| Date |
Activity |
| 1/17/02 |
Purchased Fathom from Mike Lush |
| 2/7/02 |
Lamp Driver PCB repaired |
| 2/7/02 |
Auxiliary Lamp Driver PCB - verified it works |
| 2/8/02 |
MPU PCB - verified it works (no acid damage) |
| 2/14/02 |
Solenoid Driver PCB repaired by Chris Munson |
| 2/27/02 |
Legs - bath in Lightening Rust Remover |
| 3/25/02 |
Plastics & Spinner Target scanned into PC for touching
up with Adobe Photoshop. Definitely making a Repro Spinner
Target. Possibly making Repros of other plastics in case
PinballRescue doesn't come through with their Repros in the summer of
2002. |
| 3/27/02 |
Parts order received from Pinball Resource |
| 3/31/02 |
NOS Backglass - purchased from Bill Ayers |
| 4/15/02 |
Squawk-n-Talk PCB repaired by Chris Munson...still some
issues with it booting properly |
| 5/4//0/2 |
Coin Door has been removed, totally disassembled and
cleaned. It is ready to go back onto the Cabinet once it has been
repainted. |
| 5/14/02 |
The following under-PF mechanicals have been rebuilt - 3
Flippers, 2 Slings and 2 Saucers. |
| 6/24/02 |
The Playfield has been totally cleaned. New rubber kit
has been installed. All plastic posts have been cleaned. All
metal parts have been tumbled and polished. All plastics have been
cleaned with Novus and the warping eliminated via a Heat Gun. |
| 6/28/02 |
All DROP TARGET banks have been rebuilt. New
"1-2-3" targets and a new Green "3X" target were
installed. |
| 7/1/02 |
The Cabinet & Backbox have been totally stripped and
cleaned. They are ready to begin the painting process. |
| 7/3/02 |
Legs have been repainted. |
| 8/20/02 |
Coin Door "skin" has been swapped out for one that
looks brand new. I was able to fix the dent in the original door,
but you could still tell it wasn't perfect. |
| 8/28/02 |
Paints for Cab/BB have been matched (at Lowes) and
purchased. Air Brush gun and compressor have been purchased. |
| 9/14/02 |
Stencils for the colors YELLOW & TEAL have been drawn
and cut out for the Backbox. |
| 9/14/02 |
Paint Booth was built in my garage. |
| 9/21/02 |
Test paint on extra plywood verified all 3 colors are exact
matches. Still practicing with the different compressors to get the
hang of them and determine which one to use for the stencil painting. |
| 9/29/02 |
Backbox has been sanded and painted 3 coats of BLUE |
| 10/4/02 |
Backbox has had all 4 stencils applied (Yellow & Teal on
Right-hand side, Yellow & Teal on Left-hand side) |
| 10/9/02 |
Stencils for the colors YELLOW & TEAL have been drawn
and cut out for the Cabinet. |
| 10/12/02 |
Cabinet "Neck" was painted Black. |
| 10/14/02 |
Cabinet has all 6 stencils applied (Yellow & Teal on
Right-hand side, Yellow & Teal on Left-hand side, Yellow & Teal on
Front). |
| 10/21/02 |
Upper edges on the inside of Cabinet were painted Blue. |
| 10/22/02 |
Put the game back together |
| 10/23/02 |
Pop Bumpers were rebuilt. New White trim platters and
"Octopus" pop bumper caps were installed. |
| 10/24/02 |
PLAYED THE GAME!!
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** For tasks that took multiple days, the dates are
end-dates. |
| PCB Work (MPU, Lamp, Solenoid, S&T) |
12 Hours |
| Playfield - Rebuilding Mechanicals |
16 Hours |
| Playfield - Cleaning |
6 Hours |
| Coin Door - Cleaning |
10 Hours |
| Legs - repairing/repainting |
3 Hours |
| Matching Paints (Blue, Yellow, Teal) |
7 Hours |
| Cleaning & Prepping Backbox & Cabinet |
5 Hours |
| Backbox - Creating Stencils |
6 Hours |
| Backbox - Painting |
8 Hours |
| Cabinet - Creating Stencils |
14 Hours |
| Cabinet - Painting |
11 Hours |
| Putting the game back together |
8 Hours |
| Playfield - Touchups |
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| Playfield - Sealing with Varathane |
|
|
Total Hours |
105+ hours
|
| **This does not include the countless number of hours I
spent documenting the process on this website and the research performed
to perform the numerous different tasks. |
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