My Flash Resto (Without Studley67)

[humpalot]

Here's some original caps.

http://cgi.ebay.com/7-Williams-Flash-Pop-Bumper-Caps-Used-/280651070267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41581b7b3b

[Tensikka]

Any small jobbing shop with a CNC milling machine would be able to cut a steel stamp for you.
Probably get it cheap if you mention its for your pinball machine just ive them plenty of time to do it and they would just squeeze it in when they get time.
Provide a piece of steel for them with the cad model and it wouldn't take them very long.
To stamp it in the caps, you would just heat up the stamp and press it into the cap and then paint in the grooves.

I'd prefer aluminium, it's so much faster to work with CNC. And doesn't take so much energy to heat up, if planning on heatstamp those logos.

[mildflame]

Wonder how much it would cost to get an engineering machine shop to make a reverse stamp from steel for these?
Some CAD/CAM software programs allow you to make a raised shape out of a jpg image.
If you could make the model it wouldn't take long to machine.
Yo would then be able to get the Hot Stamp look on the caps.

Any small jobbing shop with a CNC milling machine would be able to cut a steel stamp for you.
Probably get it cheap if you mention its for your pinball machine just ive them plenty of time to do it and they would just squeeze it in when they get time.
Provide a piece of steel for them with the cad model and it wouldn't take them very long.
To stamp it in the caps, you would just heat up the stamp and press it into the cap and then paint in the grooves.

I'd prefer aluminium, it's so much faster to work with CNC. And doesn't take so much energy to heat up, if planning on heatstamp those logos.

I dont think Ill bother. I'll just do my stickers on plain white caps

[ddstoys]

Hey Mitch great work with the sticker art.  Ive made some stickers and printed them onto the clear sticker paper which keeps the pop bumper color uniform just some food for thought

[humpalot]

How about using a water slide decal?

[mildflame]

How about using a water slide decal?

Can add up to be expensive. I'm not sure how far to go. I could clear coat a plain glossy sticker on so it doesn't move or come off. Not sure how far to go

[mildflame]

Just to check...
Cabinet paint... that would be a semigloss? I was going to use spray cans.

[Strangeways]

Just to check...
Cabinet paint... that would be a semigloss? I was going to use spray cans.

Semi gloss or satin finish. White Knight make a really nice Satin Black that I used to touch up a Jurassic Park.

[mildflame]

Got bored today and decided to go out to the shed and work on Flash...
the first thing I did was I fixed nails into holes under the cabinet that looked like they previously had nails in (there were a few still in some of the holes but not all) so i put nails in all the holes and the bowed/loose board at the base of the cabinet is now steardy (i'm not an excelent speller)
once I did that I didn't know what to do next

Yep you saw it. I know its not part of restoring the pin but... I wanted to test the speaker
and then I removed the door to get ready for cleaning up, or painting the cab.

[studley67]

hi mate,you could incorperate an i pod jack in say under cab for an unique feature.

[mildflame]

hi mate,you could incorperate an i pod jack in say under cab for an unique feature.

hahaha 

[Boots]

hi mate,you could incorperate an i pod jack in say under cab for an unique feature.

Not such a silly idea (sort of)
It would probably be quite easy to set something up where you could add custom sounds for certain events in the game.
Of course you wouldn't use an ipod (too expensive) but a cheap mp3 player or an IC with separate amp and its own speaker would do the trick.
I have thought about this for my Buck Rogers to add the Tweaky "bida bida" sound.

[mildflame]

I decided to test a rust treatment chemical i havent used before. I only bought it yesterday.
I left the metal plates from the front of the cabinet (one was a shooter rod assembly part, the other was from the door) the worst i could find.
I cleaned them, allowed to dry. Put them in small ice-cream container with a small amout of the rust remover... left for 30 mins, took out and wiped dry. left for 10 mins then used some windex and lightly sanded off any dead rust. They then went in for another 30 mins.
on the bottle it says to clean and dry thoroughly, dip it in and leave it for 2 hours and then let it rest for 24 hours (i think... its hard to understand)
It could come up better

[Strangeways]

Interesting. Ranex has some competition ?

[mildflame]

Had i drizzle of constant rain for the last 24 hours and my soil is clay! so any water doesn't sink away.
my shed still flooded but no where as bad as before I cemented it.

and then I started to sand the cabinet. once I got the legs off