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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Let’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…
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When 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.
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—–> Archived Restoration Notes & Maintainace Tips <—– Owner Resources: The best way to keep an electro-mechanical pinball machine working well is to play it!…
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I 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…
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How does one keep best scores on old vintage pinball machines?
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Before and after look at the restoration and shopping of a 1979 Stern Meteor pinball machine.
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“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…
Comments closedA pinball collector’s library is not complete without these three pinball books which cover every decade of the game. For my birthday my wife bought…
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