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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 81160" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>I'm waiting on parts, those inserts to be exact, before I can move forward on the playfield. There's plenty of other things I can do in the meantime. I could clean the interior of the cabinet, clean and rebuild the plunger, dust out the interior of the head, polish all the metal on the table...</p><p></p><p>Polish metal you say? Hmmmm...</p><p></p><p>This here is a metal cheese plate grill in the neck of the table. Every table I've seen that has one of these, they all look the same. Just a rough piece of steel meant to be a vent, not to look pretty. But it bugs me. So of all the inconsequential things I can do on my table...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945798&bbat=110560&inline" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Nasty looking, right? Same cheese plate covers the vents and speaker hole in the cabinet. No, I won't be dealing with those. Maybe. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure there are better ways of cleaning this metal up. I simply use the tools I have available to me. First I took a Dremel with a pumice stone tip and ground away the metal till it had a dull shine.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945798&bbat=110561&inline" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then I took a sander with 250 grit paper and polished it. Problem is, there's little peaks and valleys between all those holes, so it takes forever to get it polished. If I had a buffer wheel...well, I don't so no use thinking about it! End result isn't perfect, but it shines now.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945799&bbat=110564&inline" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And finally, here it is back where it belongs. In a place that while visible, nobody is ever really gonna notice. Maybe I should install some lights behind it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945798&bbat=110562&inline" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I had initially taken the metal to my dad's, as he has tools whereas I don't. He was finally getting a nice polish going when it struck me, we were doing the wrong side! So yeah, that thing is shiny on both sides, and that back side will NEVER be seen by anyone unless the head is removed again. Somehow I feel good about that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 81160, member: 134"] I'm waiting on parts, those inserts to be exact, before I can move forward on the playfield. There's plenty of other things I can do in the meantime. I could clean the interior of the cabinet, clean and rebuild the plunger, dust out the interior of the head, polish all the metal on the table... Polish metal you say? Hmmmm... This here is a metal cheese plate grill in the neck of the table. Every table I've seen that has one of these, they all look the same. Just a rough piece of steel meant to be a vent, not to look pretty. But it bugs me. So of all the inconsequential things I can do on my table... [IMG]http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945798&bbat=110560&inline[/IMG] Nasty looking, right? Same cheese plate covers the vents and speaker hole in the cabinet. No, I won't be dealing with those. Maybe. I'm sure there are better ways of cleaning this metal up. I simply use the tools I have available to me. First I took a Dremel with a pumice stone tip and ground away the metal till it had a dull shine. [IMG]http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945798&bbat=110561&inline[/IMG] Then I took a sander with 250 grit paper and polished it. Problem is, there's little peaks and valleys between all those holes, so it takes forever to get it polished. If I had a buffer wheel...well, I don't so no use thinking about it! End result isn't perfect, but it shines now. [IMG]http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945799&bbat=110564&inline[/IMG] And finally, here it is back where it belongs. In a place that while visible, nobody is ever really gonna notice. Maybe I should install some lights behind it. [IMG]http://forum-img.pinside.com/pinball/forum/?bb_attachments=945798&bbat=110562&inline[/IMG] I had initially taken the metal to my dad's, as he has tools whereas I don't. He was finally getting a nice polish going when it struck me, we were doing the wrong side! So yeah, that thing is shiny on both sides, and that back side will NEVER be seen by anyone unless the head is removed again. Somehow I feel good about that! [/QUOTE]
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