Star Trek 1979 Bally Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration Update

Posted: March 28, 2025

Backbox has been painted, same procedure as with the main cabinet. Steps are shown.

All the cabinet, playfield, under playfield, & backbox metal has been sandblasted, and powder coated with a Flitter Gold Black Gloss Metallic, it just shimmers under light.

Everything under the playfield has been powder coated, solenoid assemblies, and even the switch/target mounts.

Coin door, and mail cabinet harness have been cleaned, and tightened up, with new/added zip ties.

Found a short in the coin door wiring, where 2 lamp lines had melted into each other. Yikes!

If your trying to find a replacement for the carriage bolt style flat head nail/tack used to anchor the rear P/F lift braces, and can’t.

Well… You can source from a sewing store a clothing (denim) rivet head, add a cut to size 1/8″ rivet stem and JB weld it into the head receiver, let dry overnight, and you have a perfect replacement.

Note: add a dab of wood glue to the shaft prior to tapping into existing hole.

This pin will be offered for sale, once completed.

I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know I received my Space Invaders Pinball machine yesterday afternoon. It was very well crated and arrived without any damage! I have set the machine up and all works as it should. Thanks for coding the plugs, and providing the set-up manual. It has been a pleasure doing business with you.

Hi Devron, I picked up the Buckaroo yesterday at the airport and got it put together this evening. It made it through the trip in great shape, thanks to your great crating job! Nothing was able to shift or get loose and you did a fantastic packing job! The machine looks and plays great! The new backglass arrived last week so I have to put it in to make it look even better. I'm real happy with the machine, and thank you for your very accurate description. Thanks, again, for everything and maybe we'll have the chance to do business again in the future.

If you want to buy a pinball machine without the fear of inheriting someone else's problem – buy from Devron. He is meticulous in his restoration of machines and will never let anything go out the door unless it is 100%. I have seen the results of his work on many occasions and I am always amazed at the quality, and attention to detail. Many people and businesses claim that they have "shopped" their machines, but with Devron it’s the absolute truth. He goes through machines top to bottom, inside and out. I have plans to buy a couple more machines over the next few years, and I guarantee they will be from Devron. I just know that it will be done right.

I have been completely impressed with the professionalism, knowledge, and honest dedication to customer support that Devron Gibbon of Absolute Pinball has shown me. His enthusiasm and respect for the art of pinball is readily evident in the quality and thoroughness of his restoration work. Devron's willingness to answer questions and to assist a 'new to me' pinball machine has been remarkable - he honestly cares about his customers.

JSM

Thank you...thank you...thank you for the Galaxy pinball machine!!!! A couple of friends of mine set it up this past weekend and it's fantastic!!! Whoever packed it for shipment did an outstanding job!! We are having the best time playing it. In fact the first night it was set up, I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs at 2:00am and played a bunch of games.