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| vwalbridge:
Lookin' good, as usual! I love the satisfaction of restoring a CP. Good note on the bondo to keep the CPO flush. I'm taking a mental note on that. :cheers: |
| opt2not:
CP is looking clean! Not sure what you're going to do about the Start Button lighting (the original cabinets had incandescent bulbs installed that "faintly" lit the blue buttons), but old-time BYOAC member whammoed turned me onto his LED solution to brighten up the lighting on those old buttons: http://www.nicemite.com/LightmiteLB/LightmiteLB.htm |
| 8BitMonk:
--- Quote from: vwalbridge on December 05, 2016, 05:03:52 pm ---Lookin' good, as usual! I love the satisfaction of restoring a CP. Good note on the bondo to keep the CPO flush. I'm taking a mental note on that. :cheers: --- End quote --- Thanks, yes learn from my mistakes! ;D Didn't even occur to me that the metal plates and screws would'nt be flush. :banghead: --- Quote from: opt2not on December 05, 2016, 09:51:36 pm ---CP is looking clean! Not sure what you're going to do about the Start Button lighting (the original cabinets had incandescent bulbs installed that "faintly" lit the blue buttons), but old-time BYOAC member whammoed turned me onto his LED solution to brighten up the lighting on those old buttons: http://www.nicemite.com/LightmiteLB/LightmiteLB.htm --- End quote --- Thanks for the suggestion. I only recently heard of nicemite, some cool stuff. I'm going to use super bright Blue LED's from Comet pinball. Haven't had a chance to add it to my Joust restoration thread yet but here's a comparison of the color difference with a normal bulb vs. a superbright red LED. |
| 8BitMonk:
New Back Doors. The old back doors were faded and one swollen from moisture it picked up somewhere so I decided to make new ones. 2 pieces of Birch plywood cut to size at Home Depot then notched with a router. Inset for the lock. I only had a spade bit and was a little lazy, would've been cleaner/better with a Forstner bit. Used the old door as a template to drill holes for the pcb, hinges, etc. Clean the pcb with a brush and alcohol if there are really dirty areas. Prime and roller black for the outsides. Spray the insides black. End result. |
| 8BitMonk:
Nuts and Bolts All the parts tumbled and bolts painted. Bleach/clean cable guides. Speaker replacement and grill touch-up Back handle repainted Clean up power supply and AR board, new power cord. |
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