Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1996-March - Vol 18 Issue 1

March 1996
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TECH T1Ps FROM THE
FLATTENING
Liz:
V OUR PLAYFIELD PLASTICS
We had 2 pieces of 1/4" thick
plate glass cut to fit the rack in
our ELECTRIC oven, about 14"
X 20". (Make sure you ask to
have the glass edges beveled for
safe handling.)
We clean the glass and plastic
r'ieces with glass cleaner, set the
oven to 180 to 200 degrees F, put
a glass sheet on a middle oven
Bulletin Board . Systtm.:
coUn'try antlthe world.
rack, place the plastics on the
glass, set the second sheet of glass
on top, then weight the "sand-
wich" with a heavy iron skillet.
We turn the oven "ON" for 2
hours or more, monitoring things
to see when the plastics finally
soften and begin to lay down.
Once everybody is flat, we turn
the oven "OFF" and let the
whole thing cool down over-
night. We don't remove them
right away so they don't warp
again from too rapid cooling.
SOLlITION
PROCEDURE
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It is a common problem to find
the light shields or "playfield plas-
tics" warped in a newly pur-
chased game, especially here in
sunny Arid-zona where the sun
shines (HOT) about 360 days a
year. (We ALWAYS cover the
playfield of our games when
transporting them. Or ask us
about the time we bought black
leather furniture and moved it
about 1/2 mile from the store to
our house, in June, in an open
pickup truck .... )
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NOTES
Large pieces that have metal
standoffs riveted to them can be
flattened by letting the standoffs
hang out the edges of the large
glass sheets.
T emperature is critical. Hotter
can burn the graphics or the
piece might "flow" and change
shape.
W e have done this on plastic
sets from the 60's on up to the
newest games, but not 40's and
S0's games.
We have NOT tried this in a
GAS oven.
W e have heard of hair dryers,
heat guns, and toaster ovens be-
ing used, sometimes even suc-
cessfully!
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