Year: 2015

Pinball Refurbish – Cleopatra part5

The decal paper showed up, Papillio clear and white “Bake on”. Maybe I’ll get to finishing this thing this weekend… probably not since I’ll still have to polish it and need to let the clear dry. I went ahead and…

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Pinball Refurbish – Cleopatra part4

I thought I would include what I’ve been using to do most of my work.. The headgear is a must. I bought a cheap Harbor Freight Airbrush for $20 and the thinner is from Testors.   I finally finished the…

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Pinball Refurbish – Cleopatra part3

The playfield is ready for some touch up work and I’ve applied some frisket film to the affected areas to be painted. After the frisket is applied, I’ve carefully trimmed the areas that needed to be removed, these pictures reflect…

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Pinball Refurbish – Cleopatra part2

The tear down… Well I got started removing parts from the playfield tonight just thought I would post a few before pictures… the wear really isn’t that bad, its dirty as all get out but the outholes have seen better…

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Pinball Refurbish – Cleopatra part1

I began my Cleopatra restoration a few years ago and logged the progress on the Vintage Arcade Preservations Society’s forum better known as KLOV. I wanted to bring it to my blog for posterity. Hopefully someone will get some use…

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Treadmill repair – MC60 Controller

Just wanted to do a quick post on how i fixed my treadmill motor not for treadmill use but for another project in the future. note: This is for informational purposes only perform at your own risk. The treadmill had…

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SSL/TLS Certificate using StartSSL and QNAP

and QNAPI’ve never had the need to add an SSL/TLS certification to a website before but I thought I would take a stab at it since my Blog uses an https:// address. I think its inconvenient for visitors to have…

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LCD TV Repair – Samsung LN52A650A1F

I woke the other day to my LCD not turning on and just making a “clicking” sound when trying to power it on. After a quick search on the internet it appears Samsung has confirmed this to be a problem…

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