Looks good!
Quite enjoy polishing though @Nedreud something strangely relaxing about it, and the finished job always looks so good!!!Wish I could spray all my bolt heads black unfortunately they're all shiny silver on mine and need to be polished.
+1 to that! So true. Last night I cleaned up one of the pop bumper on my GOLD BALL. It's one of the newer style Bally ones with a white plastic base that sits in a big 3" hole in the playfield. All I did was buff the heads of 3 bolts. They sit in recessed hexagonal holes and will be covered by the skirt but they do look so nice and shinyQuite enjoy polishing though @Nedreud something strangely relaxing about it, and the finished job always looks so good!!!
Thanks Daz!!! - the transformer is a pain as well - it doesn't look it in the pic but managed to get all the rust off it but that's about it, and the switch box is galvanized (I think?) so that doesn't come up either so guess the only course would be to start looking for someone local who can chrome plate everything. Do you know if it costs much to do that ?Good luck polishing that turd.
Not the easiest thing to polish a speaker.
Didn't you get yours all chromed Paul? what did it cost ?Chrome plating costs sh*t loads. You;re better off getting nickel plated or similar as you can get a decent shine when buffed....
Gosh that is cheap and would of saved me a hell of a lot of work!!!! so did it need much polishing afterwards to get to the finish shown in your pic of it all on the couch ?Nope - Not Chromed - Nickel Plated. And it was exceedingly cheap (i think to do everything metal I could find - Brackets, Grills, bars etc) it was around £35
so did you send it away Paul or someone local to you ? - did you not send all the solenoid brackets from under the playfield etc ?That was out of the bag. I has a second lot done for Rudi, however didnt come out quite as nice - Still pretty good tho
one to recommend sir ?Nice work!
Ditch the speaker though. A tenner will get you a better sounding speaker no matter how much you polish the old one...
Transformers are a bitch to polish. The steel is particularly tough and because it's made of lots of thin plates the abrasive tends to follow the grooves. I did mine with a belt sander in the end but didn't seal it with clear gloss quickly and it started to rust again!the transformer is a pain as well
I'm assuming that WH2O has speakers in the backbox so this cabinet speaker is mostly for mid to low-end frequencies? We can debate the pros and cons all day till the cows come home, but pretty much anything is going to be better than that 22-year old original cr@p. Depends how much you want to spend?one to recommend sir ?
this looks like it will do the job for me Pudsey - I have ordered one 60w and 4ohm and centres look right as wellNeed a new speaker for my blackout
hi Nedreud - no its 4ohm 25watt so I found this on ebay for a fiver!! looks like it will do the job perfect without overkill - I have ordered oneI'm assuming that WH2O has speakers in the backbox so this cabinet speaker is mostly for mid to low-end frequencies? We can debate the pros and cons all day till the cows come home, but pretty much anything is going to be better than that 22-year old original cr@p. Depends how much you want to spend?
I was looking at these the other day: http://avslgroup.com/en/product/902.373UK. I found them for sale on Amazon for £9.37 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wide-range-loudspeaker-16-5cm-6-5/dp/B000LAV4XG
They are a general purpose, heavy-duty PA speaker. Dual cone gives wide, full-range, frequency response from 50Hz to 18kHz (my old Bally's only have a single speaker in the bottom cabinet). Although this particular model is 8 Ohm I was looking to run it in parallel with a pair of 4 Ohm full-range 2" speakers that will be mounted in the grill between cabinet and backbox. This configuration would give an overall impedance of 4 Ohms, which is what the amp in my Bally's is rated for:
But looking closely at your photo it looks like your speaker is rated at 8 Ohms anyway. This might not be the highest fidelity speaker ever made but you're sticking it upside down in an un-tuned, non-ported wooden box that's also filled with loads of noisy mechanical parts! It is however very rugged and the cloth edge is much tougher and will last longer than foam. I'm going to put them in my machines and I'm 100% confident they'll be a huge improvement over the originals.
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FULL RANGE GENERAL LOUDSPEAKERS
A range of general purpose speakers with wide frequency response making them ideal for voice and music reproduction. Housed in strong steel baskets with dual paper cone construction, heavy magnets and large voice coils make these speakers a perfect replacement for most applications.
- Heavy duty
- Cloth edge
- Black metal chassis
- Spade terminals
Model: 902.373UK
Impedance: 8 ohms
Power max.: 100W
Power rms: 50W
Diameter: 16.5cm (6.5")
Frequency response: 50Hz - 18kHz
Magnet weight: 710g (25oz)
SPL @ 1W/1m: 87dB
Voice coil: 2.54cm (1")
Weight: 1.5kg
I did find another 8ohm one on ebay take a look. I would stick with 8 ohm as if you put 4ohm in it will draw my current from your ampThe one in my blackout is torn it's an 8 ohm 5 watt so not sure if has to be just that or I can get away with a slightly different one as early 80's machines ain't got great amps or sound quality
The one in my blackout is torn it's an 8 ohm 5 watt so not sure if has to be just that or I can get away with a slightly different one as early 80's machines ain't got great amps or sound quality