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		<title>Building a pinball playfield rotisserie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cnlmoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big video arcade game fan, but do love a good game of pinball. I own LOTR and have a project Firepower pending, but a recently acquired Flight 2000 pinball machine by Stern, see coinopspace for details, has motivated me to try my hand at pin restoration. After stripping most of the playfield parts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a big video arcade game fan, but do love a good game of pinball.  I own LOTR and have a project Firepower pending, but a recently acquired Flight 2000 pinball machine by Stern, see <a href="http://www.coinopspace.com/forum/topics/stripping-my-flight-2000">coinopspace</a> for details, has motivated me to try my hand at pin restoration. <span id="more-1307"></span> After stripping most of the playfield parts I found myself at that point where its tough to get at the stuff underneath the playfield.  It was time to create a playfield rotisserie.  What&#8217;s that you ask?  Exactly what it sounds like.  A big contraption that allows you to rotate your playfield and access both sides easily.  Playfields are big, heavy and awkward.  Using one of these tools makes dis-assembly and final reassembly a much easier task.</p>
<p>I did some research and decided to model my rotisserie after the one found on <a href="http://www.edcheung.com/album/album05/pinball/playfield.htm">Ed Cheung&#8217;s</a> website.  If you&#8217;ve never seen his site I recommend taking a look, he has some inspiring work on display.  I bought the materials and used lumber I had on hand.  The materials cost about $65, pricey, but still cheaper than a store bought PF rotisserie.  </p>
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<p>I made two mistakes here.  First was the length of 2&#215;4&#8242;s clamped on the table should have been longer.  Second, my table was not sturdy enough to hold the weight and I had to prop up the mechanism.  No good.  I would have to build a different model for better stability.  Not a big deal, just took more time.</p>
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<p>I built two A frames and mounted all the hardware.  Two scrap pieces of 1&#215;4 made nice support struts on the bottom.  I wasn&#8217;t going for anything fancy or adjustable, just stable.  I&#8217;ll just remove the struts when I&#8217;m done, easy.  I sized the length for the Flight 2000 playfield and mounted it in place with some C clamps.  Works great and will make the removal of the remaining hardware a breeze.</p>
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