All self deprecating humor aside, I have really been enjoying this build. As I have your other builds as well. I'm trying my best right now to learn the schematics on a Williams 4-Star from 58', as someone in the past has really messed up the wiring. None of the playfield lights are lit and the starting sequence is, if i'm lucky, a quarter turn of the score motor, and then some coils lock on. Ha ha. Got so much work to do to track down all that is messed up. I would like to do what you are doing in building EM homebrews myself, but I can tell I have a long way to go to get there. Please, keep doing what your doing, more people are interested than you might expect.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. That's how I started! I learned how to repair the games first, and then it turns out the skillset is the same for building them. However, I didn't learn on machines that had been tampered with! That's a double whammy. Do you have someone to help you walk through the schematic? That's what I found to be the hardest part about learning this trade, understanding the diagrams. When you get to the point you're building homebrews, please share your work! I'm always very interested to see other EM creations.
I actually have an update, my basic self didn't notice that two fuses blew the first time I started the game, replaced those with the correct fuses and now the game mostly starts, I at least have lights, and playfield targets are working. Which is progress, ha ha. Since I live close to Elkhart, IN I could always ask John at Elkhart Pinball for some help, for the right price I'm sure he could help me out. I should post some of my pins here soon, recently I bought a Gottlieb Baffle Card from 1947 from John at Elkhart and I know there is no game play footage anywhere on TH-cam. I've also hand made a replica of Playboy by Gottlieb from 1932. I'm hoping to have the 4 star up and playing by May, and I might bring my two 1930's machines to Pinball at the Zoo this year. Can't wait to see this finished whitewood up and working. I only wish I could play it too, haha.
@@mechanicsnut9800 That's great! I love progress like that. Very little swearing required to replace a fuse. Yes, I'd be interested to see a Baffle Card in action, with an explanation of the rules. I've seen one in a parts pile, but never played one. Very cool that you built a Playboy. Is that fun? It's another I've never played.
All self deprecating humor aside, I have really been enjoying this build. As I have your other builds as well. I'm trying my best right now to learn the schematics on a Williams 4-Star from 58', as someone in the past has really messed up the wiring. None of the playfield lights are lit and the starting sequence is, if i'm lucky, a quarter turn of the score motor, and then some coils lock on. Ha ha. Got so much work to do to track down all that is messed up. I would like to do what you are doing in building EM homebrews myself, but I can tell I have a long way to go to get there. Please, keep doing what your doing, more people are interested than you might expect.
Hey, thanks for the kind words.
That's how I started! I learned how to repair the games first, and then it turns out the skillset is the same for building them. However, I didn't learn on machines that had been tampered with! That's a double whammy. Do you have someone to help you walk through the schematic? That's what I found to be the hardest part about learning this trade, understanding the diagrams.
When you get to the point you're building homebrews, please share your work! I'm always very interested to see other EM creations.
I actually have an update, my basic self didn't notice that two fuses blew the first time I started the game, replaced those with the correct fuses and now the game mostly starts, I at least have lights, and playfield targets are working. Which is progress, ha ha. Since I live close to Elkhart, IN I could always ask John at Elkhart Pinball for some help, for the right price I'm sure he could help me out. I should post some of my pins here soon, recently I bought a Gottlieb Baffle Card from 1947 from John at Elkhart and I know there is no game play footage anywhere on TH-cam. I've also hand made a replica of Playboy by Gottlieb from 1932. I'm hoping to have the 4 star up and playing by May, and I might bring my two 1930's machines to Pinball at the Zoo this year. Can't wait to see this finished whitewood up and working. I only wish I could play it too, haha.
@@mechanicsnut9800 That's great! I love progress like that. Very little swearing required to replace a fuse. Yes, I'd be interested to see a Baffle Card in action, with an explanation of the rules. I've seen one in a parts pile, but never played one. Very cool that you built a Playboy. Is that fun? It's another I've never played.