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The Pinside Compendium - Updated 5/9/18

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    #1 8 years ago

    -----BOARD REPAIR-----

    Bally Driver Board Repair/Bulletproofing
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-quick-bally-driver-board-repair-bulletproofing

    Williams System 3-7 - Bulletproofing
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-bulletproofing-williams-system-6

    -----BUYING-----

    How to Not Get Ripped Off
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/how-to-not-get-ripped-off-in-pinball-vids-guide

    -----HELP, ASKING FOR-----

    How to Efficiently Ask for Repair Help
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/how-to-properly-ask-for-pinball-repair-help-vids-guide

    -----REPAIRS - GAME-SPECIFIC-----

    ---F-14 TOMCAT
    Returning F14 Flashers to Original Design
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/returning-f14-flashers-to-original-design-vids-guide

    ---SHADOW
    Shadow Sanctum Target Repair
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-shadow-sanctum-target-repair

    ---SPACE SHUTTLE
    Space Shuttle Repo Ramp Modification
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/space-shuttle-repo-ramp-modification-guide

    Space Shuttle Airlock Rebuilding
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/space-shuttle-airlock-rebuilding-guide

    ---SEXY GIRL
    Transgendering a Sexy Girl into a Bally
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/transgendering-a-sexy-girl-into-a-bally-vids-guide

    ---XENON
    Xenon Vocalizer Eprom Repair
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/xenon-vocalizer-eprom-repair-vids-guide

    Converting Xenon Tube Lamps to LEDs
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/converting-xenon-tube-lamps-to-leds-vids-guide

    -----REPAIRS - POWER-----

    Replacing Line Cords, Plugs, Wall Sockets
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-line-cords-plugs-wall-sockets-vids-guide

    -----RESTORATION-----

    ---CABINET
    Cabinet Restoration
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cabinet-restoration-vids-guide

    Flipper Buttons (Lighted) for $4.18
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-lighted-flipper-buttons-for-418

    Side Rails - Removing
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/removing-side-rails-vids-guide

    Replacing Beer Seal
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-the-beer-seal-vids-guide

    ---PLAYFIELD
    Ball Guides - Making New from Scratch
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/making-new-ball-guides-from-scratch-vids-guide

    Ball Guide Brackets - Repairing
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/repairing-ball-guide-brackets-vids-guide

    Cleaning & Waxing Pinball Machine Playfields
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cleaning-and-waxing-pinball-machines-vids-guide

    Flippers - Upgrading/Rebuilding
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers

    Playfield Dimple Reality Check
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/playfield-dimple-reality-check

    Playfield Restoration
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-ultimate-playfield-restoration

    Playfield - What to Expect from a New CPR Playfield
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/what-to-expect-from-a-new-cpr-playfield

    Pop Bumpers - Rebuilding
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-rebuilding-pop-bumpers

    Stand Up Targets (LED) for 19 Cents
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-led-stand-up-targets-for-19-cents

    Stand Up Targets - Replacing
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-stand-up-target-faces-vids-guide

    Repairing Plastic Playfield Featuries - On-Site Repair
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/repairing-plastic-playfield-features-onsite-vids-guide#post-3153476

    Cleaning Playfield Harnesses
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cleaning-playfield-harnesses-vids-guide

    -----ROTISSERIE-----

    Rotisserie Guide
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-quick-and-dirty-rotisserie-guide

    -----SHIPPING-----

    Properly Shipping Playfields
    http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-proper-shipping-playfields

    -----ADDITIONAL NON-VID RESOURCES-----

    Inkochnito's Tech Charts (Click on "Tech Charts" in left-hand menu!)
    http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/

    System 80 MPU tester
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/interest-check-gottlieb-universal-tester-leon-design

    Guide to Logic Probes
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/terrybs-guide-to-logic-probes

    Upgrading early solid state leaf switches (Williams)
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/guide-upgrading-early-ss-rollover-switches-to-microswitches

    Guide to repairing Sega DMD reset issues
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/guide-to-dealing-with-large-dmd-games-with-resetting-displays

    Guide to installing bill acceptors on WPC games
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/installing-bill-acceptors-on-wpc-era-machines

    Guide to shotgun repair for Williams System 3-6 Master Display Board
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/repairing-williams-sys-3-6-master-display-board-a-shotgun-guide-w-pix-long

    Guide to making reproduction plastics
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/my-guide-to-making-your-own-reproduction-plastics

    Lockdown bar refinishing
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lock-down-bar-refinishing

    Guide to decaling a pinball cabinet (wet application)
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/guide-how-to-re-decal-a-pinball-machine

    Guide to decaling a pinball cabinet (dry application)
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/install-decals-dry-video-this-is-how-i-do-them

    Guide to repairing sound boards (Bally Squawk & Talk, Stern SB-300, Stern VB-100)
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fixing-bally-s-t-stern-sb-300-and-vsu-100

    Backbox warning text silkscreening application guide
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wpc-backbox-warning-screen-printing-tutorial-with-bryan-kelly

    Harbor Freight lift table modification options thread
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/modified-harbor-freight-lift-table/

    Spraymax 2k Auto clear in a can thread
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-spraymax-2k-auto-clear-in-a-can-club

    Gottlieb System 3 MPU NVRAM guide/discussion thread
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nvram-gottlieb-system-3-success#post-2460370

    Fixing WMS reversed leaf switches without a soldering iron
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fixing-70s-80s-wms-reversed-leaf-switcheswithout-a-soldering-iron

    Terry B's Soldering Guide
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/terrybs-soldering-guide-part-1

    Data East MPU - Installing MOSFETs
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anyone-try-mosfets-in-lamp-columns-on-de#post-2957584

    GamePlan Board Repairs
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-plan-mpu-repair-a-shotgun-guide-w-pix/

    Gottlieb System 80B Free Play ROMs
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gottlieb-sys80b-free-play

    Plating Parts
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/home-plating-kits-are-not-toys

    Fixing a Hole in a PCB
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fixing-a-hole-in-a-pcb

    DIY Homemade Tools
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/show-and-tell-your-diy-homemade-tools

    DMD line out repair with conductive epoxy
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dmd-row-9-is-out

    Removing latex paint from a cabinet
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bally-four-million-bc-cabinet

    Coverting the F-14 Tomcat Beacons From 1683's to 89's
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/f-14-tomcat-beacon-diy-step-down-voltage-regulator

    Discussion on Repairing Battery Damage
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/terrybs-guide-to-repairing-battery-damage

    TerryB's Guide to Repairing Battery Damage
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/terrybs-guide-to-repairing-alkaline-battery-damage

    Playfield repairs with waterslide decals
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gottlieb-touchdown-playfield-repairs-with-waterslide-decals

    Chase rope light repair in Data East Star Trek & Hook
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/chase-rope-repair-in-data-east-st-and-hook

    EM Pinball Circuit Basics
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/em-pinball-circuits-basics-to-not-so-basic

    Williams topper beacon motor/gearbox repair (HS2)
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/repairing-beacon-motor-for-hs2-and-possibly-others

    Centaur magnet retrofit guide
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/centaur-20-9247-magnet-retrofit

    Gottlieb System 1: Discussion on replacing a bad/dead small transformer:
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-a-dead-small-transformer-with-led-displays-amp-power-supply

    Reinforcing modern Stern cabinets
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/reinforcing-stern-cabinet-legs-step-by-step

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    #2 8 years ago

    So I contacted Vid and asked if he was going to start a new thread like Anth had done a year ago and keep it updated. He told me I had his blessing to do it. I think he'd rather spend his time on helping us out and leave the secretarial duties to somebody else. That's where I come in.

    I've arranged all his info in encyclopedic fashion, alphabetically, so that everything is really easy to find. I think.

    If anybody has any suggestions to make it better, let me know. And, of course, you'll notice today's date in the thread title. I plan to keep this updated as Vid adds new guides so that you only have to look at the OP to find what you need. (It's up to you to keep ME updated, Vid!)

    Hopefully, Robin will put this at the top with a sticky so it's always right where you need it.

    Enjoy...and thanks to Vid for all the incredible info that we've all used many times for many years.

    #3 8 years ago

    For some reason, I can't get F14, Shadow, and Space Shuttle (between the asterisks) to come up in all caps. Don't know why that is. If Robin or a mod has a workaround for that, please change those so it's easier to find. Thanks!

    #5 8 years ago

    I tried and it won't let me. Must be a restriction in the website coding...like the reason I can't get certain game titles to print in all caps. Can somebody with some pull step in here and make the corrections? Robin? A mod? Anybody???

    #7 8 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    Game titles are automatically reformatted. Extra whitespace is automatically trimmed.

    You get an upvote for the info, but Pinside gets a downvote for the crappy formatting rules.

    #13 8 years ago
    Quoted from vid1900:

    Use an underscore "_" character before any game name to avoid the autolinky thing:
    I like Space Shuttle <- without underscore it becomes a link.
    I like SPACE SHUTTLE <-with an underscore just before the S in SPACE SHUTTLE (the underscore becomes invisible in the post, but it's there on my edit screen), it becomes regular text.

    Quoted from jwilson:

    For formatting, maybe try "----->" instead of asterisks. Might stand out more?

    You talk. I listen.

    I made the changes. Not sure I like the arrows, but I'll listen to more opinions if it's just me.

    The underscores are coming up in the all caps text, obviously. But at least I have all caps now. Don't know why that is though...

    #15 8 years ago
    Quoted from dtowndobe:

    I vote "sticky" for sure... Thanks for doing this, and of course, thanks to vid1900 for the awesome work!

    You talk. Robin doesn't listen.

    #16 8 years ago

    So...should I just keep bumping this until Robin makes it a sticky?

    #18 8 years ago

    Not my idea, but thanks. The guy that originally did it isn't around enough to update that thread. So I organized it and prettied it up a bit so people can find what they want fast.

    So let's keep bumping this to annoy Robin into making it REALLY accessible. Like, at the top...

    #21 8 years ago

    Sticky bump

    #22 8 years ago

    Guess what it's time for?

    #25 8 years ago

    An "Aw, Hell, No...This Isn't Going to Page 2!" Bump...

    #26 8 years ago

    An "Oh, you did NOT let this get to the third page!" bump...

    Sticky, anyone? Robin? Mods? Anyone???

    #27 8 years ago

    "The Boob's gonna get his ass kicked at ReplayFX" Bump!!!

    #30 8 years ago
    Quoted from Pahuffman:

    What about the one for clearcoating playfields?

    Could you post the link and I'll add it? I can't find it...I have the playfield restoration one, but can't find a specific one for clearcoating. Thanks.

    #31 8 years ago

    "The Boob got schooled by an 11-year-old girl at Pinburgh today" bump!

    #32 8 years ago

    "The Boob's outta Pinburgh" bump!

    #33 8 years ago

    "Elvis has left the building" bump!

    #34 8 years ago

    Bump for an updated compendium...and a sticky!!!

    #36 8 years ago

    I'm getting tired of bumping this. And still no sticky. Let's start a petition.

    #39 8 years ago

    Daily bump. Can't even joke about it at this point.

    #41 8 years ago

    I give up bump.

    #43 8 years ago

    Tough to contact Robin about it with only 92 favorites so far. I'll wait a bit before bothering him.

    #44 8 years ago

    You talk. I listen. OP updated. Topic still not sticky.

    #46 8 years ago

    I'm going to be converting this to a general Pinside encyclopedia shortly. ForceFlow sent me a bunch of useful links to put on here in addition to Vid's links. I've just been too busy to get to it yet!

    #47 8 years ago

    Thanks to ForceFlow, this thread just got a whole lot better. I've added all the links he provided me with, but I haven't organized them in any fashion; just put them at the bottom.

    Here's what I want to know from people: Should I separate out the Vid stuff, or mix it all together alphabetically by subject? Should I keep this as a Vid collection thread? It's kind of grown beyond that at this point. (I had a couple people suggest that we should expand it into a general collection of helpful threads.)

    And any added thread you think shouldn't be here, let me know. On the flip side, if anybody has a suggestion for one to add, send me the link.

    It's YOUR collection of helpful threads, Pinsiders. You talk, I'll listen!

    #49 8 years ago

    Yeah...I'm leaning towards keeping this more of a Vid's Guide thread, then adding the extra stuff after. But people who don't know about Vid might not look there first or might not realize how helpful those threads are.

    #51 8 years ago
    Quoted from robin:

    Stickied in the Tech:Generic sub-forum. What took me so long?

    You're in the The Netherlands. There's a time difference.

    1 month later
    #52 8 years ago

    Update bump!

    1 month later
    #56 8 years ago
    Quoted from TGIPinside:

    This link didn't work for me. I think the s at the end got cut off.

    Bump for an update...and it's fixed. Thanks for the heads-up!

    4 months later
    #59 8 years ago

    Hey, ForceFlow...it's good to know that when you finally freeze my account, this thread will still be going strong.

    #60 8 years ago

    Just added Vid's new Beer Seal thread as well!

    #62 8 years ago

    Just removed mine. All good now!

    2 months later
    #63 7 years ago

    I'm bumping this thread just to thank ForceFlow for updating this thread for me so I don't have to. I was going to put Vid's new playfield plastics guide in, and lo and behold it was already there. The Human Encyclopedia (who never sleeps) already had taken care of it. I knew there were reasons I wanted him to be a moderator, and this was the best one.

    Thanks, buddy! Looking forward to seeing you at Pintastic!

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