In Progress The Addams family, teaching my brother pinball minty skills.

[Happypin]

With the Twilight Zone completed it’s straight on with my TAF but this time my brother Alfie will be doing most of the work with my help of course.

Keep the log short and sweet as we have seen Ant’s restoration in much more detail, this will be done to a high standard and definitely be getting some tips from him along this journey.

As you can see Alfie has been busy emptying the cabinet, I’ve been taking loads of photos and making notes to make it easy for him to put back together, although he helped a little with my T.Z this is his project. I said to Alfie get all the metal parts out that need zinc plating, chromed or powder coating as priority as this held me up last time, the zinc took 5 weeks as they were very busy last time I used them.

 

[Happypin]

cables are all washed and the tumbler is on 24/7.
If you have gold roms then we might as well fit the extra ball button.

 

[Mfresh]

What method do you use to clean the loom?

 

[Happypin]

What method do you use to clean the loom?

Sonic cleaner, i asked Ant the same question and it brings them up very clean. I don’t remove the switches it all goes in.
T.Z switches after a good clean are all good.

 

[Happypin]

Last game we played with the glass off before the strip down we noticed the shooter rod was not hitting the middle of the ball, thinking we had cabinet troubles it was something to check before decals are fitted but as you can see from the photos the playfield is a banana.

Side rails are from pinball life, all we had to do was router the cut outs and paint. we have fitted a few parts to the new playfield. Cable ties have been replaced to most of the cables and new lamp sockets have been fitted with heat shrink for safety.
Tomorrow we will spend some time on the cabinet.

 

[Happypin]

Alfie is in the groove.

 

[Gonzo]

Go on Alfie mate

 

[s000m]

Alfie is in the groove.

He should be using a mask! The fumes from that glue man..

 

[Happypin]

Never seen this before, decals on the rear and top. must of reused a damaged cabinet from the factory.

A few more bits have been fitted to the new playfield, until the weather is dry to work on the cabinet.

 

[Happypin]

While Alfie is out in the wind sanding I was in the warm modifying the lamp flashers to the new plastics, secured down the plastic to a piece of wood, using a 38mm cutter made the hole for the easy twist cap. Changing the bulb will be a lot easier.

 

[Triple H]

Good stuff

I particularly like how you modelled your yard on the plastics in the game.
Ultimate tribute

 

[Happypin]

A few more bits fitted on the underside.
been assured the zinc plating will be done in the new year.

 

[Mozie]

Lucky man you can do that inside.. I'd be beaten with a stick

 

[Happypin]

Lucky man you can do that inside.. I'd be beaten with a stick

That’s the advantage of having a girlfriend and ex wife.

 

[Happypin]

Finally got the zinc plating back, chrome promised for Tuesday. Now Christmas and new year is out the way we can get going again. The cabinet we need good weather to progress but the playfield parts can be reassembled which is the jobs we have been working on today.

 

[Happypin]

Everything is now ready to fit to the playfield, we have even cut off the old cable ties and replaced with new.
We are mad I know!!

modded the last flasher to the twist top.

 

[Happypin]

Got a lot going on with other stuff like my boiler packed up and moving furniture around so I can have some games in the house, garage/ games room is too long to warm up.

Hopefully we will get back on the TAF at the weekend, today I put the coin door back together, got something done at least.

 

[Happypin]

Despite the cold weather back working on the cabinet. More filler, more sanding, more filler and much more sanding.
Later today I will test the playfield before going any further to make sure all lines up.

 

[s000m]

Despite the cold weather back working on the cabinet. More filler, more sanding, more filler and much more sanding.
Later today I will test the playfield before going any further to make sure all lines up.

Not gonna lie, glad I could do that part inside the house. Its too bloody cold at the moment!

 

[Happypin]

12 degrees is on its way, the sooner I get this cabinet done the better. All parts are zinc plated and chromed, looms are washed and the cable ties replaced. Everything is ready apart from me.

 

[Paul]

12 degrees is on its way, the sooner I get this cabinet done the better. All parts are zinc plated and chromed, looms are washed and the cable ties replaced. Everything is ready apart from me.

Problem is, i bet the rain comes back with it!!

 

[Happypin]

Problem is, i bet the rain comes back with it!!

Has been dry for at least 3 days

 

[Happypin]

The original playfield was bowed resulting with the plunger hitting the top of the ball. Today just to confirm all is now ok we test fitted the playfield before we went any further.
Green light for us.

 

[Marcel]

Wonderful thread @Happypin

 

[Paul]

Has been dry for at least 3 days

Yes but it's also struggled to get aboue 2C!

 

[Happypin]

Wonderful thread @Happypin

Many thanks, hopefully we pick up some speed and get this TAF finished by February.

 

[Marcel]

Many thanks, hopefully we pick up some speed and get this TAF finished by February.

It's going to be a wonderful game when finished. I love TAF.

 

[Happypin]

we got a lot done today on the underside of the playfield. We had to router the back board so the thing box didn’t rub when it opened, I kept taking more off until it was perfect.
Very satisfying day. Tomorrow topside.

 

[Happypin]

Topside complete, spent quite a lot of time trimming plastics around the thing box as the box was catching or rubbing on the new plastics. I’m now ready to fit the first wiring harness.

 

[Pick Holder]

Looking good - I do not think I have ever had any pinball machine that had it's replacement playfield fit correctly ! Always something needs sanding or something.