I plan to build mine for under $20/25k, and it should be a nice driver when I'm done. It's crazy what people want for them. Kudos to those that can spend that. It'll take me a few years to afford to do mine when I do it, unless I sell a few pins, which is always a option, lol

Unless you are being crazy or something, you won't harm them a bit, it's not powder coating. Chrome is much more resilient. I've never had one person complain of chipping the plating or anything. I wouldn't use a impact on them, but a standard wrench should be fine.

Hope all is well with everyone, thank you to everyone for your orders. Crazy time of the year but grateful to be busy. Expecting lots of parts this week and even after the holiday to be finished up. Everyone stay warm!
Chris
[email protected] <--- orders and questions here
www.pinballplating.com

Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has a great time with their loved ones in the next day or two.
God has truly blessed us and I am grateful for all of you that help support what we do.
Thank you and let me know if I can do anything for you outside of plating/pinball stuff. I feel as though God has allowed me to stay in the hobby to care for others. If you need something, talk, hang out, whatever, don't be afraid to reach out.
God bless, my friends!
Chris
[email protected]
615-598-0024

Thanks bud! Any word on your car?

I'm in love.... I need me one of those
Seriously tho, I miss having Addams. If you ever want to sell it...

pinballplating.com announcement - Hot Rod Arcade - Making some changes

First of all, let me say, I am so very grateful for everyone’s support in what we do for the hobby! Thank you to everyone that has placed an order, sold us a part for the exchange library, or has just called with questions.
It’s still hard to believe some days that we are knee deep into this, but I’m more grateful than ever that we are. I have said this before but I’ll say it again. I value the relationships with you all, even more than the stuff or money. So thank you for trusting me and for at times being patient when we wait longer than usual to get parts back or whatever comes up.

When I took this over, after Mike’s passing, I vowed to do my best to try to keep things the way they were. Mike really wasn’t trying to grow the company, and was able to operate in a way that was very personal (which I never want to change), and in some ways very old school, mainly in the form of payment (this has to change). Now for 1/2 years I’ve keep the same exact things in place and I’ve honestly loved doing so. But I do need to change some things, for the sake of my family and not allowing others to take advantage of my trust. This is a business and I have unfortunately had some take advantage of us. This past year I had a couple of people not pay the balance owed on orders. A couple have just straight up never paid and will not respond. Then another had us plate every single metal part… let me say that again…. Every. Single. Metal. Part. From an early Bally, and then refused to pay their balance. Even after I finally said, “You know what, pay me what I have in it and let’s let this be the last order we’ll do together,” they still won’t pay. They ordered other parts on top of that order as well. They alone still owe over $1800 for the the order. It takes me a lot of orders to make up that kind of loss and in the end my family are the ones that suffer for someone’s childishness. Especially in a year when we had a baby and other things to deal with, just like everyone else. I know some of you will want me to “out them,” but that’s not why I’m here writing this. I believe The Lord himself deals with the things I cannot, and He Himself is the one that provides for my family. They know who they are and if they can live with doing that to us, then it’s on them. So that being said, here are the changes I’m making from today forward.

Effective today, Jan 1, 2019, and moving forward, payment must be received for me to release parts or ship a order. It’s common practice with every other business and it needs to be for us as well. I will still take a check or PayPal friends and family. I do plan to expand my ways of being paid and hope to announce those the next couple of days (Venmo/Apple Pay, etc). I will still keep everything else the same. The same quality parts guarantee, same speedy exchange times, same speedy shipping on new parts, and doing my best to keep platers moving on custom orders sent in.

I had a feeling the day would come that this would need to happen, but I really hoped it wouldn’t, as I’ve enjoyed sharing that kind of trust with all of you. It sets apart what I do and how I do it and I’ve always loved that aspect. It’s also allowed me to explain why I did it to newcomers to the hobby, in telling the story of Mike Chestnut, and I, of course, have loved that as well. Bottom line, this will help me protect my family, and that’s more important than pinball itself. I know most everyone will understand and I sincerely appreciate it. I wish I didn’t have to do it but everyone close to me, especially those in the hobby, have told me I’ve needed to do it. I think I’ve just held on to it as it’s what Mike did and I hated to change that.

Again, thank you to everyone for your support. We helped over 300 people this past year with chrome, brass, nickel, copper, black nickel plating or powder coating for their games and even other things - cars or whatever. We’ve also moved well over 200 arcades and pinballs this year, and I can’t say thank you enough. You are literally helping me take care of my family and it means more than you know.

Feel free to ask questions, give me a call or whatever. I always want you guys and gals to know that I’m here if you ever just need someone to talk with, even if it’s not about pinball. I’m pretty sure God has allowed me to stay in this hobby to care for others as He has cared for me.
Hanging out with my family today but I’ll pop back on later to check things out. Happy New Year, my friends! I hope it is a wonderful year for everyone!

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Hot Rod Arcade Logo.pdf

I guess I'm not sure who Robin is?

Thank you so much, everyone. I really do appreciate the support, means way more than you all would ever know.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
Yell if you need anything!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

Deadpool Sword in chrome for exchange...
The first round is already spoken for but figured I would share pictures. We are stocking 4 of these to trade out with everyone. Will be on the site soon.
Thanks for looking!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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Whitewater Wireform set in Candy Blue for exchange, they've yet to make it to the site, but we are trying to keep a set ready to go. This set shipped to a friend yesterday. Just wanted to share.
Thanks for looking!
Chris
[email protected] <--- orders go here
www.pinballplating.com

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Stargate Pyramid -- For exchange in brass
Sometimes I'd like to literally take a gun out and shoot the pyramid after hearing "shoot the pyramid" over and over... But we don't do that to our pins, now do we?
Will be up on the site soon. Officially Added to the exchange library.
We also have the wireforms in Brass for exchange and Candy Purple.

Thanks for looking!
Chris
[email protected] <--- orders go here
www.pinballplating.com

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Carroll Shelby would be proud, I know I am
Also, we should get at least one good shot of the rest of the car....

I do love that car

Star Trek Next Generation STTNG Wireform exchange in Black Nickel
Will have this up on the site. These will be hard to keep in stock as it usually takes quite some time to get Black Nickel back. Not cheap either.

I also carry the STTNG gun handle in Black Nickel and Chrome for exchange. You can see that under our exchange parts here: http://www.pinballplating.com/quick-exchange-parts/

Thanks for looking and I hope everyone is having a great holiday!
Chris
[email protected] <--- Orders go here
www.pinballplating.com

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BSD that's getting murdered out, gloss black powder, we did a trim set too. We are starting to try to carry gloss black powder trim on the shelf too.
Anyway, this should be one fantastic build and I can't wait to see the finished product!
Thanks for looking and let me know if I can help!
Chris
[email protected] <--- Orders and Questions go here
www.pinballplating.com

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Some old stuff, that didn't look anything like this when we started
Hope everyone is doing well, stay warm my friends!
Chris
[email protected] <--- Send orders and questions here
www.pinballplating.com

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Glad you love your parts! The Exchange library has continued to grow. It's really key in getting things back to people quickly. I really hate for people to have to wait on parts, of course I can't carry everything, but I'm trying to have stuff I know people want.
Thank you for the order, I really appreciate it!

I suspect I will only be able to pull those off a couple times a year at the most as black nickel isn’t run much due to the expense. I do have them ready now if you or anyone else is seriously contimplating it. Glad to help!
Chris
[email protected]

Glad we could bring that thing back to life! I thought to myself I wish I had gotten some good before and after pics. It turned out better than I had thought it could. Thanks for letting us do it!

Marty,
I've had people beg me to tell them who it was that did this to us, and I wouldn't do it. It was enough money taken from us that it cost us the equivalent of two mortgage payments on our house. But you are doing it for us. The truth always comes out, I firmly believe that.
Amazing to me is this, you haven't wanted to talk since Sept 5, 2018. Don't worry, I have every message you have ever sent. Every email too. All the things you said, name calling and the whole bit. I don't delete a thing, ever.

The redflag should have been when you wouldn't pay Mike's dad (anyone that knows Lee Chestnut is welcome to ask him for yourself) for the order that you owed and his death, until he threatened to get lawyers involved. The only customer that gave any grief after Mike's passing. That also is the only order I ever did for you, one that Mike was doing for you and I picked up the pieces, including replacing parts that were missing on my own, from machines I own. Mike did handle taking your parts in, minus those siderails, everything else was already with the plater. He didn't take the rails as he saw they were going to be problematic being as thin as they were. My memory is good, don't worry. Did I mention I'm still the one that sought to find any missing pieces?
By the way, this: "Let Mike RIP and if you want to run a company then run it and quit using his name to promote your company." would infuriate Mike's parents. They asked that I always keep Mike's name tied to the business, as a way of remembering him and his love for the hobby. We even put it in writing. I take it very seriously.

You were not missing one single part on the last order that you have not paid for, and for which I offered to give it to you at our cost to let you move and and us be done here, all because you were mad about the cost. I sent you that order in May 2018. Nine months ago. You never paid another dime after getting the order, not buying you had to buy another pin, ridiculous.

If you are going to play the victim here, good luck. Myself and 2 other people (Michael Rochelle and Vince Johnson) poured over pictures for hours to make sure we had every piece of your order ready before sending it back. So did you throw some of them away in the packing? We'll never know.
If we had made a mistake, the first mention of it was Sept 4, and when you said something was missing, and I asked what. No response. I'll say it again, no response. That was our last interaction till this little tirade here and the nice little text I found on my phone this morning from you. If there had been a issue, guess what, I would have bent over backwards to figure it out. I have parts machines to pull from and try to be as helpful as I can within my control. Me receiving any payments doesn't mean you still don't owe $1800, which you do.
You did't want to pay for the order from the moment I told you how high it was getting, I have all of those emails/texts showing it. I'm not buying a single word you are saying, and to be honest, I hate that as that's not how I do relationships with folks.

You ruined something for a lot of great people when you did this to us, not to mention the extra strain it put us under. I wish it were not so. If you legitimately had a need of something missing (and I don't believe you did) you would have told me what. You never did. You just quit responding.
I won't be bullied with lies made up to mask the fact you didn't want to pay for the job.
Good luck my friend.

As for me:
I've prayed over my bitterness through all of this and that I wouldn't be angry, confiding in those close to me and seeking counsel. Never a easy thing to let go of, as we all know.
One of my good friends, who is a restorer here in the hobby reminded me of something after hearing about some of this and gave me wise counsel about it.
He said, and I'm paraphrasing, "Chris, I know it's hard to deal with situations like that. It hurts us personally. But be reminded of something I too had to learn the hard way, guys like that are not who provides for your family, God is."
This was so good for me to hear and I'm so grateful for all the relationships I have with people in the hobby. It's easy in those moments to believe that everyone is like this, and they are not. Thank you to everyone else for your support of what we do. It means more than you know.

You got every part to both orders in the end. Remember I've only done 2 orders with you? I make good on my word and try to treat everyone as I wish to be treated. You got every single part.
That customer you speak of, got his door within the week. It was a mistake, wrong door sent etc, it was resolved before you said a word to me about it and he wasn't upset. He's still a good customer and was kind an gracious about it all.
You NEVER once told me of a single part missing from this last order. Did you read what I wrote above? I don't think you did. I stand on every word of it.
Your "OLIVE BRANCH" this morning outside of Pinsde, that is the biggest joke of the day. Would you like me to post it? It was the same thing you posted here only more personally attacking me and my faith in Jesus. I made Fish Tails right, needed help to do it but I did it, you've yet to tell me what was "lost" on this order -- again, you gave no response when I asked. No response when asked. None.
It's a ploy to have a reason to stiff me for money owed. Go find someone else to bully around with your accusations. I've given you 9 months to let me help you if there was a issue, and you haven't done anything put complain about the price, then all of the sudden it's about parts missing? Convenient. Also convenient that I still have never heard what they were. You can call Mike's dad if you'd like, I'm sure he's got a few things he'd like to tell you too. He knows all about even your latest doings, and he wasn't surprised about anything I've told him.
You are good with the accusations and we can all see some of your true colors. It's almost as good as the emails you've sent me at times and that was all over prices. Good day to you. We are done here.