Doing good! Keep it up! 
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I was going to input the serial number on your game today, but I looked and saw you already had! LOL!
Great progress! I think I will end up building a rotisserie to help with reassembly as well.
Those metal bits came out great! I have some crushed walnut shells, but it does not have anything added to it. You mentioned that yours was treated with a polisher. What would be good to add to my media to get similar results you did? How long did you let them tumble?
I like your idea of dying the nylon stand offs. I think that will look great once reassembled.
Keep it up buddy. Enjoying watching your progress. 
Quoted from Atari_Daze:Thanks for your compliments. I found the 12" black pipe, it is actually a "nipple" that is 12" long, I just did not think to look in that section for such a length. Anywho, as Vid states in his guide, it takes longer for the paint to dry than to build one! If I was not going to be using my rotisserie soon, I'd let you borrow it! Sorry.
For polishing in the tumbler, I found some Turtle Wax Chrome/Metal polish at Walmart in the automotive dept. , I could not find the brands listed in the tumbler threads on here so I gave it a try. Very pleased with the results. I tumbled the parts for 48 hours, I would periodically check to see how the parts were looking and as others have indicated, 48hrs seems to be a good number. I have another set of parts in tumbling now that should be done this evening. Most of them are wire guides, I'm eager to see how they turn out as they were pretty good to begin with.
No worries! I will jut build one like Vid's guide states.
I actually have some of that Turtle Wax chrome polish. It works great on pinball legs and car rims. I will add some to my media when I get ready to polish everything.
Thanks buddy!
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Wow! That looks great! Question for you on your rotisserie. Why did you use black iron instead of galvanized pipe? If the galvanized pipe is painted that would prevent it from eventually rusting out if that was the concern. Galvanized is much cheaper than black iron.
Quoted from Atari_Daze:I used the black as it is what was suggested in the DIY by Vid. My guess is that it was suggested as it is more difficult to paint galvanized steel than the black. I did not even look at the galvanized when shopping for my materials. Depending on the cost difference, I would have likely settled for the galvanized and just not bothered to try and paint it.
I hear ya. I don't think it would be more difficult to paint. Black pipe is usually coated in oil to prevent rusting. That nasty stuff gets all over your hands when picking it up. I just thought galvanized would be cheaper and less work involved in prepping for paint. I will price it out both ways and let ya know the difference.
Project is looking good!
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