What's new at CPR?



Dec 16, 2011

- Eight Ball Deluxe backglasses were re-run this week, and the color density turned out fine this time.  They are now available for order.  Photo gallery posted.

- Firepower playfields silkscreening starts tomorrow.  Preorder group will begin to be contacted in about a week once the playfields head off to clearcoat.

- All Flash Gordon playfields are cut, inserts continue to be installed so we can get to silkscreening the first or second week of the new year.

- New 2012 gameboard wood is coming from the mill shortly.  We begin cutting Silverball Mania playfields first thing in the new year.

- PinBot playfield inserts are finally being tooled and we expect them within the next 3-4 weeks.

- Store section of the web site has been revamped into "sections" so everything is no longer on one very very long page.
 

Nov 8, 2011

- We recently printed Eight Ball Deluxe Backglasses but were unhappy with the result as they were a bit too dark. When backlit they looked pretty darn good but when the lights were off they just looked a bit too dark. We are investigating and think we know what went wrong so we've ordered new glass and will rerun as soon as it arrives. Printing CMYK is much harder than one can imagine.

- Cyclone PFs should be finished printing tomorrow as we only have three colors left and the guys are working all night tonight to get them done.

- Firepower PFs are all cut and we should be finished gluing in the last of the inserts by the end of this week.

- Flash Gordon  PFs are just going through final CAD confirmation and test cutting. If all goes well, they will be production cutting by the end of this week.

- Pinbot is on hold as we are still waiting for inserts coming from Germany.
 

Sept 23, 2011

- Space Shuttle PFs are Done!! They look gorgeous but, Oh! What a nightmare to make! Due to some issues with the CNC, all the holes.... every single one of them were cut too small. So each and every insert hole and every GI light bulb hole had to be made larger by hand with a dremel. I ordered almost 800 little sanding sleeves for the Dremel and we barely had enough!

- We just finished and have shipped the Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons PFs and plastics to Greg Freres and Dennis Nordman. Great work guys the artwork is gorgeous and with their artwork they came out spectacular. They actually wanted a not so glossy finish so we shot our first clear coat with a duller finish. It's certainly not flat clear but it's definitely not as glossy as what I am used to seeing. We may even offer this later to those who want it. But at $100 a quart......

-Cyclone is all cut and almost finished hand gluing all the inserts in. Tanner has gotten most of the PFs sanded with the drum sander and we are slowly making our way through  the pile and fixing any small marks in the wood to get them ready for printing. My buddy John has the final few PFs and is gluing them at best speed.

- On the CNC, Pinbot is currently cutting but due to inserts still not being available from Germany there is no real rush on them. I was planning to cut Flash Gordon next but the inserts also are not yet available for them so I may cut Firepower instead. We can switch at any time so its not really the issue it once was.