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Complete White water

Thanks to Ant screen printing will all be finished for the weekend, you are a star Thank you.
And then I get a phone call my chrome is all done.
Happy days
 

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After watching High end pins on YouTube, he is currently restoring a WH20.
I did put all the P clips back in the same position as before but now have ordered more to get the cables tighter to the cabinet.
 

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Playfield went back in yesterday, only a couple of small faults to sort out which turned out to be connections.
Although I’ve got two new ramps on order I’m marking this as complete, it was always going to be a cabinet restore as over the years I’ve replaced loads of new parts on the playfield.
 

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I love seeing these restorations on this forum, fills me with joy, knowing these beautiful machines have been painstakingly worked on, to make them look as good, if not better than new. And preserved to be enjoyed for many years to come.
well done, it looks tremendous 👏
 
I have to ask, could be an ignorant question. The transformer metal housing is a heatsink right? If so wouldn't painting it reduce its thermal dissipation?
The black square part of the transformer is the iron core(google how transformers are made) it is made up of of dozens of thin sheets and bolted and laminated together with the copper windings around it. The core is usually lacquered to prevent hum, so painting should be fine.


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Cheers

kev
 
Great job Alan it looks a lovely pin. WH20 is one of the few older Ball/Will I’ve never owned and foolishly turned down one for £750 back in the day. I took a RS instead as my Car could only take one pin home from a long journey south.
Bonus was I kept RS 10yr as I loved the game so still a win for me.
 
Great job Alan it looks a lovely pin. WH20 is one of the few older Ball/Will I’ve never owned and foolishly turned down one for £750 back in the day. I took a RS instead as my Car could only take one pin home from a long journey south.
Bonus was I kept RS 10yr as I loved the game so still a win for me.
I’m loving your speaker lights, the trouble is I now need to do the remaining pins in the line up.
chat soon.
 
Thank you for all your comments and support, this cabinet restore has been good therapy for me, not only do you meet new like minded people it puts me in a happy place. Seeing the cabinet so clean has put a smile on my face.
Of course I will do other jobs very soon not because it’s needed, they just stand out now.
2 new ramps
Ribbon cables
respray the white on the light panel door
I will try and leave the parts under the playfield as they are 😜

Alan
 
Alan,
Only replacing two ramps will stand out and make the others look far worse than they are.
I have done a couple of whitewaters and the only way to go if you change ramps it’s best to replace them all so it looks right. Just my opinion but seeing other machines with a single ramp replaced I know how bad it can look.
Overall great work on the cabinet restore it looks fantastic.
 
Alan,
Only replacing two ramps will stand out and make the others look far worse than they are.
I have done a couple of whitewaters and the only way to go if you change ramps it’s best to replace them all so it looks right. Just my opinion but seeing other machines with a single ramp replaced I know how bad it can look.
Overall great work on the cabinet restore it looks fantastic.
All the others are new, 2 are not, should arrive in a few days. Will add a photo of the playfield when I replace the ramps.
Like you say they stand out and need replacing, should of done ages ago.
 
Thanks goes to Colywobbles for my present that arrived today, all I had to do was the wiring, hooked them up to my 12v separate power supply.

made a donation to Sarcoma U.K on Col’s behalf, you are a gem to this forum.
Thank you so much for being at the end of a text.
Where did you get the speaker lighting kit from please ?
 
Where did you get the speaker lighting kit from please ?
got the speakers from CPC which are now out of stock until December, Colywobbles made me the speaker lights which I connected up to my 12v supply. Stripped the speaker panel of all items, I then made a template up of the left speaker and marked the right side, jigsaw near the line and finished the final part with my router, touched up in black. It’s then ready for equal size speaker lights.
 
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