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Williams drop target plastic 3D printed repair/replacement

By Martinh

3 years ago


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#7 3 years ago

Another option although it would be a bit of work is to adapt a standup target face to the arm. You'd have to remove the arm from the game which you'll have to do anyway, get your alignment correct and drill a new hole for the target face. Then rivet it on.

They make a million standup target faces. It won't be original but at least it would be in one piece.

#10 3 years ago
Quoted from Martinh:

Hi Catch86,
Thanks for that - I'm not in the US, but have found something similar from a local supplier.
I guess that the head of the rivet or screw needs to be flush with target surface to avoid damaging the ball surface?
Cheers,
Martin

If you look at the game now the rivet is not completely flush with the surface of the target. It doesn't stick out like a screw would but it does have some bow in it.

The guy in that thread who is making them looks pretty good. Flippers.com does have them as Lee posted but you get the whole arm, not just the target face. That brings the price up a bunch.

I doubt that PBR ever makes them. I guess you could ask them but that is a hot stamping deal and if he doesn't have the die then the cost probably exceeds the return on investment. Put it this way, if he's not making Gottlieb lockdown bars which have a pretty good demand he's not likely to make these target faces as Gottlieb is still his main business.

#13 3 years ago
Quoted from Martinh:

it’s funny that you say about the 3D printing, as my brother in law just arrived here yesterday and said “i can print some new ones”
I think that he can print them directly in red plastic and also incorporate the bulls eye pattern into the surface so that it can be painted easily. I could get him to slightly countersing the rivets too.
I’m gonna measure up the targets in a minute so he can do his stuff.

If he can do it I'll be happy to buy some off you. I'd love to have some extras around as the lower ones especially can take a beating.

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