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Prototyping a "Hardtop" (High Speed)

By Skypilot

5 years ago


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#139 4 years ago
Quoted from Skypilot:

I received what appears to be the final revision today. I am leaving in the morning on the booze bus. We will be making our way to the Silver Ball Country Club and then to Allentown. When I return and get settled I will get to work on installing this.The playfield is cleared and ready to go so it should not be too long.
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Are we at a point where production is waiting on your final approval?

#143 4 years ago
Quoted from freddy:

The man posted he is on vacation via pinfest
He is not your bitch nor anyoneeles bitch . Patience is a vertue WTF! Let him enjoy his time off!

Holy jeebus. My question was just to understand what the remaining steps were. Maybe step out for a minute and collect yourself.

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#162 4 years ago

Awesome, thanks for the update and all the hard work to make this happen. I will have my order in the day they are available.

#165 4 years ago

Did the rollover target holes need modification? I think I read something about that in Vid's thread.

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#179 4 years ago

My poor F5 key.

Skypilot, be sure to post how HS plays with the new surface. I can only imagine the increased speed will be a benefit to the game design.

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#208 4 years ago

I emailed and asked about my HS order. The response was that all orders are expected to be shipped by July 12.

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#225 4 years ago
Quoted from kermit24:

Just curious how many people that ordered on day 1 have received the Hardtop for High Speed or a shopping notification? I see one person has here, just curious. No shipping notification for me yet.

Fed Ex says mine should show up tomorrow. I was told that they were "crushed" by HS orders so not surprising it is taking a little bit to get them out.

#240 4 years ago
Quoted from RobF:

Fed Ex says mine should show up tomorrow. I was told that they were "crushed" by HS orders so not surprising it is taking a little bit to get them out.

Check that. Showed up today.

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#514 3 years ago

I am making slow progress on my hardtop. I have been most apprehensive about cutting out the rollover holes. I ended up using a compact router and a flush trim bit. It turned out perfect. I made a video in case it was useful for anybody out trying to figure out the safest and easiest way to this.

Now the *only* think left is to swap everything from the original to the replacement...ugh!

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#520 3 years ago
Quoted from Troyster42:

Hi all,
I'm starting to go down this road. I have my playfield out and starting to disassemble everything and I have a couple questions later in the process. The main one is I have new plastics and was looking at the stand offs to mount to the playfield and some on top to stop the ball from getting stuck. Whats a good way to install the new plastics? I have read something about heating the old ones some grinding and other things but the posts a a little old and was wondering if there is a better way now? The other question is the pops, In this thread I saw about taking the out the bracket pins and other threads I saw just to leave them in. What have you all done?
Thanks in advance

I popped mine out and will use a countersink drill bit to enlarge the holes on the hardtop for reinsertion. It's the easiest time to do it and I consider it a small gift to ether the future me, or the next owner in the case they ever need to be replaced.

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