neuroticmoose

I just signed up to comment on the pinball machine after looking up comic book shelf pictures and finding this thread and felt I could add some pointers. The thing about not touching the rust, well the way rust works you're probably gonna wanna at least try to scrape some of it away or it will likely spread, assuming you want to keep the thing for years to come which lets be honest, you do. the great thing is though, there's plenty of ways to remove heavy rust that would allow the rest of the table to remain unscathed and maintain what the other posters called vintage charm, I would consult someone at your local home improvement store who works in the chemical cleaning aisle or do some searching online. vinegar and some light scrubbing in that area in the top corner could even work wonders, and thats really the only area I would worry about, as for the electrics if you're taking the thing apart I'd do some searching on a pinball forum (of which there are many helpful ones) and make sure there's nothing in the table that can discharge while you're taking it apart, otherwise I wouldn't worry about fiddling with the guts and doing repairs yourself (it's almost always x wire to x wire and y wire to y wire type set-ups, I know from rewiring a few of my own arcade cabinets) from there just make sure it's not plugged in and there will be zero chance of electrocution, and in the even you do get shocked the worst you're likely to get is a little zap, nothing life threatening, but if you checked the first two things that won't even be a possibility. Other than that, you seem to know what you're doing, so get that thing looking brand new already!