Nishijin Super Deluxe Power Flash Restoration
Just finished a total restoration on my first Power Flash.
For those of you not familiar with this machine, there is an extra board in between the playfield and the "gut"s. The guts are attached to the extra board and the solenoid assembly attaches directly to the back of the playfield.
The selonoids dictate the open and closing of eight of the tulips. If a ball enters the top of the center attraction, all of the tulips open. There are also switches in each side of the center attraction that will open the four on either side depending on where the ball goes. If you look at the yellow (Queen) tulips on both sides, putting a ball in there will close the remaining tulips on either side. I'm going to install a "cheat button" that will open all the tulips to make the game more fun to play.
I acquired this machine from Carl Wegman in Illinois along with an extra Nishijin for parts. The PF was missing some parts, specifically the yellow attraction at the bottom and the other machine had that part.
When I do my restorations I completely strip every part off the machine. All of the wood gets sanded and a coat of poly. Rust removed, brass polished, plastic cleaned and waxed. I also pull the brass nails and tumble them.
This time I decided to do something I've never done before. I put a new playfield on. With a new playfield and some encouragement from Bill Cardwell, I pulled the old playfield off. A lot of elbow grease is needed to get all of the residue that is left behind off the wood. You need to then do some fine sanding so the board is very smooth as any imperfection will show thru the new playfield. I was very happy with my results.
After a lot of tweaking, I can say the machine is 100% functional. As I am also a semi-professional magician, I love the playing card theme of the Power Flash.
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Thanks for looking!
Any comments or questions are always welcome.
Dan
Magic Pachinko Restorations
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