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Here you will find all the latest news of what's happening with the Arcade Restoration Workshop!

March 21, 2000

3/21/2000 12:00 AM

Cool stuff happening again!

Sunday I picked up a Table Saw! Whoo Hoo! Thanks to James for helping me bring it home (no way it would have fit in my car!) and setting it up. Turns out that I will need to install an additional circuit breaker in my house and run an outlet into the garage just for the Table Saw. We tested it after it was all set up and it dimmed the lights in the house :-) I am going to be picking up Wheel Casters for it so I can move it around easier. Trying to move a 280LB Table Saw around is not an easy task. I had to move all but 3 of my games inside the house now. My house now has 18 games in it. Yikes! Luckily, 4 of them will be moving out when my Friend Jerry's house is finished. Then I can move the other 3 inside too and use the rest of the space in the garage as a complete workshop. As I start to paint and do more work with the table saw, I am going to need the room in the Garage anyway. This should also tell me not to get too many more games :-) I updated my Joust Restoration page! I decided to try the Heat Gun trick that I read about on Usenet and it works so well, that I am going to be using that technique from now on if I can. Updated the Photo Tutorial on Fixing Control Panels, it now has more pictures and descriptions of the progress.

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Galaga Died

2/6/2021 12:29:47 PM

So my Galaga died today...

I'm not sure if it's coincidence or related, but I was turning the power off on my Defender by the power switch under the control panel at the exact time it failed. The switch was a bit tough to toggle so it was like in the half way position when it happened. Both games are on the same circuit.

Kickman Restoration/Preservation started

8/21/2017 11:10:28 PM

Restoration/Preservation has begun on my Kickman.

It's not a full restoration, but more of a preservation of what is there. I like trying to keep things as original as possible. With that in mind, I can take a few chances on this one as the damage is already done. I'm mainly trying to prevent even more damage when I can. Worse comes to worse, I'll do a full restore on it down the road.