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Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: Marty Machine on March 21, 2009, 08:12:28 PM
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Hi All,
Afte cleaning up some playfields recently and looking to build some customs, i wondered HOW is the tapered plunger lane groove cut into the playfield?
I imagine some type of bench mounted mill/drill set at the appropriate angle, and then just push the playfield along to a certain depth (similar to pushing a sheet of wood into a bench-drill or bench-plane)
This might be too hard for home setup, so i was thinking of alternatives such as routing a tapered groove, or using press-in (glue?) wire guides or similar....
any ideas ????
MM.
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I don't have the answer, Marty - But when I clean them, I roll some 600 grit around the end of an old billiard cue and sand away the dirt.
I guess you could use a heavier grit ?
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Do you then wax them or recoat with say estapol ?
Millsy
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Damn, now i have to go buy a poolset :lol
I'm thinking more about starting a new lane on a blank sheet of ply, rather than cleaning up an existing lane...
There's probably all kinds of tapered files in various diameters out there in woodworkers world ^&^
MM.
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Ive been thinking about a good way to do this but cant come up with anything. !@# Bedt idea so far is a round file in a drill bit it keeps biting in and moving across. ^.^
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Need to find some old footage of the factory making them with some form of tapered mill-bit?
hmph ! !@#
MM.