1972 Nishijin Shiroi Kamome restoration modernization complete

[Kronas1979]

I have a 1972 Nishijin Shiroi Kamome that I picked up about 15 years ago and have finally got around to start a full restoration. Well after about 80 hours of work I have it fresh completion on the bench. Modifications I've made include ball empty light is now a strip led that lights the whole length. The top yellow was never electrified now led strip attached to the jackpot lights. The center jackpot lights are now single led bulbs. The playing field is gorilla camo vinyl coated with 6 coats of polyurethane. The nails have all been replaced as well as all bumpers and firing spring. Last but not least the cabinet is back to natural and coated with 6 coats of polyurethane also. Last thing I need to finish is 2 pieces of glass for front door it currently has 1 piece of plexiglass.

Before:
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After:
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[MrGneiss]

Nice!!

[CarlW]

Can you please elaborate with more details on the yellow LED strip?

Great work!

[Kronas1979]

It's not a yellow strip it is a bright white strip my machine had yellow lens already but where never electrified. The same lights are used on the ball empty light originally only the red would have been lit. I kept the original socket on that light and just soldered in the led leads. As for the yellow it is attached to the board via soldering to the with the jackpot lights. I'm still considering converting the jackpot lights to strip led they are much brighter than the 2 single leds I changed the standard bulbs out for. And I kept my 9v plug in converter it powers the lights just fine. Hope this helps if you need any other info I'll be glad to share it.

[CarlW]

Would you have any pictures to post? Back side of the bright white strip?
Don't take it apart for me, I'm just curious...

Thanks,

[Kronas1979]

Here is what you can see of the back light for the ball empty. I drilled a small hole to feed the pre-wired connections through then soldered them to the existing socket ( it is still functional but hidden by the strip). I picked up a 2 foot section on ebay for $14 with shipping which is more tan enough to do 1 machine. You also don't need connectors you can simply solder 2 leads on the strip and cut them to what ever length you need.


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