was much more funner to play. I think it might be Gottliebs way of making
----- the game more conservative/liberal to each version of the game.
Congratulation, on a neat Gottlieb game.

Thanks and that sounds like a fun setup. Still hunting for the right paradise.

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#2222 4 years ago
 
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chalkup8

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AU Sunshine

12y 72,800 1,134 4 17

Quoted from embryonjohn:I’m the guy who tossed it. It stunk like mouse urine and was peeling all over. Didn’t know glass could stink that bad...[quoted image][quoted image]
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#2223 4 years ago
 
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chalkup8

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AU Sunshine

12y 72,800 1,134 4 17

True horror pic,just foul!

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#2224 4 years ago
 
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Neal_W

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9y 99,550 3,442

Makes me think of linked driving games. I want 4-way linked NASCAR pinball!

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#2225 4 years ago
 
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Dayhuff

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US Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,353 79 11

Wen't and looked at a Knockout about a month ago I think it was and besides have numerous cosmetic issues, one of the worst things was that someone screwed a metal plate to the top of the playfield because water had gotten into the top of the backbox and ran down into the playfield and rotted it out and ruining the backglass. So the only way it probably could be made playable was to cover it up so that the ball didn't get trapped. This one needed way to much time and money to bring it back what with the painted cabinet, poorly reproduced backglass and a string of other things. I reluctantly made an offer and was cringing because I thought the guy might actually take it and I was relieved when he said no because I thought I was being over generous as it was. I'm glad I didn't get it.
John

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#2226 4 years ago
 
CMP

PinballNZ

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NZ Auckland

14y 40,300 136 25

Quoted from dung:

Pretty sure this is a nightmare for some pinsiders.[quoted image]

Gee I could do with a main plastic ramp as a spare!

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#2227 4 years ago
 
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SantaEatsCheese

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US Crofton, MD

5y 209K 9,652 6 85 1

This is the new Flight 2000 backglass wallhanger someone was wrapping up to trade me... #Tear.

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#2228 4 years ago
 
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jorro

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NL Bermuda Triangle

8y 81,550 2,988 8

It puzzles me how that could happen.

See what i did there!?

Sorry couldnt resist

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#2229 4 years ago
 
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ForceFlow

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9y 238K 31,360 268 14

Quoted from jorro:

It puzzles me how that could happen.

Glass on cold concrete = kaboom

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#2230 4 years ago
 
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gdonovan

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7y 185K 13,220 70

Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

This is the new Flight 2000 backglass wallhanger someone was wrapping up to trade me... #Tear.[quoted image]

One of my greatest fears.

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#2231 4 years ago
 
RVJ

Pingball

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7y 59,300 150 5 18

Still on location ruining people's impression of pinball.

Flipper Rubbers are optional anyways

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#2232 4 years ago
 
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Coindork

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US Cave Creek, AZ

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Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

This is the new Flight 2000 backglass wallhanger someone was wrapping up to trade me... #Tear.[quoted image]

That happened to me with a beautiful glass from an Ice Cold Beer.
Made the mistake of bringing it in from the garage on an Arizona summer day that was in the teens.
As soon as I went from the the garage which is not air conditioned to the house which is, the change in temperature made it explode in my hands. Didn’t even touch it to anything. Just a quick drop of 35+ degrees did it in.

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#2233 4 years ago
 
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desiArnez

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US Brooklyn, NY

10y 41,550 197 3

Gotta have spares.

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#2234 4 years ago
 
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mappy_mouse

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There should be a law to stop cruelty to pinball machines.

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#2235 4 years ago
 
JVE

Jappie

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Quoted from desiArnez:

Gotta have spares.[quoted image]

Holy shit, do I see a TX-Sector and a Banzai Run in there?

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#2236 4 years ago
 
CRD

chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,202 9 4

I have been looking for a wired upper playfield for Banzai Run....

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#2237 4 years ago
 
GTX

gdonovan

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7y 185K 13,220 70

Burn out one GI string on your Data East? Install LEDs and clip onto the other string!

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#2238 4 years ago
 
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mystman12

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9y 76,550 1,147 5 7 1

Quoted from desiArnez:

Gotta have spares.[quoted image]

Okay but is there a Mousin' Around playfield in that pile? I'm still looking for a center ramp for mine and I'd take anything I could get, haha.

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#2239 4 years ago
 
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cottonm4

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US Wichita, KS

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Quoted from desiArnez:

Gotta have spares.[quoted image]

Quoted from mappy_mouse:

There should be a law to stop cruelty to pinball machines.

A friend is an operator and has been for 30 years, at least. On one recent Friday night auction, I helped him carry a couple of his purchases out to his pickup. Laying in the truck bed was a populated Pinbot play field that was in pretty good shape. I told him he could sell that for some money. He did not pay attention.

And he recently told me that in the late 90s that he bought a Stern Meteor at a pin auction for $5.00. And then he stripped the pin. He told me that Alltek came out with its MPU in 2002, but before that there were no options if aboard went bad. A bad board was instant death to a pin. It could not be fixed and rental space was not cheap so pins like this Meteor were instant parts machines.

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#2240 4 years ago
 
BHL

snowy_owl

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5y 110K 1,229

Quoted from Pingball:

Still on location ruining people's impression of pinball.
Flipper Rubbers are optional anyways[quoted image][quoted image]

Saw a TSPP on location like that. No rubber on the flippers, Dirty playfield, Broken DMD, broken everything. Those operators must be crazy or just stupid. Probably Both.

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#2241 4 years ago
 
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vec-tor

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Quoted from cottonm4:

A bad board was instant death to a pin. It could not be fixed and rental space was not cheap so pins like this Meteor were instant parts machines.

True... I have spent many hours trying to get Bally/Stern CPU boards up and running.
So a game could be saved.

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#2242 4 years ago
 
MPL

ThatOneDude

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Quoted from cottonm4:

a friend is an operator and has been for 30 years, at least

I knew the owner of Gameroom Warehouse in Wichita back in the day. I went upstairs one time, and it was rows of playfields. I wish I had had the space to buy some of them.

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#2243 4 years ago
 
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tominator

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CA Ottawa, ON

7y 44,300 352 7

A buddy texted me this pic asking if it could be saved!

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#2244 4 years ago
 
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Stoomer

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8y 29,650 308

Quoted from tominator:

A buddy texted me this pic asking if it could be saved![quoted image]

Did he maybe mean the ice skate?

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#2245 4 years ago
 
CRD

chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,202 9 4

Quoted from tominator:

A buddy texted me this pic asking if it could be saved![quoted image]

Yikes!

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#2246 4 years ago
 
TDK

TDK-WPG

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CA Winnipeg, MB

6y 58,800 298 1

Quoted from tominator:

A buddy texted me this pic asking if it could be saved!

A little Novus and it is as good as new!

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#2247 4 years ago
 
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vdojaq

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Quoted from TDK-WPG:

A little Novus and it is as good as new!

Don't forget the fuse!

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#2248 4 years ago
 
PEZ

pacmanretro

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Quoted from vdojaq:

Don't forget the fuse!

YEAH, gotta be sure to Novus the fuse too!!

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#2249 4 years ago
 
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Tallon

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US Schofield, WI

10y 66,550 1,244 16

Quoted from pacmanretro:

YEAH, gotta be sure to Novus the fuse too!!

That’s not funny. I use novus 3 in the tumbler and it works great. Also really good at getting the grime off ball guides.

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#2250 4 years ago
 
LAG

Nihonmasa

Shoot Again

CH Chénens

5y 82,100 1,095 51 11

At an operator's place.
Going to the trash soon I guess.

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