Category Archives: Space Shuttle

Drilling Pilot Holes on the back of a Pinball Playfield

Posted on February 9, 2014 by abpinball

I’ve started drilling pilot holes on the back of my Space Shuttle Pinball reproduction playfield. Great care must be taken on this task, as drilling these holes too deep can be disastrous – the drill bit could poke out on … Continue reading →

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Installed T-Nuts on New Space Shuttle Pinball Playfield

Posted on February 3, 2014 by abpinball

Just a quick update today. It’s time to start installing hardware on the new playfield! I started with the T-nuts (aka tee nuts). I hammered in, so it seems logical to do this first with the playfield still blank. I … Continue reading →

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Modified New Space Shuttle Pinball Playfield for Repro Ramps

Posted on February 2, 2014 by abpinball

It was too cold and rainy to do spray painting today, so I switched back to my other parallel task, the playfield swap. My goal with my Space Shuttle pinball game is for it to look as new as possible … Continue reading →

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Painted White color on Space Shuttle Pinball Cabinet

Posted on February 1, 2014 by abpinball

Today I made some more progress one the Space Shuttle pinball cabinet re-painting. It was exciting to proceed to the third and final color, white! I started with the backbox. The stencils I bought came as one big piece, but … Continue reading →

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