The Mancave Medic, LLC - Kirk Hamer

10/06/2021

I have recently received multiple emails and phone calls from a local story that hit the news. The story is based off of my personal collection and the hobby in general. As much as I like repairing games and bringing joy back into other people's lives by repairing their games, I simply don't have the means to do this right now.

I appreciate those of you that follow my work on this page, but I am not and have not operated as the Mancave Medic in a few years. I keep this page up for the potential future where I may operate as the Mancave medic again.

Happy Gaming!

04/26/2020

This has been waiting on me since last Fall. I'm finally getting around to working on this. This one is for a friend. Hope to be done in about a month.

04/26/2020

It took a few months and working with Galloping Ghosts Reproduction for the Side art but Smokey Joe came out amazing. This one is mine.

06/29/2019

It's been a crazy few years. I'm still around but focused more on family and life. I haven't done much (if anything at all) for The Mancave Medic LLC, in quite a while. I hope to keep this on the back burner for when/if life calms down a bit. I love this hobby and working on games. Maybe I will get back to this in the future. In the meantime enjoy life, don't let your passions control you, control your passions.

07/10/2018

I've been stagnant the last year or so due to other obligations. I still repair coin op related items for others from time to time. Stay tuned to see what I may restore or simply make functional something that has long been forgotten....thanks for checking in.

12/27/2016

11/04/2016

Austin helped me put on new side rails and new legs. Man, this pin is looking awesome. I can't wait to have it done.

10/19/2016

Not so proud of the backbox. It doesn't look bad from a distance but up close is frustrating. Also, the stars are a bit skewed, that's what you get for buying from Jeff Mcafee at Classic arcades. I think he reprinted the stencil off an actual pictue he took but the camera was at an angle. Lessons learned.

10/16/2016

Tiedous process but it if I ever want to put DC LED's in this pinball, I have to make sure the sockets are wired polarity correct. When these were made in the 70's they used 47 or 44 incandescent bulbs so polarity didn't matter. And they often soldered lamp sockets in either way. Some new LED' s actually do care about polarity. So the ground wire has to go to the case of the socket instead of the center of the socket. The one in the picture is backwards. The center of the socket (positive according to LED's) is soldered o ground.

10/15/2016

Finally got around to the back box this weekend. I even pulled the insert out and painted that. It should be nice and bright.

09/03/2016

Tech tip: to assist in removing rust, beer, or old soda from some of these old pinball lockdown bars and other parts, build a trough out of a gutter and soak the parts in rust remover. Scrub with a metal brush, then wipe down. The parts look and function much better.