DIY Building New LED Displays For Our 1978 Bally Lost World Pinball Machine! THE SOLDER KING

[@LyonsArcade]

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[@stevepearson7745]

Wow! Those instrution writers knew their stuff. Most things are all pictures now days. Long live the Solder King!

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah they did a nice job with the kit I thought....

[@jasfrt6384]

I put a set of those Wolfpack displays in my lost world. They make a nice kit. They look great installed.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes sir! We're really happy with them, I talked to the guy that makes them he's a cool dude.

[@darklichny]

Looks like they made a damn fine product... Great work, and thanks for sharing (and taking the time to do it the hard way for us)

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

Cannot believe it's the same machine that was in a pile in the first video. Your a master.

[@LyonsArcade]

It's the same one!

[@ocsrc]

Awesome 👍 Bringing back to life a cool pinball machine

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks OCSRC!

[@midnitepagan9118]

Thanks Joe, for explaining how these old arcade/pinball machines work and get repaired. If i only new that knowledge back in the 70-80s instead of spending my pocket money as a kid into these old gaming treasures.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thakns for watching Midnite we appreciate you hanging out with us!

[@pb7379-j2k]

This is a very nice series. I know you’re not getting rich from these vids so your effort is very appreciated

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Paul!

[@chrisfreemesser]

I used to build stuff like this for a small local computer company back in the late 80s/early 90s when I was in college. LOVED doing it...you can totally get your OCD fix populating circuit boards. Still have the old Weller soldering station I used back then. While modern tech is all well and good, it's a lot less approachable/repairable/understandable than stuff like these displays or the pinball machine itself. I really miss that.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah I can't work on the newer stuff unfortunately, the guy purposefully designed these so you can DIY put them together which is cool....

[@EsotericArctos]

I love how those orange displays look pretty original. They will look even better with the backglass on. I have some things I need on Amazon so I am going to hit your link and go over there :). Looking forward to your next video.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Brendan, we appreciate the thought but it might not work if you go to the Australian Amazon (I believe you're in Australia???) but thank you anyways :)

[@EsotericArctos]

@@LyonsArcade I am in Australia, Got to give it a try at least :)

[@dansledepot107]

I love the Wolffpack Tech displays!! I've built three different versions now. Your Williams video introduced me to these.

[@LyonsArcade]

They're awesome, right?

[@Tranarpnorra]

Excellent. A world of difference since the first video when it looked like hell. You did a great job!

[@LyonsArcade]

You gotta see what's possible in it at the beginning when it looks like hell :)

[@Tranarpnorra]

I love classic arcade games and especially pinball machines. I like the daily format progression, keep doing those when you can.

[@danijelcar5184]

Nice clean work on LED boards 👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Danijel :)

[@saskia6750]

Thanks for the video guys,looking forward to seeing the finished product,you really did a gd job with the paint touch-ups,100 percent improvement :) considering this machine was a scrapper !! x

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Saskia, we thought it came out pretty good :)

[@randyginden3852]

although not really necessary, I like to install sockets on all the IC chips...but your absolutely right...WolffPac Tech makes a solid product for a great price!

[@LyonsArcade]

It works good for us because we can cobble together enough good original displays out of a couple machines to make a set, then buy a new set for the machine we took good ones out of...

[@randyginden3852]

Bally’s are good that way! Love the color choices too!

[@markjackson1444]

Great display kits. .... where were these when I owned an 8 Ball, Flash Gordon?? Love your restoration of this machine.... another one saved!

[@pinballKing012]

Might invest on a set of those for my Bally Flash Gordon. Love these games when the sound tones is set right, yours is spot on...

[@LyonsArcade]

They're worth it and if your old ones are useable you can sell them on ebay probably for what the new ones cost...

[@jamescavrone4837]

Awsome i love this machine man great work

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching James, we appreciate it!

[@HaggisAhoy]

I love pinball, I love electronics. I tip my hat to your videos, sir!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you HaggisAhoy we appreciate you hanging out with us!

[@Newberntrains]

hard to belive that game looked like it was ready to be fire wood sure looks almost like new u hit a home run with this machine for sure :) very very good job cant wait to see it with the back glass installed

[@LyonsArcade]

We have to fix that coin door first!

[@willproctor7301]

Even the scanning looks spot on under camera view, that's a great little kit. I just need to buy me a table to put one in now ;)

[@joemode101]

Wow nice 👍🏼 great job on the displays they look the same

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks joemode101, yeah it's a really nice product!

[@dvv45]

You guys do amazing work! Looks great!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Dan!

[@NivagSwerdna]

Displays look pretty nice; it's starting to look good!

[@pilotkid2011]

The weeks where you post a video everyday are the best

[@LyonsArcade]

I agree!

[@jims.6574]

Displays look great

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks James and Vickie!

[@foxyloon]

I'd imagine you wouldn't be able to tell if they're LEDs once you have the back glass reinstalled. Looks very nice.

[@paulduffy4698]

I put one of these displays in my Wild Fyre and when the back glass is on it is really hard to see the difference between old and new. Thanks for the great videos. Cheers from Brisbane Australia.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Paul we appreciate you watching! Yeah they are really close, as close as necessary for sure. If they tried to make them any closer it'd be wasted money!

[@pa0letti]

Loving the work montages. keep up the great channel.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks paOletti!

[@argee99]

Epic, for sure. Thanks, Joe.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Roy, we appreciate you hanging out and watching with us!

[@MrSilverballmania]

I have the blue in my Harlem Globetrotters and my sons has his in Stern Hot Hand ,,, and these are a easy build.....

[@LyonsArcade]

They're definitely pretty cool!

[@pezjohnson]

Looking forward to the conclusion. I mean this video was good too. Just glad that you're working through all the problems and getting in back to glory.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Pez, we appreciate you hanging out, as always!

[@SteveJones172pilot]

Wolffpack display kits are great! Got them on a Gorgar I'm rebuilding and bought one for Black Knight too although haven't installed yet..

[@LyonsArcade]

We did some Williams ones on a Phoenix we did a couple months ago, they looked great!

[@808zhu]

Fancy artwork on this game. 🙏👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Yup, wait till you see the backglass!

[@808zhu]

@@LyonsArcade Cool, can't wait. Thanks for the uploads. All the best to you.

[@izzynutz2000]

When you guys are ready to open up a store in Florida I'm ready to go.... I've got some EM experience behind me.. and can do everything you're doing in these videos..🤓

[@LyonsArcade]

You sound very talented

[@izzynutz2000]

I used to work at a place called Tampa Lanes we had one of the biggest video game rooms in the area and we repaired all over video and pinball plus I took care of all the scoring for the AMF lanes with Brunswick as90 scoring and then years ago I worked with a gentleman in Joplin Missouri on e m pinballs and they had just started coming out with the solid state.. when we started it was just a parts changing but diagnosing and finding out what's wrong as you're doing here I've already acquired... I wouldn't mind finding another pinball machine that I could rebuild or supposably some guy over Orlando that has old Warehouse full of them but I haven't pursued anything yet

[@DavidWilliams-rn6uq]

I thought those lights looked a little dim in the last video, good catch.

[@LyonsArcade]

The only reason I caught it was because they completely died, lol

[@harijsbelskis492]

Oh Man! Its coming along. Nice work as always.

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

OOOHM long O. You got it. I had a job at the lemon lab (what we called it) at an APC UPS plant 20 years ago. Interviewer took me into a room and on the wall was a huge schematic of a UPS control board. I had to identify all the components and how they worked. Zener diode kind of got me, out of the hundred of parts. I had not worked with them in the service when I was a tech in the 90s. Still got the job. They had a few bad parts come in the year before and had 20,000 bad UPSs in the plant. So we worked changing the three bad parts and testing for 6 months. Then the fired all of us. Thats that game. I miss Radio Shack.

[@cpt_nordbart]

It's named after a German physicist. So it's basically the German pronunciation.

[@jeremycarmack4334]

Had to subscribe to you cause you have been very informative

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Jeremy, we appreciate it!

[@MasatoKay]

I need to try restoring an old pinball machine. Now only if I can find one cheap hah

[@LyonsArcade]

It's pretty fun man, they're getting a little tougher to find though!

[@Dark_eVader]

Great video. I've seen you assemble a similar display before. Aa for the pronunciation of OHM, you said it correctly as it is short for Omega as it uses the Omega symbol so the long O sounds about right.

[@LyonsArcade]

Are you sure I said it correctly? I'm not positive, I think it's pronounced Ooohm.

[@Dark_eVader]

@@LyonsArcade LOL!!!

[@NCC7060]

Ohm is named after German scientist Georg Ohm who did early research on electricity.

[@grahambroad1962]

Very nice

[@bzhmaddog]

Maybe theses chips don't go bad so often but why not putting them on socket directly ?

[@LyonsArcade]

because they don't go bad so often.

[@ETPinball]

The LED display kits are even cheaper on his website than on ebay, plus you probably won't pay state tax.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes his website is very cool and a little cheaper too!

[@scout2nut]

still ebay is only $155 for all 5 display kits (as of 8/24/2021), very cheap for what looks to be a good quality product

[@craigjones2075]

I think you need to put a pinball in the slot on the middle right of the playfield.

[@LyonsArcade]

And I really need to put a piece of glass on the playfield too!

[@dward99ar]

Do the wolffpac displays have a brightness adjustment?

[@LyonsArcade]

They do not.

[@dward99ar]

@@LyonsArcade Thanks! I've got a couple Pinscore displays in my Paragon and I hate the foam block that comes with them.

[@cpt_nordbart]

Hmm I just listened to Vulfpeck. This is a different one. ;)

[@LyonsArcade]

I'd never heard of them, it says they sold out madison square garden though without a record deal, that's pretty good :)

[@AndreSjoberg]

That is nice!! Can that type of solution be used to replace the displays on a Gottlieb System 1 Roller Disco maschine as well? If saving the one's on there doesn't work?

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't believe they have made any for Gottlieb games, because they usually don't go bad. Is the one you have just dim, or completely out? If it's completely out you'll probably have to find another used one, if it's just dim you can zap it back bright, Todd Tuckey @ TNT amusements has a video showing how to do it!

[@Sunsetdrivein]

Boston Pinball now makes led displays for Gottlieb pinball machines: www.bostonpinballcompany.com/displays.htm

[@davidwolff9885]

This is Dave from Wolffpac Tech. First, great video, thanks for posting this! Second, yes I now have 6-digit replacement display kits for Gottlieb system 1 and 80 machines. IMHO they match the originals as well as these do. They also can be replaced individually if needed.

[@ocsrc]

Vacuum Florescent I don't know what they were thinking I guess they wanted to do a digital display and get out of the mechanical display Vacuum Florescent will burn out eventually, just like a lightbulb I am shocked any time I still see any working Usually they are new old stock or something that has been in storage a long time.

[@pb7379-j2k]

How come your original burned up display worked great in test mode??

[@LyonsArcade]

It will actually work, it juts has a little black dot where it's burned... so if the video makes the image look a little blown out (because the display is pretty bright) it kind of blurs it but here in person you can see the last two digits are messed up looking. You could absolutely leave it and use it, some people just put them down on the 4th person score since you hardly ever need that one anyways...

[@pb7379-j2k]

Joe's Classic Video Games thanks!!

[@ocsrc]

The early LED displays from the early 80s and into the early 90s would dim over time. Later LEDs are less likely to be bright for 50 years oH mmm You are correct

[@VentShop]

Looking better, will be cool when it was done. Had to skip the instruction reading though... Personally I would rather you read the gist of it for each step while building the boards. It's always possible for someone watching to go grab the instructions and read along if they wanted. Maybe that is just me though, who knows. The most intricate thing I have done soldering wise so far is my Oxygen Analyzer. But been flashing a bunch of Tuya based RGB bulbs to ESPHome which is a pain. Gotta use a linux computer with a WiFi adapter that can be set to AP mode, then connect a phone to the hotspot, then connect the lightbulb, and finally flash the new firmware and hope you have the WiFi stuff correct or at least have the hotspot working so you can fix it. But when it's done I have lights that I can control with my local Home Assistant install vs sending EVERYTHING to China and back, plus mine work when the internet is down.

[@LyonsArcade]

John, how about you just continue to skip the parts you don't like, instead of telling me how you'd do it better?

[@mnite7991]

I had a Bally board tester I bought from 2 bit score. Ex wife sold it. You know where I can buy one?

[@LyonsArcade]

Unfortunately no I've never seen those...

[@mnite7991]

@@LyonsArcade do you know of a tester for the old bally boards? 2518 maybe??

[@LyonsArcade]

I'll bet they make them but I've never seen one, sorry....

[@AiMR]

19:42 (Ron gestures in Italian)

[@LyonsArcade]

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[@mikeschaefer9516]

Ohm - long 'o' in Ohm. And yes, the u on the cap is referenced in the industry as microfarad, not 'u's. Now, you making fun of both of these "is" fun to see in the videos. :)

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't know Mike, they clearly didn't put a long O on the paper there, it's written as Ohm that's pronunciated different I think.... and the uf's, if they wanted it to be pronounced Micro Farad they would have just wrote Microfarad..... ......

[@ocsrc]

Ohm, from the Greek Omega That is why they use the Omega symbol I don't know why they picked the last letter in the Greek alphabet I thought it might have to do with the fact that you often see a resistor as the last part in the circuit diagram

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Just got notification

[@LyonsArcade]

Where have you been???

[@bigdog8008]

Ohm --> long 'O'

[@game-km1cm]

Ha, ha, haaa! 1:06-1:09

[@scout2nut]

Wolf pack tech ebay is only $155 for all 5 display kits (as of 8/24/2021), very cheap for what looks to be a good quality product

[@LyonsArcade]

Yup, they're great! Thanks for watching scout2nut!