days are getting shorter and the temps are dropping, its about that time of year. i would be interested in seeing some winter projects.
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Syracuse, NY
I plan to redo my BK2K before spring. I need to repair or remove the Mylar, Replace all the plastics, rebuild the bumpers, upgrade the flippers and add some lighting mods. I'm just trying to get at least 1 other pin working before I take it down, I'll start a thread in this section when I start.
Batman Forever needs an lcd conversion, a shop job, and to diagnose what is a pop bumper on. (Not the transistor, coil, or diodes so something upstream.)
JP is a total project. Got it to boot saturday. Fixed some of the GI issues. Right now it needs:
GI is blowing Fuse F3 on PPB
J8 and j7 have to be unplugged due to coils locking on.
T-Rex L/R and UP Down.
No Flashers
Wiring Hacks for GI need to be fixed.
Lamp Matrix has one column where a light stays on.
RUST, so much rust.
New Translite
Cabinet needs to be redecaled, but that will be a summer project.
Full tear down shop job
I have some cool projects lines up if the parts ever come in:
1. Bride of Pinbot 2.0
2. BoP Playfield swap
3. High Speed playfield swap (Greatwichjohn printed playfield)
4. Earthshaker backbox rebuild (shattered, who knows what happened)
5. Space Shuttle cabinet replacement
Not sure what order these will be done in. It is likely that 4 and 5 will get done. I'd prefer to do 1 and 2 right away but the parts are long backordered.
- Finish unpacking and organizing my new game/tool room.
- Finish tearing down my Gottlieb Sinbad, cleaning and restoring all the parts, refurbishing the mold-stained transformer board, re-capping the boards, re-assembling everything, plus a few other things. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to clear coat and touch up the playfield or not. I can't really do that during the winter, anyway.
- Finish tearing down, cleaning, and repairing my Bally Baby Pacman now that I've gotten all the boards working. Build a pigtail dongle to adapt the wiring harness so I can easily swap the playfield with lamp sockets with the playfield with the light board. Test the second playfield and effect repairs as necessary.
- Tear down the playfield for my Gottlieb Genesis to clean, repair, and replace parts as necessary. Also, the flashers in the backbox were cut out at some point, so I need to build the assembly and track down the appropriate colored wiring. Also, test some of the LEDs that I just ordered from Art's/cometpinball's Black Friday sale
- I've managed to collect a handful of various boards that I plan on repairing and using as test fixtures, and possibly sell off the extras after I repair them. Also building harnesses to connect MPUs to driver boards for these test fixtures.
- Cleaning various parts I pulled from a Gottlieb Super Soccer playfield and post them on pinside.
- Strip the remaining parts off a JD playfield, and possibly send out the playfield to be cleared and touched up.
- Sell off some stuff from my older hobbies to help fund this pinball hobby and to make some more room for it
Wow, so I guess, that's quite a bit I have in my queue. Didn't quite realize it until I actually wrote it all out. 
Collingwood, ON
I am restoring my MM this winter ,playfield swap and redo decals can't wait until I its all done
Quoted from TZBen:winter?
It's just below 80 where I'm at.
funny stuff, reminded me of when i lived in phoenix, we had summer and all most
summer
Quoted from Dayhuff:For me there is no such thing as a "winter project". There's enough projects here to keep me going all year around and I still cant get to 90% of them.
John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836
i hear you! there really is no "off season" so to speak how many irons in the fire do you tend to run at a time?
BK2K is the project of the moment for me as well. However, like Dayuff said as soon as this one is done I will move to the next. It is more of an every season thing for me.
Bringing a Time Warp back to life.
I replaced the swollen MDF on the back/bottom of the body. Sanded the cab down and re stenciled this fall. Winter project is the playfield, the art is great, no broken plastics but every piece underneath is rusted or missing....gonna be fun.
Pic is still missing the white, it came out looking good but it's not gonna win first prize at the country fair.
IMG_20140806_190023.jpgQuoted from eh97ac:Bringing a Time Warp back to life.
I replaced the swollen MDF on the back/bottom of the body. Sanded the cab down and re stenciled this fall. Winter project is the playfield, the art is great, no broken plastics but every piece underneath is rusted or missing....gonna be fun.
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nice, time warp is such a neat game
3 weeks later
^nice score- what a nice restore it will be.
the holidays are finished its my fav time of year- can really focus on some pin work now
1 week later
I am doing a full restore on my MM this winter cab is done now working on playfield swap
Quoted from Williampinball:I am doing a full restore on my MM this winter cab is done now working on playfield swap
post some pics when you get a chance
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This was the first weekend in a long time where my calendar was clear, so I was able to hit the paint hard and heavy. I got all the major areas completed - now it's just smaller places here and there to address, and then waterslide decals for the inserts. Unfortunately, onto the back burner it goes as my crazy work schedule picks up all over again.
Quoted from Noobee:Looks great! How the heck did you do all that in a weekend???
The 'before' pics were taken earlier- I had started blocking out base colors about a week ago. All the detail work was done this weekend though.
No work, no errands, no family events- just me, some Pink Floyd, and a 000 brush. You can accomplish quite a bit if you just keep at it inch by inch.
1 month later
I just finished up refreshing a Bad Cats. Fun project but now I'm in need of a new one.
Lots of pics here:
Quoted from dmacy:I just finished up refreshing a Bad Cats. Fun project but now I'm in need of a new one.
Lots of pics here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bad-cats-refresh
I know where two bad cats are sitting in about the same state. I am planning on making a play for them this spring as the owner really doesn't sell too many items. Your thread has kept me motivated in doing so. Good work and congrats on finishing
Great to hear! Hopefully he'll let one go to you. Sad to see something sit and not getting used or enjoyed (not that this is the case; I don't know). Good luck!
Quoted from Noobee:Just finished my winter project. Too bad winter isn't finished yet.
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Wow, did you do the touch-ups near the pops yourself? If so, great work!
Quoted from RonB:Wow, did you do the touch-ups near the pops yourself? If so, great work!
Yes, This was a total repaint of the entire playfield, by hand with brushes, then several brushed on layers of clearcoat. From what I started with, I am actually pretty excited. But, alas, I need to wait until warmer weather to finish the rest of the project...
When I drove to work this morning it was -27 degrees. Thats actual temperature, not wind chill!
Quoted from Noobee:Yes, This was a total repaint of the entire playfield, by hand with brushes, then several brushed on layers of clearcoat. From what I started with, I am actually pretty excited. But, alas, I need to wait until warmer weather to finish the rest of the project...
When I drove to work this morning it was -27 degrees. Thats actual temperature, not wind chill!
Ah, me too - need some warmer weather to do cabinet restoration work outside on Double Action. She's fully playable, so you know you can't rush these things. Maybe I can scrounge up a few ancient parts from the bins under the tables at the Ohio Show.
336992-i.jpgYea this weather sucks for cabinet work. I have 3 still waiting for it to go above 45 deg at least. Currently -10F
Quoted from schudel5:Must be the winter of FD/QD work. Just removed everything from the old playfied and soon will be swapping everything over.
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So, after I spent half the winter bringing my Quick Draw playfield back to life, dare I ask what a new one costs?
image-766.jpgQuoted from Noobee:So, after I spent half the winter bringing my Quick Draw playfield back to life, dare I ask what a new one costs?
$500. But only 40 or so were made.
Quoted from Noobee:Ah, so my time is worth just about 5 bucks an hour, awesome!
If we were putting a dollar value on time we would about all be upside down
Quoted from Noobee:Ah, so my time is worth just about 5 bucks an hour, awesome!
At 5 bucks, you're ahead of the game. Most of us are probably at fractions of a penny 
Oh, I know. I was really being tongue in cheek. I had a lot of fun, and that is certainly the main thing!
Now if winter would just be done already.... What the hell am I still doing in Michigan anyway?
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Quoted from jmountjoy111:If we were putting a dollar value on time we would about all be upside down
thats why we must keep playing them to get our monies worth
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