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Re: scratch building an Eight ball Deluxe?
« on: January 08, 2016, 12:05:57 PM »
Absolutely can be done.

The guys at HRP have scratch built a Fathom cabinet. EBD is exactly the same. If you have a backglass and the playfield, then you have made a great start. Cosmetic parts would be easy to source - plastics set, drop targets, pop bumper parts - readily available. As mentioned, the hardest parts would be found on donor playfields - the DT assemblies being the hardest. I would not install linear flippers - go with the earlier style.

A lot of what you would need would come off donor games - door, transformer, tilt mechs etc. The backglass locking latch is reproduced.

Boards - repros are out there - altek / rottendog.

It would be a very rewarding project, as long as you have a lot of patience.
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