Hello you all.

i would like to share my very special T2 restauration here.

i love working with metal and so i came to the idea to turn a T2 into a véry special special Chrome Edition.
so i bought one.
there will be many different customised parts added to the cabinet as well as the playfield.
here are some ideas:
for start, i want my cabinet to be different; i would like a metal cabinet, to match the chrome theme.
so, i have made a stainless steel shell, made of 1,5mm gauge brushed stainless steel, wich coveres the entire cabinet and backbox.
next, this metal cabinet will be covered with 'normal' Chrome edition decals and then i will cut out parts of the artwork at some areas, to reveal the stainless steel cabinet underneith.
there will be illuminated siderails with tekst cutted out, illuminated custom coindoor, illuminated apron and illuminated sideblades and backbox hinges.
also will there be a full custom stainless steel plastic set, wich will also be illuminated.
this and some more ideas.
here are some photos, beginning with the old machine.
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first made paper templates, before cutting the metal.

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this is the stainless steel shell.
here it still has a white protective film on it.
the coindoor area is held in place with a few tabs and is cutted out later, to keep all straight during transport and istallation.

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my plan is to cut out the entire big rectangle area in the side cabinet decals wich sais T2JD and reveal this area in stainless underneith.
then cut out each indiviual letter of the T2JD decal's tekst and place them back in on the stainless rectangle cutted out area on the cabinet.
hope you understand what i mean.

cutting out each letter with a razor blade..

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legprotectors

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here is the metal shell fixed to the cabinet. fits very nicely.

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placing the shell on the backbox:

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all mounting screws are hidden beneith the siderail, coindoor and latches on the back of the cab. and won't be visible when finished.

the 4 small holes are for the legprotector to be mounted on.

cab and backbox are ready for applying decals.

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here's my custom coindoor. all text will be illuminated.

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here are my sideblades: they will also be illuminated in two colours:

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offcourse all cables will be hidden from sight.

thanks!
to bad the resolution gets resized when uploading images.

backbox hinges.
they will also be illuminated from the back.

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here are the siderails.
the cutted out text will be blue illuminated, just like the sideblades.
but first the decals will have to be in place..
siderails still needs cleaning up and finishing from lasercutting.

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siderails are made fom 0,8 mm gauge, just like the Original.

some parts need new zinc plating

all parts needed new chrome plating.

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original legs. Always better than 'new', aftermarket legs..

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here's my custom apron.
and yes.. also illuminated

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thanks guys.
@bax1, guess it's a pretty long drive. i live in The Netherlands.

here are some more parts:

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this will be placed on the backboard and (offcourse) allso will be illuminated.
it's there to replace the (imo) kind of weird looking BB decal

display panel:

thanks.
yeah, took a lot of spare time to get this far.
just small steps at a time.
i still have got some photo's left to tease you guys, but then the 'real time' will kick in and posting will be a lot slower..

here are some pics of the metal plastic set.
this is also made of brushed stainless.
there's still a white protective film on it.

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underneith each metal plastic, will be a blue semi-transparant version, so all cutted out parts of the metal will light up.
the plastic version has a offset of 2 mm from the outer contours of metal part on top of it, so the outer edges of each plastic will also light up.

the plastic - plastics:

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combined:

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should look something like this, once done.

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drawn it all myself

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cover for the canon:

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also planning on making a laser in the canon, for aiming

plastics are lasercutted from 'unbreakable' PETG material.

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red arrows are for the rotation of each plastics , the way it's mounted on the playfield. red Arrow shows the brushing direction.
to get all brushed marks in the same vertical direction, so all brushing marks will line up nicely.

tnx. yes, planning on Pinsound and Colour display.

exactly.

i did not wanted that and you'll see all wires etc exposed

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many thanks!

yesterday, i have cutted the outer contours of the cabinet decals.
normaly the exess material gets trimmed off, after installing the decals on wood.
i would like my decals to be trimmed back a bit more then usual, to show more of the stainless on the cabinet edges.
to prevent the risk of scratching the metal, when trimming back the decals the normal way, i had to do it before putting on the decals.

fist, made 3 metal templates, using the dimensions of the metal shell.

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the inner contours will be the outer dimensions of the decals.
the cutout slots are for alligning the decals edges underneith the template.
this also offers the oppertunity to allign the decals arcs before trimming.

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using a metal table and heavy duty magnets to make sure the template stays in place.

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yes. sounds crazy, i know.

precutted the corners of the decals so the stainless corners of the cab will be visible.
next post the decals will be on the cab!

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finaly the decals are on the cabinet!
the cutting out of the letters by hand did not go as well as i hoped.
so, for now the square on the side decals is empty.
there will be new text printed and cutted out by machine and these letters will be placed back later.

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and the backbox.
finally removing the protective foil feels a bit like christmas

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on the front decal, i have cutted out the T2 letters.
also made 2 cutouts on the bottom side.

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the seam of the metal shell in the center of the front is hidden by the small tab between the T and 2.

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the arcs meet up nicely. the grey lines below don't. not much i can change about that.
unfortunately you can't win it all..

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above the arcs the decals are cutted back to show more of the stainless corners on the cab.

next up: siderails!

removing foil and cleaning up the stainless.
when cutted, the protective foil ets melted on to the metat at each cutout..

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that's more like it!

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blue illumination installed:

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light em up!

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thanks folks!

last few days i have been busy cleaning all parts of the inside.
wire harness, mechanics etc. not very many pictures to be posted..
ordering small parts, getting the PCB's shipped for technical overhaul.
display panel is almost finished.

well, it's been a while since the last update, but here are some new photos.
the speaker panel is finished and installed. the backbox hinges illumination is installed and the backbox is installed on the cab.

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the speakers are red illuminated.
for now, there still is a orange plasma dmd.
this will be replaced later for a colour display.
not sure what system yet. Colordmd, or some other brand.
suggestions anyone?
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thanks.

also made a new backboard.
my first intention was to place a small metal emblem, just to replace the Original BB decal.
now made a bigger version, wich covers the complete backboard, the entire backboard is now stainless.
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i have used EL panels for the blue and red illumination.
this material is very thin (thin as laminated paper)
the EL panel circuit runs on its own inverter, (producing about 120 volts)

yeah, still don't know if i will keep the Original style translite, or install a custom one.
think the Original version looks pretty good.

these last few photo's where very crappy.
here are some new in higher resolution.

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this is what the cabinet looks like at this moment.
the text for the cabinet side decals has not been finished yet, hope this will be done very soon.
at the back of the cabinet, i would like to have the same warning tekst like normal, but executed in black vinyl.
these vinyl decals are also still in progress.
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sorry, couldn't help myself

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no problem man.
everybody's opinion and advise is welcome.
can't win em all.
the big hole in the side decals will be filled with it's Original tekst T2JD.

well done.

editing artwork is out of my zone.
i think i'm going to stick to the original translite for now.

kind of stuck with the cab for now. waiting on the final artwork to be finished.
Next up is the playfield.
I did not have a playfield tipper yet, so made my own.
Here shown with my old playfield in it.

the new playfield will be something special, to suit the cabinet!
It is a custom made, one-of field with different colours than the original one.
silkscreened the old fashion way.
Many thanks to Peter and Leon from Buthamburg - Germany for making this possible.

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the new playfield is here shown on the right.
It has less blue and more grey colours in it.

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yes, it's time for a update.
other things got in the way, and more parts had to be ordered.
the playfield has had it's resting time for the clearcoat to cure and harden out.
i have started rebuilding the playfield in the tipper.
the bottom side of the playfield is now finished.

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brushing the ballguides. removing ball trails.

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First parts installed

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pinsound board has arrived!

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since the colour orange is no longer in my playfield, i also removed it from the ramp decal as well.

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have been working on the huntership.
this will also be illuminated around the edges.

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