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Pinbot Face Backbox Light Baffle

By chaskett

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

Hi All,
I created a backbox light baffle for Pinbot's face to complement the 5 light baffle of the mouth found at Pinball Life and Marco's websites.

This backbox light baffle modification for the 1986 Williams Pinb*Bot pinball machine eliminates light bleed from the adjacent bulbs from lighting up the face, allowing it to light up with more clarity only when intended. I remember playing this machine as a kid, only seeing the eyes behind the visor occasionally light up and getting freaked out. With LEDs the lights are so bright that they bleed over and expose the face when you're not meant to see it, so it's not as dramatic when the eyes light up. The visor baffle eliminates the LED light bleed and gives you the designers' intended effect with modern LED lighting. Its a must have modifcation for the Pinbot collector!

INSTALLATION: Find the midpoint between the two eye light sockets and draw a vertical straight line with a ruler to the midpoint of the middle mouth bulb below. Use the triangular points to center the baffle horizontally on the line. Use the elongated screw holes for minor vertical adjustment. (screws not included).

You can order it here:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/3U4QQ3CS3/pinbot-backbox-visor-baffle-stand-alone?optionId=65240178

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4 months later
#3 5 years ago
Quoted from ToucanF16:

Just ordered your baffle from Shapeways.

Nice! Thank you!

1 month later
#4 5 years ago

Here's how it stops the light bleed from the face and from the surrounding lights.

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#5 5 years ago

Here is how it looks installed with 3 small screws. Also pictured is Pinball Life's mouth baffle.

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