My first vintage :

[derek1960]

Very Very nice, some of my moderns arn't as clean as that
I think it's time to have a word with my lazy wife.
She better buck up her ideas if she wants that new ironing board for Christmas

[pachitimsj]

you said 5 hours to polish pins? what do you use? i use lemon juice and salt and i can polish all the pins on a machine in a bout 30 min and thats if i take a break.

[SphereJunkie]

Sphere,
That machine is going to be a real beauty after your refurbishment!
Make sure you put two(2) sheets of double thick glass in it to make it as original as possible. Enjoy, Enjoy!!!

Jerry

That was my plan Jerry, once I get things cleaned on this baby i'm gonna get a piece of plex and a piece of regular to put in this. last thing on the list.
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you said 5 hours to polish pins? what do you use? i use lemon juice and salt and i can polish all the pins on a machine in a bout 30 min and thats if i take a break.

Using a brasso/water mix and a shoestring. Dip it in the mixture, squeegie the excess off the go after it.

I there an easier way to get into the tighter spots?

[pinball wizard]

excellent job !

[NJ_Mike]

My fingers ache just looking at those shiny nails...I'm going to try TC's miracle cloth on my next one..already have one waiting. I'm going to try the lemon juice and salt option also, maybe I'll do the nails in thirds and post comparison pictures of the cloth, lemon juice and brasso...

[SphereJunkie]

Good idea Mike, just got done with cleaning the nails and wiping the cell down. Will post pics soon. Overall it took little over 9 hours, give or take.

Oh yeah, I broke down myself and bought the Miracle Cloth last night, the only thing I could do while some 24 hour bug jumped me.

I'll test it on my next vintage in the near future, hehehe.

[SphereJunkie]

Here's the pics for the pins and the cell...

[ShockSystem]

Outstanding work!

I like the theme - I have not seen that before.

[SphereJunkie]

Ok, after taking countless pictures and scubbing and cleaning here and there I can finally show you how I disassembled the whole back of the machine and put it back together before I show you the finished product.

Spoiler

Ok, i'm too excited to do that, i'll show it now!!

Derby pachiko is now up and running.

[Microbus99]

Fantastic job SJ...That is one of the cleanest machines I've seen. Gotta feel good after getting that one under your belt You also have an excellent eye for detail. Keep up the good work! We look forward to the next one!!

[candyflip]

Make sure you use those photos on eBay when you sell it to one of us in the future!

Really, REALLY nice work.. It's a pleasure to see an old machine come back to life so vigourously.

[Planedoc]

BRAVO!!!

[MrGneiss]

Wow, so shiny and clean!!

That is surly a happy pachi!!

[NJ_Mike]

Great job - the machine looks brand new. Enjoy it!

[dattia]

Just beautiful!

[portercbl]

WOW!
What a Beauty!

Jerry

[SphereJunkie]

Thanks all, it's great that you approve of my work. I love projects like this (especially when it works like it should).

As far as I can tell the machine operates like it should, payouts, operation of the top ball tray feeding the recycle tray, the only issue so far is the balls getting stuck in the rocker in the play area. Does not matter which side it goes to it gets stuck.

[Sid]

WOW! is all i can say!!

and great idea about the Shoe string!!

GOOD WORK!

[SphereJunkie]

Ok let me show you some of my demolition.
Staples come out with alittle help with pliers and some small flathead screwdrivers.

Light harness first then the top tray, had to straighten the small tab on the ball ramp to remove from the tray.

[SphereJunkie]

Then detatched the mechanisms for the top ball tray and recycle tray functions.