My electrical engineer and pinhead friend John has been messing around with designing some new features for his vintage Gottlieb Target Alpha pinball machine namely…
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I just drove four hours in a rain/sleet/snow storm to help my friend pick up a 1980 Williams Black Knight. He unexpectedly won it in…
1 CommentLet’s look inside a pinball machine Have you ever wondered what is inside of a pinball machine? Inside any modern or vintage pinball machine, one…
Comments closedWhen working on pinball machines, one has to deal with tight spaces, wires, solder, tiny hardware and dropped screws. Here are some of the favorite tools preferred by experience pinball machine mechanics and hobbyists.
1 CommentI have a project in mind. I bought a reproduction backglass of a 1951 Gottlieb Niagara pinball and I want to make a wall hanging that lights…
Comments closedMy Gottlieb Jumping Jack pinball machine project has a lot of rusty old light sockets. Amazingly I got most of them to work by cleaning…
Comments closedI picked up this 1979 Stern Meteor pinball machine in mostly working order. Some of the displays were flaky. They worked at the guy’s house…
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Comments closedBefore and after look at the restoration and shopping of a 1979 Stern Meteor pinball machine.
Comments closed“Wedgeheads” are a line of single-player pinball machines from the manufacturer Gottlieb with a distinctive wedge design for the backglass. The size of the backglass…
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