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Indiana Jones Restoration..."Finished"
koolmoecraig:
I recently picked up a Williams Indiana Jones(not the inferior IJ4 by Stern). This machine has been a holy grail of mine since I first played one. Yes, that horrible pun was intended.
It was in good shape with the normal cabinet fading. I was just gonna live with it but decided what the hell, why not do a complete restoration down to the last nut and bolt?
I have stripped the entire cabinet bare and I am in the middle of sanding and prepping the sides for new decals. The original decals came off pretty easily with the help of a heat gun....
I have been patching holes and sanding like crazy. I'm trying to get the sides as smooth as glass for the decals.
koolmoecraig:
Here is the underside of the playfield before stripping everything from it. Yeah, I'm pretty screwed with getting this thing back together. Hopefully it looks worse than it is...
I took tons of pictures of the disassembly but something tells me I am going to have some questions during the reassembly.
koolmoecraig:
The playfield is in great shape with hardly any wear at all. Since I am going overboard on this restoration, I begged Chris Hutchins at "High End Pins" to restore and clearcoat the playfield for me. He finally agreed to squeeze it in for me.
Before clearcoat:
koolmoecraig:
I went ahead and bought a Berry's tumbler for the metal parts. This thing is pretty awesome. Throw in the parts along with some walnut shell media and metal polish, let it run for a day or so and the parts come out looking almost like they've been chromed.
http://www.berrysmfg.com/82.php
pinballwizard79:
after you successfully reassemble that machine I am going to have even more questions for you ;D
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