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Pin*Bot: My attempt at restoring a machine and a community

By NJGecko

10 years ago


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#29 10 years ago
Quoted from Whridlsoncestood:

I just started the playfield on the Pinbot for Pinballchef. I will try to start a thread documenting it tonight for you to go by. I was debating wether or not people wanted me to start another one of my restoration threads. Check back on my High Speed and xenon threads for a lot of the info.
On the light panel. Anytime you repaint something white it looks a thousand times better. That's how I look at it.
Pull the ground braid and ground panel in the head when you repaint it. Will come out much better doing the inside too. I have all the shop out decals you should need. Show me what your stickers look like and I will double check.
The Pinbot in working on had lots of planking too. Freeze spray worked well for the Mylar and only paint loss was the keylines in te upper grid which needs to be repainted anyways because if te end of the Mylar discoloration in that area. Use flour method to remove the glue. Too much scraping with a plastic razor with the planking playfield can cause you some headaches.
If you are going full Monty be prepared to have no life. It takes some serious time and patience. Always resist the urge to cut corners or skip a step because you feel you will never see it or notice it. Since you will just be swapping the playfield it will save some time but when I did High Speed it took me 190 hours to complete it.
-Jim

190 hours. Wow. It must be really nice!

I need to find your HS thread as I'm just working on my very first low-mid level restore. I'm mostly focusing on working components and what amounts to a shop job. Makes me a little nervous to get much playfield work, mylar, repainting and cabinet stuff working. I'm new to pins in the last 6 months and along with it anything electronic. I have done some board work now but still don't completely understand how everything works.

Thanks for this thread. I've learned a lot in 6 months but have a REALLY long way to go.

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#73 10 years ago

Nice. I'm enjoying following your restoration.

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#124 10 years ago

Wow. Looking really nice.

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#208 10 years ago

Wow. This is amazing. Great job on what looks to be a very difficult project.

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