There is a shop near me that posts pinball repair videos. They buy old machines and parts collections, then get the machines working. They also work on machines

There is a shop near me that posts pinball repair videos. They buy old machines and parts collections, then get the machines working. They also work on machines owned by nearby collectors, doing repairs and cosmetic upgrades. But they don't make house calls - you have to bring the machine to them. Here is one of the owners, bringing back a partially stripped Williams "Lucky Seven". It was their second-ever solid state machine from 1978, and he talks about how nervous the companies were about stopping making electro-mechanical (EM) machines for fear of losing market share. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38snhEdcKgU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38snhEdcKgU There's an entire industry devoted to keeping these machines running, supplying new equivalent circuit cards, solenoid coils, machine artwork & backglass, and more. But he does run into the occasional part that is unobtainable and no one is manufacturing replacements, like the glass cover over the slot reels in this game.