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Low End Pin Guy scores a Data East Tommy
ChadTower:
Either way, if it lasts him two years, it would take 20 minutes to pull off the old tape and put a new printout on there.
TopJimmyCooks:
The tape is under the printout. It only shows at the 16th inch border around the outside and is trimmed flush with the outside bottom of the plastic. I read a tutorial where the guy glued the print to the bottom of the plastic with varathane, but that takes days to dry, and I was frankly impatient. I will redo this one of these days with better colors and better technique. Before that I want to see what protection/mod needs to be added into the plastic to make it last longer, if needed. Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate your input.
I'm really starting to dial in some shots on this, enjoying being able to play with some control and accuracy. Need to work on Vuk bounce outs next.
ChadTower:
Given the abuse that plastic takes it might be better strategy to make a couple spares than it is to try and make one tougher plastic. Some parts are just going to get broken. Be able to swap it when that happens.
TopJimmyCooks:
I've got the template so the hour of prep work is in the bag :)
I just think it's an interesting problem. from the breakage it looks like the damage was from vuk rather than shots, hard to say. If I put some foam in there to deaden the bounce out I bet shot breakage will be reduced. My game already has a piece of aluminum over the more time standup, which I re-used, so it should be protected from the side flipper. It extends past the post sleeve towards the main flippers as well so I may no longer have an issue. You can see that piece of black painted aluminum in the pics. Probably an operator repair/substitute for the busted plastic. I might need to trim the aluminum a little more because it's quite hard to hit more time and I never shoot for it as a result.
ChadTower:
Aluminum... now that's a thought. Who says that plastic needs to be plastic? Maybe you could make one out of aluminum and put artwork on the top. Is it lit from underneath?
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