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I started cleaning up and packaging my 3D printable stuff for pins, I'll be releasing all the models I create here once I find them production-worthy. A lot of it is relatively simple, but will hopefully be useful for the #pinball folks out there. https://www.thingiverse.com/apzpins/designs […]

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It's weird how wrong impressions people have of 3D printed stuff to this day. Almost like a clockwork, each post with 3D printed something in big social media or video sites results in claims that it will never last, even when the example part is in very light physical stress. Another crowd […]

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

I continued with the Who Dunnit slot reel. I made the design so it can be printed as a one part but it needs supports, or in two parts that are glued together. They're snug enough there shouldn't be any extra wobble even if the glued together version is printed. The first attempt was almost […]

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The decal seems to come off without a fight. That'll do for the first transparent prototype. #pinrepair

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Trying to get stuff done but Tom Servo is judging me. #mst3k

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

@dragonminded The other pin with Baby Pacman-style hardware: https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1083

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The first prototype of Who Dunnit's reels appears to be a perfect fit. I ordered some clear PETG and I'll continue refining the model. Also need to order the decal kit. #3dprinting #pinrepair

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It's almost like something was missing...

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Who Dunnit is having bit of a crap day. Last Wednesday a player reported the rightmost reel in its slot machine behaved oddly. I made a note it didn't seem to find its zero position and it rotated somehow oddly, so I just disabled them as the game doesn't need […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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Hey #3dprinting people, what is the most translucent filament you know of that's relatively easily available in Europe? I'd have to probably print a transparent part with a lamp on one side and a decal on the other.

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Not all my prints are that serious arcade repairs, I generally hate the concept of throwing away perfectly good stuff because they have minor, repairable issues. There's just insane amount of easy fixes a 3D printer can do. This chair has lost all its little […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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Ah, yes. The blob is now ready. Test print with ABS broke free during the print. #3dprinting

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Virtually all pinball machines have a severe warning about engaging whatever safety feature they have to lock the backbox in place instead of just using the setup latch. I wonder if this is the most ignored warning in the world. #pinball #arcade #warnings

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[Suggestive, crude humor] Every mature person, ever, when they see WPC's ball through emptying feature. #humor

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This is one hefty 7-segment!

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I missed the original SpaceVenture Kickstarter back in the days. No biggie, I thought to myself, I'll just buy it when the publicly available version drops. That was in 2012 and every couple of years I've checked their Kickstarter page to follow the now tragicomic story of the game's […]

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Only had to step outside to hear some metal! One of the positive things with having our hideout in a building with band training spaces.

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I've posted some videos of leg bolts with bad back plates. I've often been told in the comments that it's going to be a horrible job to fix it. I never got that take, the backplate in WPC games for example is just 6 small screws away from being pulled off. In a […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Old gentleman Wäinö doing the pretzel in my bed. #cats #catsofmastodon

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Pinball 2000 game annoyance: since the backbox doesn't fold, it's challenging to fit through doors in one piece. #pinball #arcade

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Wednesday powerup! #pinball #arcade #retroarcade

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Williams systems 3 through 7 had this wonderful design feature. The upper board is the CPU that has the OS and the game ROMs plus the CPU. The lower board is the driver board that houses all the solenoid driving, lamp and switch matrix stuff. The driver board […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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Investigating old boards always reveals interesting hacks that make me wonder what this was the issue back in the days. Here's a Stern driver board from early 80s with a DIY heat sink in one solenoid drive transistor. I wonder what it was and who came up with […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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I always loved this feature in Williams system 7, 9 and early 11 boards. They have a 7-segment display that gives a rough estimate what's happening (or not happening) when the thing boots. Previously and after first gen system 11 we just had to look at the two […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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I investigated the Elvira's opto issue further. As I suspected, it has a design flaw, similar to the ramps; the hole for the opto switch's LED to shine through is misaligned. 1st pic: The two holes seen in the ramp that's attached to the playfield back board […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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I've always wondered how amount of years someone's been doing something is supposed to be a reason they're right about it. I've come across so many things where someone does something harmful, which is already having observable negative effects, but when pointed out, all they can tell that […]

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Going through old pics I came across this. This is a driver board I parted out, it was in a Striker Xtreme pin that arrived from Italy. Its high power circuitry was fused by several iron nails, thus when a transistor shorted, the PCB traces and the transistor […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Elvira's House entry opto isn't too happy. #pinrepair

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Sir? I'm here about the position for a lap cat. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday

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I recently found that Roger C. Sharpe's amazing book "Pinball!", with beautiful photographs by James Hamilton, is available on the Internet Archive! It really captures the feel of mid/late 1970's pinball. archive.org/details/pinb... #pinball

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I was wondering about the metallic sound Revenge from mars's lock made. Sure enough, the diverter is about to separate from the shaft that drives it. Time for new rivets. #pinrepair

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Dracula's flipper coil is running a bit hot. It started to smell a bit and it was at bit over 100c when I turned it off. I wonder if the hold side transistor shorted. #pinrepair

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Just an observation.

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Red and Ted just look creepy AF without their faces. #pinball #pinrepair

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I got a report that Guardians of the Galaxy wasn't seeing the drop target being dropped. The target mechanism itself worked fine and since it uses an opto fork switch, they're usually pretty long life if they get q-tipped every now and then. But immediately […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

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