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Hi Everyone
My name is Lucas. I used to play Pinball in 90s.
After a huge break I came back into Pinball again :)
Recently started playing in competitions.
Cheers
 
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hello people,
been here a month or two.
my name is shaun.
i have had loads of arcade machines over the years but never a pinball,
i've changed that by buying a TAF.
i'm having a couple of issues with it after changing the bulbs for led's,like some of the lights now don't work.
i'm sure you will be hearing from me in the tech section soon. :)
 
Welcome :-) And did you try putting the LEDs in the other way around, I think polarity matters on some of them.
 
Welcome Shaun :)
TAF is good to practise, You can learn a lot playing this machine.
Keep Collecting and play more Pinball!
 
Hey Lucas, I think we met at Matt's last Surrey Pinball League meet. You were good, blew my chance of a top ten finish. ;)

Shaun, my first pin was a TAF and I played it without getting bored for ages. Still my favourite table. There are a lot of us here who know it well so you will get loads of advice.
 
JT. said:
Welcome :) And did you try putting the LEDs in the other way around, I think polarity matters on some of them.
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Good advice - had to do this on both my machines.

I changed the bulbs for LEDs with the machines in test mode (Test mode, option 9 - all lamps) so you can see if they need reversing immediately. Just be very careful in there with the power on, but with the your experience on arcade machines this goes without saying...
 
Lukasz Romanowski said:
Hi Everyone My name is Lucas.
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no it's not! welcome Lukasz, you don't need to Anglicise your name for us here. when i saw you get 11B on Matt Vince's AFM, followed by about 65M on FH, i knew i was watching a future top 5 UK player. you will be there in the finals along with Martin, Greg, Nick, Stan, Peter and Craig before too long, or i'll eat my hat. and i haven't even got a hat.

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cooldan said:
no it's not! welcome Lukasz, you don't need to Anglicise your name for us here. when i saw you get 11B on Matt Vince's AFM, followed by about 65M on FH, i knew i was watching a future top 5 UK player. you will be there in the finals along with Martin, Greg, Nick, Stan, Peter and Craig before too long, or i'll eat my hat. and i haven't even got a hat.

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Hi Dan! Łukasz is mine true name. You can prenounce like "WOO-Kah-sh". Almost nobody does so Lucas is still fine for me. That was Great Legue Meeting in Matt's house :) Looking forward to another ones in the future. Thank You for a keeping faith in me :)
 
Calimori said:
Hey Lucas, I think we met at Matt's last Surrey Pinball League meet. You were good, blew my chance of a top ten finish. ;)
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Yes we did, Will be good to play pinball next time! About last Surrey Pinball League meet, that was CJ's fault ;p
 
Hi all my name is Gary and I live in Nottingham, i've been drawn to this site as i had a guy come to see me at my unit who wanted some pinball parts polishing and he advised me to look on pinball sites as there might be other people looking for the sort of work i do, below is the couple of items i polished for him please check my website www.gbartonmetalpolishing.co.uk and feel free to contact me . cheers Gary barton

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Paul said:
@Gary Barton

Welcome Gary - is that above just polished or chromed and polished???

Also, how much would that sort of thing cost (for the top lockdown bar only??)
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Hi paul the items are just polished, as for a price on the top lockdown would be £20.00 Regards Gaz
 
Good price :) I can get stuff done cheaper (Mine cost £5 with a similar finish), however compared to most out there it's a good price :)
 
Paul said:
Good price :) I can get stuff done cheaper (Mine cost £5 with a similar finish), however compared to most out there it's a good price :)
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£5 pound that is cheap but I don't think the finish would be the same .cheers gaz
 
Gary Barton said:
Hi all my name is Gary and I live in Nottingham, i've been drawn to this site as i had a guy come to see me at my unit who wanted some pinball parts polishing and he advised me to look on pinball sites as there might be other people looking for the sort of work i do, below is the couple of items i polished for him please check my website www.gbartonmetalpolishing.co.uk and feel free to contact me . cheers Gary barton

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Nice work I'm gonna need some stuff polished in a month or so I will be in contact with you
 
Gary Barton said:
£5 pound that is cheap but I don't think the finish would be the same .cheers gaz
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To be fair I asked for it not to be too mirror shined as I did still want it to match the grainy sidebars still, however It's done by a professional Metal platers/polishers in Birmingham who have been in operation for over 55 years..... however as I said - Very useful for some on here :)
 
Hi everyone,
I just found this great site/resource for UK pin heads and had to sign up.
My name is Jamie and I live on Jersey which makes things a little bit more difficult when you're in the hobby.
I currently have a WWF Royal Rumble a Spider Man and a Pirates of the Caribbean.
The latter two were on location until I bought them about a year ago and I have loved them ever since.
I have fixed minor bits on all of my machines but I have decided to cut my teeth shopping the Spider Man once the house renovation is done (priorities).
I would of course appreciate any help when I do inevitably ask any questions, just be gentle ;)
Cheers
 
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