Quoted from cottonm4:I thought that was cool, too.
It reminds me of the time I discovered the bread trick when soldering copper piping
Quoted from cottonm4:I thought that was cool, too.
It reminds me of the time I discovered the bread trick when soldering copper piping
Who knew bread had so many uses!
I can’t take credit for the idea - I learned of it on Rec.games.pinball back in the day.
Quoted from Green-Machine:It reminds me of the time I discovered the bread trick when soldering copper piping
I'll bite.
I'm never too old to learn.
How is bread employed in the arena of soldering pipe?
Quoted from cottonm4:How is bread employed in the arena of soldering pipe?
When you cut into existing pipes you always encounter residual water in the lines regardless which makes soldering next to impossible because it tends to dampen heat down. You can avoid this (not always a problem) by putting pushing bread into the line, no crust and just enough to block access, it will soak up and hold back any moisture long enough for you to solder. When done you can go to the nearest faucet and turn it on (be sure to remove screen if it has one before you turn water on) the bread will break up moving through the pipe and flush out the faucet.
Quoted from cottonm4:I'll bite.
I'm never too old to learn.
How is bread employed in the arena of soldering pipe?
Yes! What RWH said
Quoted from RWH:When you cut into existing pipes you always encounter residual water in the lines regardless which makes soldering next to impossible because it tends to dampen heat down. You can avoid this (not always a problem) by putting pushing bread into the line, no crust and just enough to block access, it will soak up and hold back any moisture long enough for you to solder. When done you can go to the nearest faucet and turn it on (be sure to remove screen if it has one before you turn water on) the bread will break up moving through the pipe and flush out the faucet.
Nice to know. I had to get the crankshaft pulley off of the engine in my car several years back. The challenge is how do you prevent the engine from turning over/rotating on you as you apply torque to the crankshaft pulley bolt.
The solution: Shove a wad of 1/4" rope down a spark plug hole. push in as much as you can. And then as you get your wrench on the pulley bolt and turn, the rope will not compress and will lock up the engine. When you have the pulley bolt removed, back the engine off a little bit and pull the rope out.
Quoted from Green-Machine:We should start a “Wonderful uses of Wonder bread Thread”!
I think there already is one about using it to clean score reels
Quoted from GTO:Drove a long way to pick this one up, but definitely worth it! Met a super-nice pinsider tomterlec. Total class act![quoted image][quoted image]
I used to work with Tom. He's a great guy!
Quoted from Green-Machine:We should start a “Wonderful uses of Wonder bread Thread”!
It’s been known to be used to remove dirt off of comic book covers.
Seriously.
Quoted from albummydavis:It’s been known to be used to remove dirt off of comic book covers.
Seriously.
Man!!! BREAD....it has the potential to solve all Mans problems!!
Brought my first Stern of any era home last night. Apparently it was owned by a prop house for tv/movies, then ended up in an old lady's house. Anyway it's near mint, the last owner replaced all boards, installed led pinscores, and all led lights. All the things I usually do with my solid states. So there's nothing to do but play it.
It's one of the great early solid state pins, simple, fast and fun. Great spinner, mid field slings on the sides, no slings at the flippers, witch is refreshing. It's funny though I got it next to Spectrum and my friends Haunted House, not one of them with traditional slings.
Thanks to my friend Jay for offering the game to me .
Galactic Message from the Freeeek Space Corp.
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It's one of the great early solid state pins, simple, fast and fun. Great spinner, mid field slings on the sides, no slings at the flippers, witch is refreshing. It's funny though I got it next to Spectrum and my friends Haunted House, not one of them with traditional slings.
Thanks to my friend Jay for offering the game to me .
Galactic Message from the Freeeek Space Corp.
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that thing is MINT. nice pickup. Classic Sterns are fantastic.
Quoted from gonzo73:Brought my first Stern of any era home last night. Apparently it was owned by a prop house for tv/movies, then ended up in an old lady's house. Anyway it's near mint, the last owner replaced all boards, installed led pinscores, and all led lights. All the things I usually do with my solid states. So there's nothing to do but play it.
It's one of the great early solid state pins, simple, fast and fun. Great spinner, mid field slings on the sides, no slings at the flippers, witch is refreshing. It's funny though I got it next to Spectrum and my friends Haunted House, not one of them with traditional slings.
Thanks to my friend Jay for offering the game to me .
Galactic Message from the Freeeek Space Corp.
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Killer pickup! Nice trio you have there
Quoted from EJS:Anyone know the going rate of a WMS Fairway? I don't *think* I overpaid but I really liked the playfield when I saw it.
Has a few coils dangling and the backglass has a scrape on it otherwise in great shape with good colors.
When U get that working, send us a video of it in action.
Quoted from bsrhardy:It might not take a lot of guessing but look what we picked up today!
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And today I picked up something somewhat related to that.
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If you find yourself in my area feel free to drop by for a few games.
Though at the rate my projects are piling up for this winter I think I’m a year out on Fairway.
Here’s a before (at sellers) and after (my garage). It works. It needs bulbs but you can start and finish a game. Typical barn find. Surrounded by animal poo fortunately none on or in game....nor occupied for that matter.
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I'm saving for this machine too, which would be my first NIB as well,
Have you any regrets or do you think this is the way to go??
Quoted from the96stang:Note the placement of the handtruck.
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That is some impressive pin stacking there nice haul
Quoted from EJS:Here’s a before (at sellers) and after (my garage). It works. It needs bulbs but you can start and finish a game. Typical barn find. Surrounded by animal poo fortunately none on or in game....nor occupied for that matter. [quoted image][quoted image]
Thanks for rescuing this one! Target Pool is my favorite EM.
Quoted from EJS:Here’s a before (at sellers) and after (my garage). It works. It needs bulbs but you can start and finish a game. Typical barn find. Surrounded by animal poo fortunately none on or in game....nor occupied for that matter. [quoted image][quoted image]
It's interesting hearing the back story on barn finds sometimes. How did you find it? CL, FB? Friend of a friend?
Quoted from mbwalker:It's interesting hearing the back story on barn finds sometimes. How did you find it? CL, FB? Friend of a friend?
You're close! My friend who repairs and (sometimes) sells pinballs for a living has a neighbor who knows of his business. This machine belonged to either friend or relative (I can't recall which) of said neighbor. Since he had some business with them with their Solid State machine and he doesn't fix EM games, this was passed along to me.
Quoted from dtrimberger:Finally get to post here after months of jealousy. Thanks to Doug in Salem (has a stellar collection btw).
She’s got some high mileage but I’m going to buff her up.
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Just got mine a couple of months ago. Great game, enjoy.
Quoted from transprtr4u:Indy came home with me today. Excellent condition , looking forward to the adventure
I like the black trim on that IJ!
Quoted from sunnRAT:The only 'Future' themed pinball machine that matters!
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I keep wanting to yell "Faster he's catching up to you!"
Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:Getting closer to the day to move this down the road (being traded, along with a few bucks, for a getaway). I can't believe how heavy every piece of this thing feels...
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That is commitment right there!
Quoted from grantopia:That is commitment right there!
I'm sure it's doable up these stairs intact.... But I'm not going to find out.
One more piece to go, then I can reassemble.. ugh.
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Glad I gave myself plenty of time to debug the wiring
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Phew.
IMG_20200928_184815 (resized).jpgIMG_20200928_203027 (resized).jpgIMG_20200928_204524 (resized).jpgIMG_20200928_205539 (resized).jpgQuoted from Joey_Bada_Bing:Grabbed me some TNA! What a rush of a game [quoted image]
Awesome game. Nice scoop!
Quoted from sunnRAT:The only 'Future' themed pinball machine that matters!
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Took me a minute to realize the machine to the left of the Future Spa was actually a reflection in the poster glass. Derp!
Chris
Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:Demo Man out, Getaway in!
nice; i basically made that exact same swap at one point.
Quoted from weaverj:nice; i basically made that exact same swap at one point.
Easy easy easy trade. Demo Man was a buy because I couldn't turn down the price. I wasn't really feeling it though. I LOVE getaway and it'll look awesome next to my high speed!
IMG_20200813_183253 (resized).jpgQuoted from KSUWildcatFan:I'm sure it's doable up these stairs intact.... But I'm not going to find out.
I’m just curious, were you worried about the weight on those stairs? Or did you not have any help getting it up and did it that way to make it lighter to do solo?
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