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[Nitric]

Here...I've been working on this off and on for a while now......I traded, for a couple of pinball machines to work on, one is up and running the other is a HUGE project....It started out as , well...I'll just take this out and redo it, then....Well I'll just unscrew this, these needs replaced......Before I knew it? The whole thing is apart! Every nut bolt and screw!!! And I'm going to rebuild half the cabinet before it's all over!! I've already ordered parts and rebuilt the power supply, part of the sound board, and I'm working on the main board now, as I get the extra money and find parts....

Wanted to redo the Play field, Then it was tracking down new inserts and plastics, then....I needed an airbrush for the paint work.....etc....Haven't made it too far, I've been reading and taking my time also ....again...........waiting on more EXTRA money for materials....

A couple of pics....




The pics aren't in order, the thing is taken apart as far as it can be right now!! Lots, of wires!! This may be one of those things that never makes it back together! Who knows!! It's fun though!No, there is too much wrapped up in it to bail now!! The last pic is the working machine, but you can see the project on the left, before it was completely apart......and other junk!! from our move that I haven't gotten to yet...

 

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[Oregon Viking]

Here...I've been working on this off and on for a while now......I traded, for a couple of pinball machines to work on, one is up and running the other is a HUGE project....It started out as , well...I'll just take this out and redo it, then....Well I'll just unscrew this, these needs replaced......Before I knew it? The whole thing is apart! Every nut bolt and screw!!! And I'm going to rebuild half the cabinet before it's all over!! I've already ordered parts and rebuilt the power supply, part of the sound board, and I'm working on the main board now, as I get the extra money and find parts....

Wanted to redo the Play field, Then it was tracking down new inserts and plastics, then....I needed an airbrush for the paint work.....etc....Haven't made it too far, I've been reading and taking my time also ....again...........waiting on more EXTRA money for materials....

A couple of pics....
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The pics aren't in order, the thing is taken apart as far as it can be right now!! Lots, of wires!! This may be one of those things that never makes it back together! Who knows!! It's fun though!No, there is too much wrapped up in it to bail now!! The last pic is the working machine, but you can see the project on the left, before it was completely apart......and other junk!! from our move that I haven't gotten to yet...

High speed is in the 3,000 dollar range on ebay. Shipping though....

 

[Nitric]

High speed is in the 3,000 dollar range on ebay. Shipping though....

Ya..but usually, unless real lucky, those prices are for nicely restored, I've seen them as low as 600 bucks and up to 5 or 6 grand, but I really wonder if they ever get those kind of prices...It's a pretty common machine. Not all that rare...Some parts are hard to find though! And really? By the time I buy all the parts and put the time in? I'll never get it out of it...This was a oooops! I didn't realize it was as bad as it was till after I got it home...Newbie mistake!!!

I have the one in the bottom pic listed now, and didn't really care if I sold it or not, which is good! Because not one call so far..

 

[Oregon Viking]

I have been to a few storage unit sales that had pinball machines.....never had the room! Prices were great years ago, I haven't seen one for sale in quite a while.

 

[BARKER]

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[Peyton Manning]

at 60 I tell my wife that the next time I move I want it to be after we arrive home to find it burned to the ground ( I really hate moving)

 

[Nitric]

at 60 I tell my wife that the next time I move I want it to be after we arrive home to find it burned to the ground ( I really hate moving)

When I moved.......I had a garage,a storage garage,a 3 bedroom house with a basement, it was one of the older houses with the full dining room, fitchen and huge living room, in the corner of the living room I had a restored Quad. 2 bedrooms were packed to the ceiling, basement packed, garage, and storage garage. I was an organized hoarder if that makes any sense.Hey!! I ran into a lot of "deals"! Collected a lot of things, we didn't have our son yet, so we only needed one bedroom. I still have the storage garage packed in Ohio, and it's been about 3 years since we have moved. I've opened it once, and that was a couple of months ago, looked in, and said, WHY?

What I'm getting at!!! I WILL NEVER MOVE LIKE THAT AGAIN!!!! We have thinned it out so far, and I just want a couple pickup loads of stuff in the end. No one needs that kind of stuff!

 

[Nitric]

Purchased new by my great-grandfather, cost a weeks wadges I was told. 8 day, 30 inches tall....LOUD!
As always 2-3 clicks for enlargement....

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[Oregon Viking]

What the?
Well .......

Purchased new by my great-grandfather, cost a weeks wadges I was told. 8 day, 30 inches tall....LOUD!
As always 2-3 clicks for enlargement....

 

[Nitric]

Very nice!!! That is cool!! And looks to be all original! I like the wood, and it looks like it's all in perfect shape!! I use to see similar clocks occasionally that people would paint or did really poor restorations on them...But I've never owned any.

I have a couple of clocks I kept....Around here somewhere in a box....One day I'll have to dig them out!! I don't think I have anything that old. I think the oldest one is a cheaper Crystal regulator and I can't even remember who made it at the moment....I might have a carriage clock that might go back to the time period as yours, but don't know......

That's a great piece to have!! Even if it is loud!

 

[Oregon Viking]

Very nice!!! That is cool!! And looks to be all original! I like the wood, and it looks like it's all in perfect shape!! I use to see similar clocks occasionally that people would paint or did really poor restorations on them...But I've never owned any.

I have a couple of clocks I kept....Around here somewhere in a box....One day I'll have to dig them out!! I don't think I have anything that old. I think the oldest one is a cheaper Crystal regulator and I can't even remember who made it at the moment....I might have a carriage clock that might go back to the time period as yours, but don't know......

That's a great piece to have!! Even if it is loud!

Thanks!
It originally had an alarm, but according to my Dad most of the alarms on these were removed. Problems I'm going to guess. I do know my grandfather had more then 10 vintage clocks, I inherited the "purchased by family" ones.
Yep! I have another!

 

[Oregon Viking]

Number two, also purchased new by family.

 

[Nitric]

You have some NICE clocks!!

 

[Oregon Viking]

You have some NICE clocks!!

Thank you!! I have another weight clock, but it was a gift to my grandfather.....he saved a ladies belongings from a flood.... It is nowhere near the quality of the other two.
It is cool that all three are different brands. The above weight clock even says "warranted good" on the label!
New Haven, Waterbury and Seth Thomas.

 

[RustyGold]

Pat Cat...you should have said....where....are the pics?

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Good job on that Kramer!

 

[Oregon Viking]

And...... Last but not least.

 

[Nitric]

Took me awhile to find your thread, you would think I'd know how to use the site by now.....

Since I talked to you last we picked up 3 more pinballs...Black Hole, which is a major project, That one will probably get parted, it's just missing too much. A Simpsons, another project, but her and I have been working on it. She wants to keep it after I redid the Play field, And I kind of like the idea of a "us" project. And I picked up a non working Mr and Mrs Pac-man, That I'm waiting for parts on right now.

Here's a few pics of the Simpsons Playfield I redid, It's not perfect, but came out ok. It was my first one, so the next one will be better.Some of my color matches are off, I missed a few detail things that would have made it look better, but I was in a hurry to bury it in clear. It still needs a little more wet sanding and a final coat of clear. But the garage is too cold for that right now, so it's sitting..

The white you see everywhere is the dust/slime from wet sanding, I didn't clean it before I took the pics...

 

[Oregon Viking]

New pick ups/wiring/switches and such for my Epiphone plus top. I have waited months for these to show up on Ebay! The can only be purchased used.... Epiphone won't sell them. They were removed from an epi Les Paul.
Alnico magnets in the pick ups. Each of the two volume controls can be pulled up... That splits the humbuckers in to single coils. The bridge pickup's tone control can be pulled up to achieve a 15db boost!!
(9 volt battery powered) boost is adjustable. Plug in, no soldering required.. We will see how that works as far as any tone/signal loss.

Also included...free a set of Elixer Nanoweb guitar strings. They are coated and are said to last 3-5 times longer then ordinary strings. I have never tried them (12 bucks) but the price is right!!

 

[Oregon Viking]

Before pics.

 

[Oregon Viking]