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In Progress Addams Family after 15 years in storage

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Banzaipinabll

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Well after my CV took me 12 years from stripping it down to putting it all back together, I have decided to tackle my Addams Family which I bought around 15 years ago. It's a bit rough round the edges, it was cheap at the time.
The cabinet / backbox will need some work. The bottom is sagging on the cabinet and there are quite a few dings. So plenty of hours no doubt sanding & sanding ahead of a re decal.
The Playfield is not bad, I have seen worse. I do have a Chris P refurbished playfield, so a playfield swap lies ahead.

So here we go, lets see how long this takes.
 

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As said the base was sagging. Does not look that professional, but hopefully this will do the job after gluing
 

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After some fiddling, managed to get some GI working albeit many of the bulbs are knackered or missing.
I remembered swapping the DMD driver board and this one was not working and after taking it out, I can see why
Swapped driver board from another pin and we have a DMD
 

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Back on the restore. Decided to strip the playfield and then move over the cabinet and backbox sanding. A read that start with 60 or 80 grit finishing moving to 220 grit to finish off. Any recommendation for filer, wood filer or bonds, any thoughts.IMG_0840.JPGIMG_0853.JPG
 
Hi Mike

I have used this Ronseal product for the main surface and a body filler with fibre glass for the corners, both work well from my experience
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Cabinet fully stripped, my list of needed parts is growing to quite a size. Defo gonna use those beefier leg brackets. Where do you buy the ground braid?IMG_0913.JPG
 
Stripping the underneath is going well, taking detailed notes, pictures and labelling parts as I go.

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Well that's the playfield completely stripped. That took longer than I thought. Left the coils attached to the loom but removed all the metal assemblies for cleaning. I now have a sizeable list of new / replacement parts required.

Weekend weather looks good, so cabinet sanding should begin

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Not planning to change the coils as all look good, may re wrap with coil wrappers. Not looking to replace the switches as again in good condition, but will replace all the stand up targets. Flipper rebuilds, all new jet bumper parts, some bulb holders, new cabinet and backbox decals, May replace all plastic not sure yet as only a couple really need replacing. May replace the main clear ramp, the one I have looks good, will decide when I fully clean it. And many other small small parts, including new legs
 
Sounds good. I’m planning on starting mine next month, so am definitely going to be following your progress.

The parts I’m not sure about are the 3 magnets. Apart from when they over heat, do these ever fail?
 
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