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Arcade Collecting => Pinball => Topic started by: drventure on May 07, 2010, 07:59:08 pm
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My mame cab is one that will have pinball support as well. My CP's got the side mounted flippers, I'm likely going to use either a WIIMOTE or a uhid for tilt support and I picked up a plunger a while back on ebay.
Thing is it was all chrome, which didn't work right with my cab at all.
So I found a local guy that does brass plating. Well, long story short, that as more than 5 +months+ ago (when he told me the slowest he'd have it done by was 6 weeks!). Yeah, I was pretty much thinking I'd never see my parts again.
I finally resorted to pestering the hell out of the guy till he relented and finished them up, and I got them back.
Well, in all those 5 months, the guy NEVER thought to call me and tell me he couldn't plate the damn aluminum knob on the end of the plunger! Jeez, talk about great customer service!<sheesh>
Anyway, so now I have a nicely brass plated pinball plunger with an aluminum knob on the end!<urg>
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=146950)
So, here's want I +want+ to do.
I found a nice victorian style cabinet knob, standard screw mount.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90051.0;attach=146952)
So I'd like to take the aluminum knob off and put this on.
BUT, it looks like the aluminum knob has been hydraulically pressed on.
I could pull out an angle grinder and get it off, but then, given that the plunger rod looks like stainless steel, i'm not sure even IF I could drill and thread a hole in the end for a screw to mount the new knob.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Brass plated Bally style shooter rod:
http://www.zplating.com/cart/index.php?p=product&id=86&parent=0 (http://www.zplating.com/cart/index.php?p=product&id=86&parent=0)
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Doh! Well, +now+ he tells me :)
Thanks for that link!