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Chris Silver wrote:
semicolin wrote:
Chris Silver wrote:I actually cut the ground off of a pinball machine.
PUT IT BACK ON CHRIS
It was a super wierd feeling. The building didn’t have a ground to be found anywhere. I had just put a plug on the end of the cord, went to the wall and shook my head. It was the first time to be powered up in a very long time.

Btw, it was a Tag Team Colin. 8-)
If that Tag Team has a Gottlieb stock EMI filter and no isolation transformer, the "ground" (siderails, coin door, etc) will float at around 60-100V relative to any game or other metallic-cased appliance next to them. If someone puts a hand on both machines at the same time, they could easily be killed. It's a feeling that I've felt more than once... never at work as an electrician, but often at pinball venues. Enough times that now I'm very careful about touching two machines at the same time, since I don't know what condition the owner of a game has placed it in.

This is why Ontario Hydro made us all put in isolation transformers: at the time, ground wasn't always a common feature in every electrical installation, and every pinball manufacturer used these janky EMI filters that couple the incoming hot line to the game ground braid. Taking out an iso transformer (common practice these days, and not a good one) of an ungrounded game is extremely dangerous.

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Finished the repairs that Cascade needed, and slid it into it's foreverhome
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cait001 wrote:2 of my grails machines arrived here on the same day. Amazing!
Thank to to everyone who helped make this happen.
Proper supervision is key, of course.
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Xylog , i think there's a game missing in your list
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steamfitter wrote:Xylog , i think there's a game missing in your list
He's not done working on it!!!
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cait001 wrote:
steamfitter wrote:Xylog , i think there's a game missing in your list
He's not done working on it!!!
It's going to be Legend - wait for it - DARY!
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Xylog wrote:
cait001 wrote:
steamfitter wrote:Xylog , i think there's a game missing in your list
He's not done working on it!!!
It's going to be Legend - wait for it - DARY!
It's going to look awesome in your collection
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I worked on my Meteor , painted a few things and did some touch ups
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That looks great Denis.
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Blackghost4 wrote:That looks great Denis.
Thanks
I should be bringing it downstairs tomorrow
Maybe i'll find time to work on my star trek :FP:
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Picked up a Dr Who. Never actually played a real one (only on iPad). Can't wait to tweak it and learn it. :)
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Finally got Meteor downstairs
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Looks great Denis. I want to go play it.
Gottlieb Amazing Spider-Man (1980), Gottlieb Robo-War (1988), Gottlieb Deadly Weapon (1990), Gottlieb Class of 1812 (1991), Gottlieb Counterforce (1980), Gottlieb Sinbad (1978), Gottlieb Operation Thunder (1992), Gottlieb Diamond Lady (1988), Gottlieb Vulcan (1977), Fascination Circa 1933 (1979 cocktail pinball), Bally World Cup Soccer 94 (1994), Bally Black Belt (1986), Gottlieb Gold Wings (1986)
Projects: Williams Hayburners II (1968),Gottlieb Big Shot (1974)

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Blackghost4 wrote:Looks great Denis. I want to go play it.
it's not a Gottlieb :FP:
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Took my Gottlieb Target Alpha in on a trade.
And picked up a rare Gottlieb Striker in great condition.
Finished cleaning it up. Plays great.
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Awesome
You just need Gottlieb system 1 and 3 to complete all the Gottlieb systems , start making room
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Blackghost4 wrote:Took my Gottlieb Target Alpha in on a trade.
And picked up a rare Gottlieb Striker in great condition.
Finished cleaning it up. Plays great.
I'm always shocked when I see a pinball machine I haven't seen before, but a Gottlieb? Dang, 6 flippers...
More fun than a Rocky?
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Blackghost4 wrote:Took my Gottlieb Target Alpha in on a trade.
And picked up a rare Gottlieb Striker in great condition.
Finished cleaning it up. Plays great.

Woww, nice. Bravo :shock:
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Blackghost4 wrote:Took my Gottlieb Target Alpha in on a trade.
And picked up a rare Gottlieb Striker in great condition.
Finished cleaning it up. Plays great.
Striker!?!

Wish you were closer and pandemic wasn't happening. That is, if you wouldn't mind letting others play it. I have a pocket full of quarters!

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So I told myself not 2 hours before I am not going to get into another pinball restoration. I'm done. I even said that when someone was picking up Alien Poker just before I got into this.

I've had a Force II sitting on the back burner for years...Long enough I don't even remember where I bought it from or how much I paid for it! I was always waiting on finding a replacement backglass, as both the ones I have are in very poor condition. Until today I had never even plugged it in. I told myself, I'll just plug it in and see if it boots. Well the CPU boots but lots of issues that prevent play. First thing I wanted was to tackle the GI circuit it was out on the PF. Turns out there is a short somewhere. So i start my removing all the plastics to get to the bulbs/sockets.

2 hours later I have a mostly bare playfield and wonder what the hell did I get myself into? What is with this hobby??

ps - BG Resto has the artwork now for this machine.
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uberhare wrote:So I told myself not 2 hours before I am not going to get into another pinball restoration. I'm done. I even said that when someone was picking up Alien Poker just before I got into this.

I've had a Force II sitting on the back burner for years...Long enough I don't even remember where I bought it from or how much I paid for it! I was always waiting on finding a replacement backglass, as both the ones I have are in very poor condition. Until today I had never even plugged it in. I told myself, I'll just plug it in and see if it boots. Well the CPU boots but lots of issues that prevent play. First thing I wanted was to tackle the GI circuit it was out on the PF. Turns out there is a short somewhere. So i start my removing all the plastics to get to the bulbs/sockets.

2 hours later I have a mostly bare playfield and wonder what the hell did I get myself into? What is with this hobby??

ps - BG Resto has the artwork now for this machine.



Force II is a very underrated game. Lots of fun.
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I don't know why but this followed me home today. It is sitting in quarantine in the van for a few days before it comes in. I said no more projects & I just moved a couch back into the games room. Now the damn couch has to move again.
Now playing....Dr Who, Pinbot, Black Hole, Mars GOW, Supersonic, Moon Flight, Firepower
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uberhare wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:06 pm I don't know why but this followed me home today. It is sitting in quarantine in the van for a few days before it comes in. I said no more projects & I just moved a couch back into the games room. Now the damn couch has to move again.
Hate when that happens. Hates it we do.
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I replaced all the back-box locks in my 11 pins to have the same key. I bought the locks about 6 years ago and just never got around to doing it. Boy the newer Sterns with metal backbox (wooden sides) are a pain in the ass. It was so simple on the original style. But I guess the new ones are certainly more secure as you can't break in to the back-box by simply removing a few screws.

It is also a pain in the ass when you have 7 pins tightly packed together - so little room to work. Oh well, it is done now. One of those tasks that I put off for way to long. :D

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3 days of pins and connector will watching smoky and the bandit 1-2-3- and cannonball run 1-2on the computor :D :shock:
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