SOLD OUT - Affordable Chrome, Black & Gold SS Mirror Blades (1st Run)

[swinks]

3-8-12 Update

All the material is in and will be delivered to the laser cutter next Monday.
A mate is making a small bender for me so I bend up the bonus item with these blades
Hope to have all parts made and picked up by late next week - will post a few photos once in my hot little hands.
All going well next weekend will be packaging up ready for everyone.

Cheers

Jady

[Cow Corner]

Great job Jady,
I'm sorry I had to pull out of this run but if you do another please let me know.

[pinnies4me]

Jady, if there's a Chrome Mirror slot available, I'm in. Can ship with El Timbo's when ready.

[swinks]

thanks for the support guys, just keeping this post close to the front.

Updated 4-8-12

1st Run as follows:
1 x silver mirror - 0,8mm
1 x black mirror - 0.8mm
1 x gold mirror - 0.8mm


In the colours no one here in Aus does thinner so 0.8mm is the best I can do. So when you are considering, you the customer needs to determine the space - e.g. reading on Pinside machines like The Shadow are so very tight though a few guys persisted but very tight. So you the owner has to make the decision if the blades will fit because as you know machines vary and some may have slight warps etc so I can not accept responsibility for variations of fit. As for fitting to the same profile there are variances in every machine / model so again I can not design a product for every machine rather go for something to fits a large percentage. Almost every Bally / WMS will be the same except near the back board (back of the blade) e.g. a Getaway is slightly different as some guys have had to do some slight modifications to either the timber in the back of the cabinet and others using tin snipes to the blade. I would rather you be well informed rather than upset.


Prices are in for the 1st Run:

Chrome Mirror - $90 a set
Black and Gold Mirror - $135 a set

freighting multiple sets in one package will be a little cheaper per unit in effect so maybe team up with a few guys in your area and share the saving.

Multiple set Special deals per person:
buy 3 sets and get $5 off each set of blades
buy 4 sets and get $7.50 off each set of blades
buy 5 sets and get $10 off each set of blades.

[swinks]

Update 10-8-12

blades are in the house (actually still in the car)  , it is pouring down rain so will leave in the car and be packing over the weekend to freight out early next week.

attached is a photo of the blades in the car - don't worry carefully placed a few on top of each other for the photo. All blades have there protective coating on the good side. So the photo is really the back side of the blades so some are a little scratched (more so on the colour ones as they go through an additional process to achieve the colour effect) but still reflective. Lhs side is a 1x black mirror, 3 x silver mirror in the centre and 2 x gold mirror on the right hand side. The lighting is poor but the gold and blacks look good with the golds almost having a slight reddish look (on the backside).

My Goal is to get them packed and shipped off hopefully by Tuesday afternoon if not Wednesday lunchtime next week.

Many thanks for everyone's patience and support as I know some people may think this is a risk but I will not let anyone down.

There is a possible little bonus to those who have supported me in this first run with a few extras to be shared - yes a small surprise so stay tuned over the weekend. In addition all going well with the spares will be a Free Saturday or Sunday comp so get those smileys ready   .

[Caveoftreasures]

well done.    shld improve everyones machine for sure !   

[Cursed]

Thanks for the updates swinks.  

[ddstoys]

Awsome Jady
                 Should brighten AcDc up nicely

[TUF-427]

Swinksy,Any Williams Wpc left?

Might bling up the T2

[swinks]

Swinksy,Any Williams Wpc left?

Might bling up the T2

Pm sent

[swinks]

11 sets in total sent to ddstoys, pinnies4me, pinsanity, cavey and el-timbo so hopefully some photos and (hopefully some good   ) thoughts soon.


Also out of interest the gold and black coloured mirrored SS has addition treatments performed to get it's unique coloured look. The black mirror actually comes from the UK and the gold is treated here in Aus.

[Caveoftreasures]

My blades arrived this morning nice n early, wasnt expecting til the end of the week so was very surprised. That was lightning quick postage/courier.

Well packed and a EXCELLENT product.

If anyone is thinking of buying mirror blades to make your game look SPECTACULAR, give Swinksy the order/go ahead cause you will not be dissapointed.

EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, for the Stern and the Williams sets. 

Will definately be buying more sets to help dress up some of the machines for sales etc. They look amazing. What a huge difference. 

[swinks]

Peter (TUF-427) sent me some photos of his install of some Bally / WMS silver mirror blades in his Williams T2 - looks great

[swinks]

and 2 more

[swinks]

Update 4-9-12

I have heard back that almost all 10 guys that in total purchased 28 sets of blades who have received them in good order - my industrial packing worked, garden stake and all  , thank god as was so worried about these blades bending being only 0.8mm thick each.

TUF-427 and el_timbo have each installed some blades, TUF's set are documented below and el_timbo will be releasing a newly restored pinball in the next few days with a black mirror installed which he is stoked on how they have come up. For me if he is happy I think most will be wrapped as he is precision workmanship x 10 for a game restore. The other guys are waiting for restores and will install when the stage of blade install occurs but you will start to see some more photos posted soon.

You may be wondering how do you get 28 sets from 24 sets - well the laser cutter that I used stuffed up the first time by cutting all RHS from the first 3 sheets which in turn forced me to buy another 3 sheets to get all LHS made. In addition when they cut the LHS they used the wrong file for the Bally / WMS ones - this was a stress and a half. The reason I am telling you is that, is all the Bally / WMS were heavily discounted even though the difference was ever so mild and was under the playfield so not seen and because all the guys purchasing were told and given the option to pull out or get a discount.

Therefore the Bally / WMS blades are classified as proto-types and discounted accordingly so this venture was / is a definitely non profit venture - shit happens, but on the flip side some guys have got gold and black mirror blades that may never have due to the expense.

Ok so know you may ask what are these differences with the Bally / WMS:
The LHS and RHS differ ever so slightly:
- hinge hole is slightly different 0.5mm back and down from one side to the other but the oversize in hole diameter covers this when fitting.
- the 3 screw holes along the bottom are different from version 1 to version 2 by 1-2 mm as made the version 2 the same spacing as the Sterns to keep something consistent in measurement detail = me being anal.
- the very back edge has a 0mm at the top to 5mm at the bottom taper on version 2 as noticed on my creature a very neat almost restrictive fit.
Therefore the RHS version 1 and LHS version 2 will still fit and look great in your machine and you will not notice the difference above the playfield where they are seen but they are just not perfect when you overlap them.

below is the image of the version 1 as per version 2. Version 2 has the taper and is the shape in blue.