How Old Pinball Machines Are Professionally Restored

How Old Pinball Machines Are Professionally Restored | Restoration

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2 ай бұрын

This is the process of a pinball machine restoration process. This pinball machine was left broken and unused and in need of some TLC. Sit back and relax as we take you through an ASMR restoration process.
Artisan: Mark Squires www.pinballsurgery.co.uk

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@justinfiorini3142 Ай бұрын

Fish Tales is not a forgotten gem. It's still regarded as a classic.

@edicspaz Ай бұрын

100%. I feel like anybody that has even basic knowledge of pinball knows fish tales.

@JimHawkwind03411 Ай бұрын

It’s also one of Mark Ritchie’s best games, and sold 13,640 units, his best selling game.

@petercolquhoun2086 Ай бұрын

I think they meant this particular example was forgotten somewhere.

@justinfiorini3142 Ай бұрын

@@petercolquhoun2086 That makes a lot more sense

@DJELPSS Ай бұрын

"All existing metalwork, including the legs...are painstakingly taken off" Tech removes just a few allen screws lol

@Oeli_Maurer 7 күн бұрын

But the AI used to generate the script doesn‘t know that!

@coot1925 Ай бұрын

I do love a pinball machine. My only criticism is that most of the commentary is inaccurate. Ie. When he says he's installing LEDs in the speaker when in fact he's putting LEDs in a bumper. I agree with previous comment, it's a rebuild not a restoration. Nevertheless, it's great and the LEDs will not need replacing in the same way as the old incandescent bulbs.

@hendrikdebruin4012 22 күн бұрын

Instead of criticism we should educate as you did. I never played pinball machines - or computer games for that matter. But I do admire the beauty of the machines.

@coot1925 22 күн бұрын

@@hendrikdebruin4012 yes, pinball is great because unlike computer games it's a physical machine that when you play it you can feel all the mechanism moving inside. I guess it's a bit like the difference between a driving game and a real car. You should definitely play one if you get the opportunity mate, but be warned, they can be very addictive. ✌❤🇬🇧

@benjaminaburns 13 күн бұрын

yeah, 17:17 "the artisan modifies the boards removing batteries and replacing them with SRAM" uhhhh what? It's like saying "he modified the car. He removed the engine and replaced it with a mini fridge."

@coot1925 13 күн бұрын

@@benjaminaburns 😂😂😂

@Dan.d649 Ай бұрын

An amazing transformation here!! Nice job!! Everyone loves the Pinball machines. This brings back the nostalgia and one of our favorite "free time" pastimes.

@refiii9499 2 ай бұрын

I had no idea how many pieces of electronics were inside a pinball machine! Wow that’s crazy

@PinBallReviewerRepairs Ай бұрын

This is exciting to see! As a pinball repairman myself I also get pinball machines working and I am also working on my LaserCue full restoration.

@georgebrown8312 Ай бұрын

That is beautiful. A lot of hard work and patience went into fixing up and restoring that pinball machine. Excellent work I must say.

@kurtkelling1016 Ай бұрын

Pinball machine restoration just became my favorite thing. I hope to see a lot more of this.

@PotatoeSnow 24 күн бұрын

I've been watching time rift and electric starship, cause they been restoring arcades, which in last month become my new favorite thing. I've seen several random ones, but this is first pinball restore.

@SkittleKicksPlays 23 күн бұрын

This is not technically restoration. New art, LEDs in place of incandescent lamps, solid state devices for efficiency is called rebuilding. Restoration is a very delicate technique in which you are just touching up and making minor repairs in order to keep the original look and feel. One must take not to devalue the item which happens a lot. Patina is the character of an aged item.

@Austeration 2 ай бұрын

*Wow what an incredible transformation. Amazing work. Well done*

@markbutler7205 Ай бұрын

Really really nice. It’s good to see the vibrant colors of the original brought back to life

@daakrolb Ай бұрын

Righteous mission! Outstanding work! I would have liked more detail on how they restored the playfield.... & if any clear coat was applied to enhance protection.

@hudsonball4702 3 күн бұрын

I 100% want to see that Star Trek TNG pinball machine get restored! My old Arcade haunt use to have one that I played on.

@orange_automation 2 ай бұрын

My Fish Tales cabinet is faded the same. Looks so good to see the Red.

@DrVenture45 Ай бұрын

I love the restoration of old or defunct things, but nothing generates the endorphins like superb attention to detail. Well done!!

@dannraff Ай бұрын

What a fantastic renovation The artisan knows his job well thanks for sharing.

@PotatoeSnow 24 күн бұрын

Meticulously removes the legs skill no man has seen in a 100 years of metal work. Artisan: Removes 2 bolts my mom could remove.

@shirleyannconfer9651 2 ай бұрын

I remember playing one of these machines! I love playing pinball.

@madmanmechanic8847 27 күн бұрын

I love the restoration I would of loved to find out how he diagnosed the control boards I wish they hadn't skipped that. I am sure would of had some kind of shop manual with specs on each board

@OVERKILL_PINBALL Ай бұрын

This is a LOT of work, well done!

@Rotterdam93 Ай бұрын

Fantastic restoration

@Nightenstaff 6 күн бұрын

Dude put on new side art and added a battery mod. Fish Tales is a deserving machine and the guy did awesome work, but it wasn't like he rescued a Joust pinball from a mineshaft.

@billchiasson2019 2 ай бұрын

Very cool!! That was an amazing restoration!!

@AndreaMerchak Ай бұрын

WOW!!!! Great job! It's fantastic! ❤

@kchastain3 2 ай бұрын

Nice acrylic crystal no-date Sub watch. Beauty from the ‘70s by the looks of it.

@ronm3245 Ай бұрын

1992

@oneshotme Ай бұрын

It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

@silviofoj 26 күн бұрын

This kind of machine is a masterpiece. Love it!

@robertmacdonald345 Ай бұрын

Hello, Very Nice Re-Fresh, Just wondering. If you have the manual for the Machine does it tell you in it what the Elevation of the Back Legs in relation to the front legs should be, For intended Table Angle? And If Not is there a Default/Universal Elevation for all Pin Ball machines? I am sure when the Machine was designed, They had an Intended Difficulty of play and it would be this Elevation of Back to front legs that would create that difficulty?

@gbedford Ай бұрын

For a general rule of thumb, use a slope of 6.5 degrees on the playfield. Many pins will have a bubble level with appropriate/approximate markings to make it easy to set up in field.

@2hrsweekly922 Ай бұрын

I appreciate this video; I am looking to restore my Cactus Jack's, and this gives me a good idea of what the process will involve.

@rutikuiwa7133 2 ай бұрын

Master of pinball restoration 👍👍👍

@JLCra87 Ай бұрын

I was wanting to see him put one of those old talking/singing fish as a replacement up top lol.

@Aerospace_Education Ай бұрын

Would love to know where you can still get the vinyl for the cabinets. Assuming that is an aftermarket group for those? That made such a difference in and of itself.

@mundy2120 Ай бұрын

Lots of places online offering replacement decals, mine come from Australian but plenty of quality sellers. Google is your friend 👍

@jeffcarroll1990shock 2 ай бұрын

Great work.

@69UM24OSU12 13 күн бұрын

A question: is the value of the machine greater than the cost of restoring it?

@CH6P23 12 күн бұрын

This was great work , own a Creature from the black lagoon myself . How long from start to finish was it ?

@jclark2752 2 ай бұрын

This is the game they had at the campground we went to as kids! I was never any good, but it ate my quarters just the same! 😁

@Pirsinglaff 2 ай бұрын

Great job!

@elguapo9628 11 күн бұрын

Somebody said, "Well what the hell are we gonna do with all these Bigmouth Billy Bass things?", "Hey, doesn't Bob still make pinball machines?"😆

@pfitz4881 2 ай бұрын

The end result looks great! Unfortunately the video showed little more than contact paper installation. I didn't learn a thing.

@williamharris8367 2 ай бұрын

Personally, I watch these types of videos for entertainment purposes rather than to learn techniques.

@petetomaszek4273 2 ай бұрын

The video would be a few years long if they described every aspect. Pins are insanely complex machines.

@altairdesouza9368 Ай бұрын

Sou muito fã de Pinball. Parabéns pelo trabalho!!! um dia terei um só para mim 😁

@rayinpau.s.a.6351 Ай бұрын

Williams Pinball Machines are beautiful and so much fun to play . I have always wanted a TAXI Machine for my home .

@DkViking1 Ай бұрын

Oh yeah! TAXI is one of my all time favorites! Simple and fun, and with great music! 🎶

@alexanderleach3365 Ай бұрын

I love pinball machines. Always so fun to play.

@steveaspeck2732 27 күн бұрын

Wow! Well done!!!! Just wow! Instant subscribe right here!

@magilla9792 12 күн бұрын

Williams is and always have been best brand period. I never seen Fish Tales but it sure looks fun. My favorite was High Speed. Where would you get those vinyl graphics?

@jons.4918 Ай бұрын

Wow that is a lot of work especially with the electronics.

@SaltimusMaximus 22 күн бұрын

Interesting, I last week removed 3 from a very hoarded house and sent them to auction, all need work, wondered how they came apart

@deda146 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for rescueing.

@RetroJack 17 күн бұрын

"Batteries replaced with SRAM" - Wouldn't that require a major redesign of not only the board, but the underlying code as well?

@samba2782 Ай бұрын

Used to love this one when i was younger. Sure its no Addams family or Theater of Magic but i do love it!!

@ghostdog6974 Ай бұрын

Great work!

@super8ben Ай бұрын

Fish Tales is a great game, good to see it getting some tlc.

@leptitloubard809 2 ай бұрын

I'm so jalous. Great work.

@VFRSTREETFIGHTER 2 ай бұрын

I own a Fish Tales, it's a great pin.

@erikaspinballjourney 2 ай бұрын

18:17 what is the product being used to clean the playfield?

@petetomaszek4273 2 ай бұрын

Right? Looks like window cleaner.

@Osakisteach 2 ай бұрын

AF Foamclene

@erikaspinballjourney 2 ай бұрын

@@Osakisteachthank you!

@danielpreilly77 Ай бұрын

Wow amazing stuff. Curious if anyone knows the value of something like this restored? Fun fact, apparently Slash from Guns’n’Roses collects vintage pinball machines.

@thenorsemen1959 Ай бұрын

About 7 - 10k

@NoosaHeads Күн бұрын

How much does such a restoration cost?

@geraldmiller5260 Ай бұрын

How are the graphics acquired?

@platinaatje6134 Ай бұрын

Pinball parts online shops

@mwk1 Ай бұрын

OK, how much time?

@jensw.8205 Ай бұрын

Very Good job😊

@Ridenmy65 2 ай бұрын

Was there an attempt to save the original graphics?

@platinaatje6134 Ай бұрын

It isn't a Rembrandt!

@Ridenmy65 Ай бұрын

So what. IMO, it would have been better to try and keep the original graphics.@@platinaatje6134

@ordinaryk 21 күн бұрын

They were originally red faded to yellow. Way too far gone, and replacement graphics are easy to come by.

@lucasstiles8012 Ай бұрын

Well done.

@alessandroalberto6431 2 ай бұрын

SPAZIALE !!!!

@bluetarantulaproductions6179 Ай бұрын

Love playing Fish Tales on Pinball FX3 and Pinball FX (Zen Studios) on both PS4 and my Nintendo Switch. I actually got the opportunity to play the real game itself along with "Black Rose" and Stern Pinballs "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" last year at the Yegpin Pinball expo in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.

@OutdoorTraveler 2 ай бұрын

"The artisan..."? I feel like you've missed the tone of what we are watching. I still watched but I chuckled several times.

@durangodave 2 ай бұрын

wow so many wires, no way i could do that with any success

@platinaatje6134 Ай бұрын

Just don't mess up the wiring harness.

@toddhumphries1167 Ай бұрын

Now I know good and well that guy has classic rock playing in his shop while he works

@geraldmiller5260 Ай бұрын

Complex technology!

@CaptNRetro Ай бұрын

been doing pinball resto on my channel for 8 years..never cracked 1500 views on any of em..impressive!

@scottmark5345 Ай бұрын

I played this game in the day here in Australia

@WilAdams Ай бұрын

You look like someone who might know the answer to this question--a question that has plagued me since the moment I saw Susan Kiger 'singing' in the 1979 film SEVEN--what pinball machine featured the image of a blonde woman singing into a handheld mic?

@JodyMekley 22 күн бұрын

I have not seen the movie Sounds like a 1979 bally Dolly Parton

@GraveKommander Ай бұрын

That's a lot more elctronic stuff in there than I thought

@abysspegasusgaming Ай бұрын

Really since the late 70's/early 80's, nearly all pinball machines are entirely computer controlled and require MANY boards to function. Having so many control boards allows for interchangeability between tables if not flat out easy replacement if crucial non-serviceable/replaceable parts end up blown or malfunction due to any issue imaginable. Joe's Classic Arcade channel covers that quite a bit with his repair/demo videos.

@paulgault8830 Ай бұрын

Hey, enjoyed the vid, just an FYI, the high pitched noises from the heat gun and the belt sander kind of harsh to the ears. May be worth editing that kind of thing out please. Thanks.

@ellesmerewildwood4858 2 ай бұрын

Here in Oz, back in the day, 20 cents gave you 5 balls, then it was 3. Then it went to $1 for 3 balls and then 2 bucks for 3 balls and the space between the flippers just got wider and wider. When they became just money sucking machines that may have been around the time pinballs lost popularity. Oh well, such is life. This machine must cost big bucks now after resto.

@adb1950 Ай бұрын

I would love to restore some old video games

@philgreco4196 24 күн бұрын

You are a wizard ⚡

@russellwhite8890 20 күн бұрын

Wow!

@MrClaudio1951 24 күн бұрын

AMAZING

@BarbaraJikai 2 ай бұрын

Why is that fellow wearing two watches?

@pfitz4881 2 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same.

@OutdoorTraveler 2 ай бұрын

These are the mysteries of life we need answered.

@endlandmusic Ай бұрын

One of them is a Rolex….any questions ?

@AiMR 2 ай бұрын

Good thing you replaced that ass RAM 👍

@Jeroen74 Ай бұрын

A part of that original charm is gone with the overly white LEDs.

@hendrikdebruin4012 22 күн бұрын

Why am I not surprised at the age of the technician. Who will take up the reins when they all are gone? If you ask me no one. How much is such a rebuilt table worth?

@drewbreezy5854 Ай бұрын

That machine is in pinball fx

@ernie1586 Ай бұрын

Nice 😊

@alwinersfeld2759 27 күн бұрын

Well done. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊

@user-vd4ew9fg8l 27 күн бұрын

ピンボール好きですピンボールの外見ではシンプルで分かりやすく内部が異常にシンプルではないことが驚きですピンボールを作る人修復する人に尊敬します(*’ω’ﾉﾉﾞ☆ﾊﾟﾁﾊﾟﾁ

@briansummers1793 Ай бұрын

i have a 6 million dollar man pinball machine i need restored wish i could fix it great video

@user-bb1rd2wx5k Ай бұрын

аппарат огонь ХАААЧЧУУУУУ))))

@chanakadesu Ай бұрын

懐かしい！トップに付いている魚は動いたと思うんだけどなぁ。。。記憶違いかな？

@thespinmaker3321 8 күн бұрын

I don't dislike the restoration. Just clicked the wrong icon.

@collin3457 2 ай бұрын

Great video, although the music gets super tedious.

@olafurhh03 16 күн бұрын

The narrator makes me feel like I am watching, "How it's made."

@Traboukos 2 ай бұрын

I hope you removed all the magnets that make you lose!!

@DaveTheTrain 2 ай бұрын

😃 there's no magnets in pinball that purposely make you lose. Unless you were joking!

@williamharris8367 2 ай бұрын

It would depend on the use of the machine. Remove the magnets if it is part of a private collection, but leave them in if it is being used in revenue service.

@Oeli_Maurer 7 күн бұрын

„the artisan modifies the boards, removing batteries and replacing them with sRAM for improved performance“

@Olveron Ай бұрын

Never heard sand blasting described a polishing...

@Olveron Ай бұрын

Removing batteries and replacing them with sram? wth?

@ordinaryk 21 күн бұрын

@@Olveron my only guess is that it has DRAM to store the high scores, and they replaced it with SRAM, but even SRAM will get erased if it loses power, so I'm not really sure.

@terrycurzon1318 9 күн бұрын

He’s a pinball wizard…

@Martinmull1995 Ай бұрын

nice hack job on the backside of the board. thats a fail point for sure

@frank-t6857 Ай бұрын

Why does it sound like the discovery channel?

@indysgill 18 күн бұрын

Guy repairing seems to be in a rush, especially with removing the artwork with the heat gun.

@kylekey2444 Ай бұрын

“At over 30 years old you can see this machine’s condition…this machine is in need of a complete overhaul.” I took that personally.

@gecardoso5944 5 күн бұрын

Show 🎉🎉🎉

@robertbullard3324 28 күн бұрын

I play this game on my iPad.

@nexusofice9135 2 ай бұрын

This is where I disagree with a restoration. This feels more like a rebuild than a conservation/restoration because all the original artwork is now gone forever.

@williamharris8367 2 ай бұрын

Was it able to be repaired? It looked very badly sun-faded to me; I thought that damage was irreversible.

@brucem2007 2 ай бұрын

It was gone beyond ‘restoration’, best to bring it back with the decal and make it look beautiful again. No value in saving a faded out, trashed graphic. 😊

@nexusofice9135 2 ай бұрын

@@brucem2007 no monetary value, but the historical value of where it has been and what it went through is forever gone. The ship of Theseus paradox is something you can apply here.

@philjackson991 2 ай бұрын

When it's yours you can do what you want to do with it. Peanut gallery be damned.

@nexusofice9135 2 ай бұрын

@@philjackson991 didn't say they couldn't do it. Just was commenting on the word "Restoration" used. More of a rebuild at this point.