Jackpot Joe's Pinball Repair and Restoration

Jackpot Joe's Pinball Repair and Restoration Joe is passionate about Pinball... but who isn't, right? Now offering Powder Coating of pinball parts!

Here's a cool upgrade I came up with for this F-14. I sanded the back board using 150-800 grit sanding disks. Then appli...
06/15/2026

Here's a cool upgrade I came up with for this F-14. I sanded the back board using 150-800 grit sanding disks. Then applied a chrome film. What do you think?

06/11/2026

Let's take a tour of this F-14 to see what I'm starting with.

Starting a new restoration project today and its a VERY SPECIAL machine, an F-14 Tomcat owned by an F-14 Tomcat pilot. H...
06/11/2026

Starting a new restoration project today and its a VERY SPECIAL machine, an F-14 Tomcat owned by an F-14 Tomcat pilot. How cool is that!!! The pressure is on to make this machine combat ready!!

Many of you have asked what I'm working on lately. I've been hard at work to finish Cirqus Voltaire for a client of mine...
06/11/2026

Many of you have asked what I'm working on lately. I've been hard at work to finish Cirqus Voltaire for a client of mine. Here are some pics I took throughout the restoration process.

Come back on Friday for the reveal of this finished restoration!!

UPDATE to NGG. I removed the blue vinyl from the jump ramp and replaced it with a piece I cut out of a vinyl playfield r...
05/10/2026

UPDATE to NGG. I removed the blue vinyl from the jump ramp and replaced it with a piece I cut out of a vinyl playfield repair graphic.

Now that's HOT HOT HOT!!!!

I found an error in the manual while working on No Good Gofers. The upper right flipper was stuttering twice and then wo...
05/10/2026

I found an error in the manual while working on No Good Gofers.

The upper right flipper was stuttering twice and then would fall while holding the flipper button. All components of the flipper circuit tested good (coil, transistors q86 & q84, correct wiring to the coil, continuity to the connector, diodes, no cracked solder, clean flipper opto switch). So I pulled the driver board to inspect the traces. According to the manual J120 pin 5 should be a orange/violet wire responsible for the HOLD circuit of the upper right flipper. But pin 5 is tied to pin 6 and goes to the flipper POWER drive transistor. So I measured continuity from pin 7 to the middle leg of q89 and pin 11 to the middle leg of q92 (the other two hold circuits) and heard a tone in my MM. But measuring pin 5 to the middle leg of q86 did nothing. I then checked and verified continuity from pin4 to the middle leg of q86. Thats when I knew it, the manual was wrong!! I swapped the ORG/VIO wire in the J120 connector from pin 5 to pin 4 and this solved the problem. Now the flipper works perfectly well.

05/10/2026

Jackpot Joe's Pinball Repair and Restoration is proud to reveal the newest FINISHED restoration - NO GOOD GOFERS!!! Enjoy this eye-candy and try not to drool on your phone. What you are looking at is over 100 hours of detailed restoration, mechanics, electrical, fabrication, woodworking, powder coating, lighting, sourcing hard to find parts, and endless decisions, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and creativity to end up with a beautiful, working, perfectly playing Jackpot Joe original.

This one's for you Tim F. of Davidsonville, MD. I hope you love it as much as I have loved building it for you.

Now it's someone else's turn to have their dream machine brought back to better than new!! Call me (Joe) and lets talk about your favorite pinball machine (703.232.3443) or visit www.jpjpinball.com

Thank you to the following suppliers who had everything needed for this project:
Marcospecialties.com
Pinballlife.com
Planetarypinball.com
Cometpinball.com
Colordmd.com
Columbiacoatings.com
www.pinball.center/en/
Flylanddesigns.com
casselsonline.com/
Ebay.com

And finally THANK YOU to all of my supporters, followers, friends, and clients who help me believe in myself and encourage me to keep going when I feel overwhelmed and under pressure. You all are the BEST!

05/07/2026

1955 F.R. Frantz "Space Shot". Have you ever played one?

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