Bally Kiss Pinball Machine Builds 13

Building up coin doors ,implementing change song switch,shoveling rocks and trying to keep the projects current on here.

[@scottleatherman163]

Great idea Chris with the song switch looks assume , as well as your landscaping You have been busting ass , time to sit down relax and have a few cold ones!👍🍻🍻

[@tonerotonero1375]

When i bought my Space Invaders, someone had done the same trick with the reject button to add credits. Instead of drilling an extra ugly button, i thought it was smart and neat. Its been a while since i saw so shiny coin doors! Beautiful

[@Jesselovespinball]

I’m restoring a six million dollar man and someone had drilled a giant hole through the front panel for a flipper button that adds credits. Why not just open the coin door and add 20 credits ? Anyway , I removed and filled when I was doing the rest of the bodywork . Those coins doors are an absolute ton of work ! Nice work on the switch to change the songs ! Super cool 😎

[@HabanoPimp]

I like the idea of the song switch! If you was closer to me id let you use my bobcat mini skid steer to move those rocks 😂

[@highendpins]

Thanks. The manual labor is part of the fun. I didn’t have to figure out a regular workout all week long.

[@willierants5880]

I've just been gutting the coin doors removing the coin mechs and all that goes along with it. This has me second guessing that to some degree, but I honestly don't ever see these pins going back to coin operation and removing all that really cleans things up, lightens the door and the coin return buttons just moves so smoothly if you need it for something. I rigged up my classic Stern's coin return to add credits. Very clean you'd never know it was there. Is there any reason to keep the coin mech other than to keep it as stock/pure as possible? What do you do with the coin lockout coil? In the very least I would have that disconnected.

[@highendpins]

I always remove the lockout coil. I think I covered that before. I am not a fan of any coil that stays energized constantly when it can be eliminated. The coin mechs are used on these old Bally doors because it increases the tension and return on the eject arm. Without them you are relying on a flimsy spring.

[@ACDNate1]

I notice your blue tool box has a dividing system in the drawers. Who makes that?

[@highendpins]

These are all Lista cabinets and they make lots of accessories for them. Very expensive but they truly can hold hundreds of pounds per drawer.