The Simpsons Damaged NOS Playfield Restioation

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mmmm.... shiny

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very nice work.

i never noticed moes hair was white before ;-)

also, it's DOHHHHHHHHHHHH! (not doooo! ;-)

Pinlicious ( ...there is no spoon.)


On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 23:43:23 GMT, David Schulpius
<dschulpius@wi.rr.com> wrote:

>Hi All,
> I just got done with a Data East "The Simpsons" playfield restoration.
>This is a never installed NOS playfield that was sitting in a friends
>basement for years. The plywood must have been subject to moisture as it
>had started to plank over the entire top half of the playfield. The
>worst planking was at the top. Also there was mold damage towards the
>top 5 inches. The other challenge this playfield restoration offered was
>when it went through the dimple press at the factory someone put it in
>upside down and it had dimple holds all over it the playfield side. The
>press also hit some inserts. These I had to replace using inserts from
>an old playfield I had.
>
>Sadly I didn't start taking pictures till after I had started but you
>can get an idea of what I had to work with when you look at the pics.
>
>If you'd like to take a look, follow the link below and then page down
>to click on the "Simpsons Restoration Project" link.
>
>Enjoy and Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!
>
>http://home.wi.rr.com/pinballpassion/
>
>Thanks for sharing this with me,
>Dave

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If you want to split hairs, it's officially "D'oh".

;-)

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Chris Lyon wrote:
> If you want to split hairs, it's officially "D'oh".
>
> ;-)

Homer doesn't have enough hairs left to be able to afford splitting
them.

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Thanks for sharing, Dave. Always a pleasure to see your work.

Al

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On 3 Jul 2005 17:19:50 -0700, "Chris Lyon" <ltcmdrobvious@gmail.com>
wrote:

>If you want to split hairs, it's officially "D'oh".
>
>;-)

looks right to me :-)

Pinlicious ( ...there is no spoon.)

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A thing of beauty Dave! Congrats and great work! Thanks for sharing.

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"David Schulpius" <dschulpius@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vK_xe.8436$H41.4843@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Hi All,
> I just got done with a Data East "The Simpsons" playfield restoration.
> This is a never installed NOS playfield that was sitting in a friends
> basement for years. The plywood must have been subject to moisture as it
> had started to plank over the entire top half of the playfield. The worst
> planking was at the top. Also there was mold damage towards the top 5
> inches. The other challenge this playfield restoration offered was when it
> went through the dimple press at the factory someone put it in upside down
> and it had dimple holds all over it the playfield side. The press also hit
> some inserts. These I had to replace using inserts from an old playfield I
> had.
>
> Sadly I didn't start taking pictures till after I had started but you can
> get an idea of what I had to work with when you look at the pics.
>
> If you'd like to take a look, follow the link below and then page down to
> click on the "Simpsons Restoration Project" link.
>
> Enjoy and Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!
>
> http://home.wi.rr.com/pinballpassion/
>
> Thanks for sharing this with me,
> Dave

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Thanks for keeping me from makeing a phule of myself with my bad
spelling. The change has been made. :-)

Thanks for the pat on the back also!

Dave

frenchy wrote:
>
> Chris Lyon wrote:
>
>>If you want to split hairs, it's officially "D'oh".
>>
>>;-)
>
>
> Homer doesn't have enough hairs left to be able to afford splitting
> them.
>

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Nice work.


"David Schulpius" <dschulpius@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vK_xe.8436$H41.4843@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Hi All,
> I just got done with a Data East "The Simpsons" playfield restoration.
> This is a never installed NOS playfield that was sitting in a friends
> basement for years. The plywood must have been subject to moisture as it
> had started to plank over the entire top half of the playfield. The
> worst planking was at the top. Also there was mold damage towards the
> top 5 inches. The other challenge this playfield restoration offered was
> when it went through the dimple press at the factory someone put it in
> upside down and it had dimple holds all over it the playfield side. The
> press also hit some inserts. These I had to replace using inserts from
> an old playfield I had.
>
> Sadly I didn't start taking pictures till after I had started but you
> can get an idea of what I had to work with when you look at the pics.
>
> If you'd like to take a look, follow the link below and then page down
> to click on the "Simpsons Restoration Project" link.
>
> Enjoy and Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!
>
> http://home.wi.rr.com/pinballpassion/
>
> Thanks for sharing this with me,
> Dave