All that I can say is thank you! I owned this table about 10 years ago and have been missing it so badly. Now I can play again without any of the headache that comes with owning an EM.
Yes, owning an EM must be a nightmare I have seen some videos on YouTube of the Masquerade table, and how they find the things that are not working. That job is insane! So many cables and special build motors!
I owned an EM in my teens.
Suffice to say that it never ever became fully functional.
It was very old when i got it at a garage sale, and did not work at all.
It got to the point of sort of working, but it needed someone with way more time and a lot more money than a 16 year old kid living in a garage trying to keep himself in school.
Mind you i am pretty sure that a good number of issues stemmed from trying to resurrect contact points that simply should not have been.
once they are burnt and worn, doesn't matter what you hone them with, they are not going to stay working.
But new ones cost money.
Playfield wood was in a pretty poor state too, the thing had sat for eons in a damp basement.
Everything metal was rusty, cloth wiring insulation was rotten etc etc etc.
It eventually found a new home, hopefully they actually restored it right.
If you feel the need to empty your wallet in my direction, i dont have any way to receive it anyways
If you really want to get rid of money you can donate to this
Athena's Wildlife Sanctuary