Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
A New Hope... "I knew you could do it!"
RetroACTIVE:
Ok... I've dismantled the yoke controller to get it cleaned up to go off to powder coating this weekend.
I must admit... the darn thing is impressive... built like a tank. Many many screws hold this baby together...
Here are a few pics...
You can see how incredibly gross the rubber bumpers had become in this pic...
I wouldn't call it an 'egg' shell but 'yoke' shell is appropriate... (BTW, ever notice how many people call it the star wars yolk)
"What a piece of junk!"
RetroACTIVE:
...oh yeah, forgot to mention... in my zeal to get this thing apart... I broke the dang anchor pin in the nut!
RAM-CONTROLS HERE I COME AGAIN! I already received Dave's rebuild kit... woah awesome stuff... can't wait to put this bad boy back together... it will essentially be new when I'm done with it.
"Sorry about the mess..." (flicks a coin to the bartender)
RetroACTIVE:
Welp, I called my local powder coating shop... closed on the weekends :( The good news is in speaking with them, they are able to give me a quote with a quick e-mail of a picture of the item ;D
I'm looking for an original finish... its a satin untextured/smooth black... I should have the quote sometime tomorrow...
"Where are you taking this... thhhing?"
TheShanMan:
I'm enjoying this thread, RA. SW is one of my grails, so keep those updates coming! ;D I'm also interested to hear how much something like that costs to get powder coated. I've never had powder coating done. How do you find a shop that does it? Just look up "powder coating" in the yellow pages?
Level42:
Ever heard of "internet" "google" ?
:laugh:
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