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Quoted from trilogybeer:Put some parts in the tumbler and headed downtown.
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I built two Yeti's from the frame up. Great bikes!
Quoted from Billy16:I built two Yeti's from the frame up. Great bikes!
Nice! That one is about 15 years old . I’ve been thinking about getting another (newer)one . I have been riding a decent amount lately and have been considering another bike , and I have been mostly looking at Yetis . My friend is trying to talk me into getting a fat bike . I just can’t get into them , they just feel too weird to me . I Could maybe do the in between tire size But I don’t think I could go full on fat . Bikes are fun and just as addictive as pinball . I find myself thinking more about bikes than I do Pinball lately .
Quoted from trilogybeer:This coin door is done. Unfortunately the coin slot bezel is made of foil wrapped plastic so I didn’t tumble it. I just cleaned it up as good as I could without damaging it.
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Foil wrapped plastic? Who thought that was a good idea?
Quoted from dothedoo:Foil wrapped plastic?
Zaccaria guru Dave Gersic says it's plastic with "vacuum plated vaporized aluminum." His amazingly thorough restoration of a bezel is documented here: http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/projects/bezel/index.html
Quoted from yancy:"vacuum plated vaporized aluminum."
Sounds like something out of Star Trek IV 
Quoted from dothedoo:Sounds like something out of Star Trek IV
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The coin slot bezel is not good for transporting whales though .
Quoted from yancy:Zaccaria guru Dave Gersic says it's plastic with "vacuum plated vaporized aluminum." His amazingly thorough restoration of a bezel is documented here: http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/projects/bezel/index.html
Vacuum metalizing is very common on plastic. I was not aware that this had ever been done on coin door parts by an OEM.
Interesting.
Terry.
The robots originally had grain of rice size incandescent bulbs in them to light them. The robots on the games I have the lights were abandoned and most of the robot targets had shards of destroyed bulbs rattling around inside them so I wanted to light them in a better way using LEDs.
With some help from Lionman I have got a solution that I believe will work very well. It consists of pulling apart a wedge base LED and soldering the wires directly to them and shrink wrap.
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Gangelt
So it was just a loose connector That prevented all coils from working. Gavin stopped over and went through and tweaked a few things and got it playing 100%. I now just have a few minor things to tidy up and the first game is done.
Quoted from trilogybeer:My derailleur is shot though.
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Put some novus 2 on it, itll be fine.
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Sort of a funny hard tail story: I was riding my full suspension bike (also have a hard tail) out on the trails one day when a guy on a hard tail just went blowing by me on a somewhat bumpy slightly uphill section. I wasn't going that slow, so I was sorta impressed as he pulled away. I caught up to him a few minutes later and passed him as he was pulled over on the trail apparently talking to someone. 20 seconds later he comes blowing by me again! Now I'm getting a little pissed, so I wicked it up and started riding harder. I pushed the guy for 200 yards or so and he pulled over and stopped, sucking gas as I rode by him. Seems this guy only had a few hundred yards of full out speed before he crapped out and had to pull over for a rest! After I saw what he was doing I didn't feel quite so slow...
Quoted from Billy16:Sort of a funny hard tail story: I was riding my full suspension bike (also have a hard tail) out on the trails one day when a guy on a hard tail just went blowing by me on a somewhat bumpy slightly uphill section. I wasn't going that slow, so I was sorta impressed as he pulled away. I caught up to him a few minutes later and passed him as he was pulled over on the trail apparently talking to someone. 20 seconds later he comes blowing by me again! Now I'm getting a little pissed, so I wicked it up and started riding harder. I pushed the guy for 200 yards or so and he pulled over and stopped, sucking gas as I rode by him. Seems this guy only had a few hundred yards of full out speed before he crapped out and had to pull over for a rest! After I saw what he was doing I didn't feel quite so slow...
A constant pace will get you there just as quick as someone bursting and resting.
Quoted from dothedoo:What do you use for a template on the insert keylines?
Looks like a vinyl cutter. Vinyl cutters are freaking awesome, and make airbrushing a ton easier.
Quoted from ralphwiggum:Looks like a vinyl cutter. Vinyl cutters are freaking awesome, and make airbrushing a ton easier.
Yep ,I use a vinyl cutter for the rings around the inserts. I also used a vinyl cutter to make stencils for the text I re did on the inserts on the other playfield.
Quoted from dothedoo:What do you use for a template on the insert keylines?
I use for this Oramask 813, an adhesive paint mask. It’s more rigid than other masking material and works really well for the rings around the inserts.
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