ocyen Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Ken as an amateur board repairer myself I'm amazed by your setup. Do you do tours? Are most of these factory test benches or have you made most of them yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybeaux Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Ken as an amateur board repairer myself I'm amazed by your setup. Do you do tours? Are most of these factory test benches or have you made most of them yourself? Thanks i'm glad you like them , i'm not really a tour guide and am busy most of the time but if you were ever up this way you're welcome to drop in for a quick visit. Most of them are Factory , a couple of them are home made ( i got them that way but i've added to and modified them to suit my needs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybeaux Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) I finally took a picture of the Whitestar fixture i built / modified over Christmas break. I have been looking for a factory tester for Sega / Stern boards for years and they just don't come up for sale. Bay Area have had a brand new one on their website for sale for a long time but the price is expensive and i guess that's why it hasn't sold. Up until now i had an old Starship troopers that i used to test boards in but it took up too much room. Anyway , i had a spare Wpc field tester i wasn't using , i had a transformer out of an Apollo13 i wrecked a few years back , and Oscar from PinMem was very kind to send me a complete wiring harness out of a Striker Extreme....Thanks Oscar! Here is the end result and i'm very happy with how it turned out Edited May 15, 2018 by Skybeaux 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autosteve Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Do you use a testing set of chips for modern test benches like where required in the past? Nice looking bench by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybeaux Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Do you use a testing set of chips for modern test benches like where required in the past? Nice looking bench by the way. Almost all of the test fixtures have special test roms for them except the Data East and the Whitestar one i've just built. For some reason Stern doesn't see a need for a test rom and you just have to use game roms. I am in contact with a guy in the US who owns a factory Stern Whitestar tester and yep , no special roms for it.....he's contacted Stern and was told there were never any test roms for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTam Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Got some boards done by Ken recently, top job and top guy, big thanks Sent from my iPad using Aussie Arcade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowndes88 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Ken fixed my DMD saving me hundreds of $$$$. He is quick and reliable and all round a top guy. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator WOKA Posted April 26, 2018 Super Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2018 Thanks Ken for a top job on my WPC board repairs. Above and beyond as usual, and super quick on the turn around. Much appreciated.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfclark Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Were there pictures in this thread previously? I feel like there was? Do you need a Williams test bench faceplate @Skybeaux ? http://www.pinballspareparts.com.au/testplate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybeaux Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Were there pictures in this thread previously? I feel like there was? Do you need a Williams test bench faceplate @Skybeaux ? http://www.pinballspareparts.com.au/testplate.html Yeah there were pictures , don't know what's going on there but i'll fix it up in a couple of days if they don't come good. Thanks for the link but the one on my fixture is pretty good and don't really need a spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini2544 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 DMD Matrix board. PM sent Re DMD Matrix board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby510 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Incoming pm on a shaq led board repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morts27 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 PM sent re Sega X-files Board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fattmatt1972 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Just wanted to give a big shout out to Ken. He has done a few board repair jobs for me recently and I have nothing but good things to say about his work, prices and turn around time. Cheers ken, I appreciate you, glad there are still people like you in the hobby. Matt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthadog Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Ken is the best! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieBob66 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 PM Sent.. Thanks Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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