UPDATE: The chrome cap decals will be back in production. I sold the business to my friend. The new store will be up soon.

******************BELOW IS BEFORE THE STORE CLOSED******************

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(+) FINISHED PRODUCT

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(+) STEP 1 - peal off the decal

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(+) STEP 2 - Get some windex

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(+) STEP 3 - Mist the back side of the decal. The more windex, the longer you can slide your decal

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(+) STEP 4 - Apply the decals, you can slide it around till it lines up. Make sure the decal is free of bubbles.

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(+) STEP 5 - Grab the out ring. I would recommend not spraying, or misting extremely light. This part you want the decal to stick quickly. If it is too wet, you will have a hard time getting the decal to make the corner. If you put too much on anyway, no worry just blow on it and it will evaporate fast.

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(+) STEP 6 - Apply one end first. "The spot facing the player"

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(+) STEP 7 - With (2) thumbs smooth down the decal working your way around evenly.

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(+) STEP 8 - Work both sides to a point
(+) The reason you have extra decal is because the cap is not flat. It is a curved surface. We work it to a point so we can compensate for the curve. Otherwise you will have kinks and an uneven decal. Don't be alarmed, when done correctly you will "NOT" see the seam. However, to make it even more invisible you point the seam away from the player. AKA back, or side near the ramps. Again, You will not see this seam in game "with" or "without" the game on.

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(+) STEP 9 - Cut the decal as clean as you can

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(+) STEP 10 - with a finger catch one end and let the other end fall. Adjust the end already down and lower the other flap to line up with its edge. "Center part is still wet and not aligned, later I slide this back to align it before it drys"

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(+) STEP 11 - Smooth out the decal, free of bubbles. Wait for it to dry "till it no longer slides"

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(+) STEP 12 - When dry, spray with windex

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(+) STEP 13 - wipe and buff till it shines free from gunk or finger prints. "Use a soft cloth, not paper towel"

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(+) STEP 14 - Make it shine!

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If you have chrome cannons, chrome works great.

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X-FILES

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Indiana Jones - Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword
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Thanks Got it from a T-800 Model 101, brought it back from 2029 AD. J/K I have a 36" Laser Vinyl Cutter.

Cool, what other games would these work on. I could also make other designs to fit other machines.

For normal caps, the center works really well. But I really enjoy the LED rings now that it isnt blinding me.

I will calculate the price soon.

I may have to send/sell them as a set since when I cut them the center is cut inside the ring.

I will figure this out tonight. Cant remember how much my chrome vinyl roll was. I will calculate how much sq/inch per roll was + labor/blades etc. Shipping. $0.70 US & $1.36 International. "This depends if they give me the do not bend stamp, issues in SF post offices." China town seems to be the only place that doesn't charge $2 (extra) for the do not bend.

I will weed them for you

sure, just need to know the popularity for what machines etc. For T2 I only see chrome.

I can weed them but I don't see this to be an issue. You can just use your fingers, you don't need to use a blade or needle. Grab one corner and peal back and its off.

I will send them weeded.

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Just like you would weed a vinyl garden. lol.

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Added Price to first post:

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Please send as "gift". For the pinheads that just sent payments not as gift that's ok. Was my fault for not requesting that. Sorry

Thanks I am happy to provide custom center designs to fit other machines. Just let me know the machine you would like decals for and I can come up with a design for you. I have, Chrome, Chrome Green, Chrome Blue and Chrome Gold or Chrome Red if needed. Why only chrome? It reflects light better on top and on bottom. Compared to normal vinyl. With the LED-rings I recommend staying with chrome. But, I can pick up small rolls of other colors if we have enough interest.

Another option is adding a few designs to the out ring. If it fits the theme better.

You guys may be curious what the backside of the decal is like since it will be on top of LED's. You will benefit from the reflective backside which will reflect light back to the playfield and not your eyes. So no light is absorbed/wasted or blocked

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haha, that and bling for your pop caps

OH DANG! that looks great! I bet that not only lights up the plastics more, but shoots out towards the middle of the PF. This is a great idea if you don't want to add mirror blades. I never added the full blades since most of my pins have almost zero clearance and hang especially near the joint.

In this case, red cap, red reflection.
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haha, it is. I only have one hand now.

haha, I think I would be passed out on the floor If it was molten metal. But thanks for thinking I could handle the pain with a simple fire dance

If you have standard LED, the center is perfect. As well a center decal is perfect for any machine and cap, plenty of light passes as well it hides the bulb, so center decal would work on many themes. "I can design caps to fit the pin". However since T2 is soo chrome theme. I could cut you a thin "50%" out ring that would hug the center core. "Or pin strip the outer edge with a 50% trim" Still get your chrome but also get your light via a single LED/Bulb. Recommend a 5-LED or super bright. But I really think a center only looks better with a single light, a recommend not using the outer ring for single lights.

If you or anyone wants to see what a Standard light looks like with a center only I will pop one in tomorrow.

Single RED led. With center and with both.

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Just an Update: Everyone that sent paypal's the decals went out in the mail this morning. I did not include any instructions. Please use the instructions posted above to help you install them.

I tried my best to inspect each decal, but if for some reason you have issues with a batch please PM me and I will help you out. Remember to clean the decals with windex after you install them with a "soft" cloth.

Awesome! Super happy they worked out for you

Yeah, really need to match the themes. I ordered some LED-Rings for my ST:TNG and I have chrome cannons so I think a star trek insignia will work great for the design. Can also use Red Chrome instead of silver. Also will be making decals for LED-caps on Fishtales "Green or Blue chrome". Just got the caps in the mail so will design the decals sometime next week. Personally, I can not use these LED caps without the decals. The LED's are too bright by themselves.

Just added ST: TNG cap decals & Williams Decal to the first thread

Just checking to see if all the international people received the decals and if they made it in one piece?

WOOT! Glad to hear they made it.

Sounds awesome. I will try something tonight. It may be better with a single bolt but I will see what I can do. The more I cut the more unstable the vinyl gets and the more difficult it is to apply to the cap.

Yeah, I thought of that as well. But the out ring is not that wide, it would make the outer ring buckle and be really hard to apply to the cap. As well, you would still be blinded by the light if we have bolt holes in it

I made 2 examples. The second one may or may not work. I have to test cut it first, but I think it will hold up. You will just have to be careful and use a bit more windex than normal.

To view, click the image path below.

Let me know if either of them work for you and I can cut them.

The BK Helmet will be tricky. Since this area is very small I have to simplify this a lot. Let me know if this works.
If this works, I can cut some examples and offer them. Same price, and you can pick the ones you like.

*See image link below

I can make custom designs to fit your pin yep The chrome vinyl that I have is the best choice because it is chrome underneath, however my blue,green,red are not. May just be because of different manufactures. But, if possible I recommend staying with standard chrome. You get the most reflection, other colors are darker and absorb light. And to be honest when you play the machine you don't really see "silver/chrome" You see the colors from the LED's and the lights near the caps more.

Modified the logo a bit, had to widen the gaps and smooth it out. But how about something like this for x-files.

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Reason I am not embedding the images. I rather keep my wire-frames less noticeable for tempted thieves. But I also dont want to waste my blade/vinyl on concepts that may not be desired/wanted. When we have some people who want them I will then cut examples and add them to the list. All I need is one person to give me green light on a concept and they will be added.

Ahhh been trying to get an IJ. I have my shadow for sale and I have to wait for it to sell first. Indiana Jones is my Holy Grail machine. The pop's are near the plane. Maybe a propeller. Or 3 skulls. 3 Indiana head silhouettes. I vote skulls.?

I just made a page for future orders. No longer need to PM me for paypal information. The only thing different is I no longer can send as gift. So, I calculated the PayPal fee into the price.

http://jean-luc-picard.com

If not a skull, how about Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword Insignia?

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Yeah, I will do that today. Thanks for the reminder.

Ahh yeah, pretty limited with what I can cut out in terms of detail. However, the detail isn't the problem, its weeding tiny little areas and having a decal that won't tear or curl up the second you try and lay it down. But yeah, the helmet is simplistic, thats for sure

So you are thinking the circle with the 4 bolts sticking out. One reminder is we cant have any floating objects. Unless you use transfer paper or you apply the bolt separately. Otherwise you need to have a connection point.

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Not a problem, not picky. This is more balanced with the circle and makes more sense. Like this?
You can pick up the BriteCaps at PinballLife.
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=3336

(4) bolt option added to the order page. I will update the photo with a real decal tonight.

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Also, just wanted to make a note. I either cut/ship same day or within 48hrs. It all depends when I get home from work and am able to tackle orders. Now that we are using the order page I am able to mark your order shipped in paypal.

Sweet! Glad it worked out.

btw...

Just updated the page. If you visited it in the past hour you prob saw a bunch of weird S**t happening. lol, I was updating the html live. But, the little simple/crappy page is done.

I decided to call these things PCD's lol
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http://jean-luc-picard.com/

Added a menu, I have a feeling I will be doing more machines...

Black Knight 2000 (4) Bolt example added to the Store Page.
Remember the photo is of the decal slightly bent so you get distortions. But everything is balanced, identical etc.

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Make It So

Happy to help. Cuz when my pins take a dive I sure need the help

lol, so many ways to position a lightning bolt haha.

Like this?

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Yep, I agree. Much better. I will update the cut example tonight.

For F-14 I will try working with the F-14 on the translite. I will see if I can do something with the cockpit windows. As for Sorcerer and High Speed, since it already has printed caps, you can remove the LED's from the BriteCaps and hot glue them to the existing caps. I did this with Star Trek 25th. But if you wanted to remove the caps and use the ones that come with BriteCaps and add a custom chrome design we can see what we can come up with.

Yep, totally doable. You have (2) options.

1. I add a linkage point to the center circle. This makes the design one piece without floating parts.
2. I cut it with the floating circle. You first add the outer design. Wait for it to stick if you used windex. Then add the circle.

I have not offered #2 because it requires the user to line up the creative. You can use transfer paper that keeps the design in place as well. Which is how people do letters on windows for example. But in this case, it should not be that complicated. Just eye ball the center.

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Yep, when I re-draw them with cad lines I adjust them to fit. This is just a quick Photoshop sketch. But, they do need to keep some distance from the edge or the decal will become unstable and difficult to apply to your cap. For example the last one I cut is much closer to the edge.

Yep, in this case very easy. Squirt a little windex and just slide it around till it looks good lol.

I will work on

1. F-14 (The F-14 from the translite) in this case we only have one pop bumper.
2. Sorcerer (Based on the current design)
3. High Speed (How about the police badge star, this is also seen on the translite) It would be like you are hitting the police each time?

Maybe something like this badge? Drew a Sh*ty little sketch to get the "wheels turning" lol.
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Them are great ideas. Only issue, will they look like rims or just a funky/fun pattern? The Police reference I think fits the theme more and it accents the police insignia on the translite? As well the police badge is often silver/chrome as well. I thought about the Speedometer/Guages as well. But they are already on the playfield in many places. However, I will listen to you all pinsiders since I do not own a High Speed, what feels right to you?

Anyone else think the Chrome Police Badge works?

Awesome. Should work well since its a round design. I was just not sure before since you will now have (5) guages that I know of. (2) on slings and (3) caps. But I think it will look just fine.

I think it would need to be the kind that dont have numbers and just bars but also have the display in the middle. What would you guys like the RPM's set at. I think it would be cool to have (3) different RPM's for each cap. The arrow would point and the RPM would be in the middle of the design. However, this will need to be a simplified a bit and we may not have enough room for the RPM number in the middle. "Almost positive the number will not fit, but I will try"

As for this design and the others, I will see what I can do this weekend. I will be tied up at work the rest of the week with some high priority projects.

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Looks like my wife gave you future U.S decal owners a special treat. I asked her if she could pick up some stamps and she came home with this. lol. Enjoy I am not a huge fan of HP. But my wife is and I enjoyed her enthusiasm so I told her I will post it.

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(4) bolt example added.

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Sweet! They added more colors

http://www.cometpinball.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BMPRING

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Yeah that was a pleasant surprise when I got them. The bottoms really light up the PF nice, the bottoms are white and the top are color. But they "just" released more colors as well more cap colors.

Sorry, the high priority projects at work that I mentioned have eaten my spare time. I will do my best to get to it this week/weekend. Should be wrapped up with the first stage of production at work soon.

However, I may have some time today if I finish one of my other deadlines early thats EOD. Will keep you posted.

Depends how many you have to do and how many parts need to be pulled lol I use my non magnetic soldering tweezers. They are extremely sharp/pointy. Prob the best tool for weeding.

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Concepts: When I make them cad lines some parts may need to be adjusted.
Since these are not for my machines, I will let you guys decide.

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High Speed: *since (6k) RPM's is the cut off line until your engine starts to burn. You will have x3 "6's" 666. lol... I will also make the police star one as an option. *The spaces between the bars will need to be thicker, to prevent the decal from folding up when you pull it off.
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Yep, since it doesn't have windows. The design I have you would have to be very careful to prevent that window area from tearing. I can make it one silhouette as well. The one advantage is the one from the translite is on a perspective so it fits the square real-estate better. However, I will try out a top view and see how it fits as well if not, make the perspective shot solid.

Cool, I will cut some test examples soon. After I figure out the F-14

I will see what I can do, for sure One Issue with letters, they either cant have centers or they have connection points. "like a stencil" So the calligraphy font will be an issue. However, bolt's radiating from a lightbulb is a possibility.

Solid version from the translite.

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Anther issue are them tiny swirls. If I did the font it would need to be chunk-ified.

How about based off the font used in the actual TV show.

Without Linkage, add the center manually.
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When I cut the examples I will put them on the site. First post has more details as well the URL. http://www.jean-luc-picard.com I have some to cut tonight for some recent orders so I will also cut all the other examples. For TAF the price will be calculated different since it is 5 pack. Should be added tonight or tomorrow night.

Sure thing, will do

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This one was requested by my friend. For Twilight Zone Different design for each cap.

Twilight Zone 1

Twilight Zone 2

Twilight Zone 3 : To prevent this from turning into an accordion will need to place a piece of masking tape on top to hold it together while you transfer it.

Have examples ready. Will add them to the store tomorrow.

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Yep lol, it is To be honest, at first I made this for myself only. I was asked and told to do this by friends and pinsiders by request. It's funny that you say that. I was on the phone the other day with a friend of mine. I explained to him its a mod for a mod. lol, he then requested the TZ cap decals. The thing is the mod light is amazing. But it blinds you to death. All I am trying to do is help the community and help personalize an amazing mod such as BriteCaps. If BriteCaps wants me to stop I will, but I would like to think I am helping them. It's like a sandwich without bread. The ingredients are amazing on their own, but they are even better with some bread on top of it. I like how the community gets involved with ideas and the creation to personalize the caps.

oops, I forgot who requested them. With BriteCaps you get a cover, not sure if they fit. If someone can confirm that BriteCaps will not fit under the ramps I will remove them from the store since they are pointless. If they do fit, then they are priceless?

haha, I apologies. Hard to remember everyone's comment's. Maybe it's possible. For example ST:TNG cut one of the caps to fit under the ramp.

Speaking, of... In this case it would be a MOD, MOD, MOD. You could cut out a flat acrylic disk. Since the BriteCaps as well the center light is low profile so you could mount the acrylic disc flush to the bumper. Add the ring via hot glue "BTW, that is how they are held on". Then, you would have the ultimate low profile cap. You may need to consult with Agent Molder I am sure he has some extraterrestrial materials you could use. Remember... You just need to "Believe"
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BTW, forgot to include the Police Star Badge for High Speed.
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Make it so!... You can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Store is now updated with the new designs. http://www.jean-luc-picard.com

BTW, Adams Family. The center of the A was slightly enlarged and they are cut on another sheet so its a bit easier to apply. Included 6 in case you lose one.

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Sure thing. I have never payed it. But I would assume a Rose design would work?

If you run into troubles just let me know

Sounds good, I will work out some designs this week.

Update: I need to adjust the price for the F-14. I did not calculate it correctly. As well International postage is now $1.95 + Paypal In the end thats how much I had it listed for lol. For the ones that already sent a payment, I will send them out. But it will be updated shortly.

Sweet lights up very nice!

Sweet. Just an FYI, USPS damaged someones envelope. If anyone else has issues with damaged envelopes please let me know and I will help you out.

EDIT: This was about something that is no longer needed. I thought it would be easier for people to put masking tape over the hypnosis spiral for TZ to prevent it from turning into the accordion. The material is strong enough it holds it's form. You just need to be a tad bit careful is all. Pretty easy

Sounds great, as well as the other requests. I will get to them soon just tied up with projects. I will aim for sometime next week. As for the Marshall star, that is something I can cut quickly. So I could add that before Guns N Roses.

Ahhh weekends are not long enough... How about this for Cactus Canyon

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Let me know and I will add it to http://jean-luc-picard.com/

So the list that I will work on this week.

1. Gun's N Roses
2. Attack From Mars "Flying saucers?"

little square? Please let me know what that means and I will update the site.

Pinside's server not accessing the path. The photo was prob re-uploading after a failed attempt and it comes up as a dead link until it pushed.

I can put one on an extra cap if you like. However I do not own a Adams Family. I would have to install it on another machine. In a few days I will have caps for my Indiana Jones. I can put an Adams Family on it and take some photos if you would like. But if the other's have a photo that would be better.

The nice thing about comet is you can buy just the LED so its half the price

Added Cactus Canyon to http://jean-luc-picard.com/

Heads Up: Server maintenance tonight, 25 August between 8:00 pm and 4:00 am MDT

Just got my LED rings for Indiana Jones today. I plan on revisiting the cap design for IJ. I had an idea, and it may be a bit gutsy for some. Since the movies are all themed around Nazi's as the villain. I was thinking of putting Nazi Insignia on the caps. People add the nazi blimp mod so it can't be that bad of an idea. My original idea was to have Ark, Stone, Idol but they may be a bit tricky to capture. What do you think? Bad Idea? My idea is when the ball hits the bumpers it's like Dr. Jones beating up nazis. So it's in a positive perspective.

Update: I just opened up my new roll of Chrome Vinyl and they sent me the wrong product. This stuff is not reflective on both sides and very very very thin. I contacted the company and hope to have this resolved soon. Any new orders will have to be delayed until I have the correct chrome.

Still trying to sort out the Vinyl issue. The seller has not responded and I will file a claim in a day or so if I don't hear from them. Issue is, I can't find the Chrome Vinyl that is chrome on both sides from other sources. EVERY one of them has a white backing. blahhhh!

So the seller got back to me... Just said sorry for the inconvenience and just refunded my credit card. Did not answer my questions about the correct product. I do not think the seller speaks any English. I found another roll that looks like its silver on the back but its 2.5x more expensive. Not sure what I can do...

Good news, his google translator seems to be working now. Should be placing an order for 4 rolls in the next day or so.

Should be soon, he takes 24+ hours to respond to my emails so I hope I can place the order tomorrow. As well the language barrier slows things down. This is why I am ordering 4 rolls so I don't have to deal with this for awhile.

It's a 36-inch Laser Point Cutter, they are a bit pricey. That said, I am now reminded that technically the money I spent on the machine means the money I get from the decals is not even remotely close to a profit yet lol. Oh well...