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Best way to increase pitch 1°?

By mof

9 years ago

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#1 9 years ago

mof

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

I have a few areas of the garage that are sloped in a way that it's a challenge for me to get my games pitched correctly. I have the head on the down-slope side -- the garage door side. A few games sit at 5.0° when I'd rather have them at 6.0°+

I typically put new leg levelers on my pins, and then I put "carpet slider" disks underneath them.
I typically have the rear legs out "all the way", and the front legs in "all the way"
Sometimes I put "two sliders" under the pin in the back side.

The more I raise my game, the more "wobbly" it becomes.

What's the best way to get a little more height in the back when on a slope?

thanks,
-mof

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#2 9 years ago

freddy

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i assume you mean an inch. cut a 2x4 just a little wider than the back leg spread . then lay out leg centers.take and hole saw a diameter just larger than leg levelers make a 1/2" deep hole for each back leg leveler and chisel out the 1/2" inch of wood this will give you your 1" and keep the game on the 2x4.

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#3 9 years ago

mof

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

Quoted from freddy:
i assume you mean an inch.

One degree.
I suppose that would translate to roughly 1/4" - 1/2".
-mof

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#4 9 years ago

kursiv

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I just use longer rear legs.

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#5 9 years ago

PW79

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12y 102K 7,501 6 6

Play better lol

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#6 9 years ago

Shoot_Again

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12y 83,400 8,453 2

I also jack them up in the back with a board under the legs. You can put on longer levelers.
Flash Gordon is even more challenging with boards in the back

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#7 9 years ago

Silverballer

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14y 88,300 3,238 51

Longer levelers would definitely help out your situation mof.

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#8 9 years ago

exflexer

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12y 86,150 1,650 1

Do you take the leg leveler bolts off the front to get an extra 1/2 inch of travel?

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#9 9 years ago

mof

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

Quoted from exflexer:
Do you take the leg leveler bolts off the front to get an extra 1/2 inch of travel?

Good point, I'll check. I do for sure when I replace the levelers.
-mof

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#10 9 years ago

Excalabur

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Degree = °.
Foot = '.

I was very confused when I read the thread title. I second the board plan--if you put a lip on it they mostly don't fall off, either. Just buy a furniture-style plank that's like 1" thick by 6-8" wide and run it all the way across the wall for all your pins to sit on.

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#11 9 years ago

mof

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

Quoted from Excalabur:
Degree = °.
Foot = '.
I was very confused when I read the thread title. I second the board plan--if you put a lip on it they mostly don't fall off, either. Just buy a furniture-style plank that's like 1" thick by 6-8" wide and run it all the way across the wall for all your pins to sit on.

I don't have the keyboard skills to make the "°"
-mof

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#12 9 years ago

mof

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

Ok, now I do -- (option-shift-8).
-mof

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#13 9 years ago

jayhawkai

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Adjust your house's foundation.

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#14 9 years ago

mof

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

Quoted from Shoot_Again:
I also jack them up in the back with a board under the legs. You can put on longer levelers.
Flash Gordon is even more challenging with boards in the back

Who sells longer leg levelers?

What's the advantage of inserting two legs into the same board?

-mof

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#15 9 years ago

Out-West

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Central Valley & Donner Summit, CA

14y 52,150 331 15

You could try a 3/8"rod coupler with a bolt thru from top of leg to lock the coupler.

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#16 9 years ago

kursiv

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Still I would go with longer legs. 31" instead of 28-1/2”. Makes your games feel more stable.

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#17 9 years ago

kursiv

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^^
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#18 9 years ago

zizzlemeplease

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I can see what you mean mof, with the couple thousandths clearance of leg threads and nuts, the higher they go the more wiggle they're going to allow. some of that can maybe be eliminated with locknuts screwed onto the leg levellers before they go into the legs. adjust height then run the locknuts up and tighten.. oughtta firm them up a bunch, even on top of 1-2 furniture glides.

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#19 9 years ago

DaveH

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11y 121K 7,881 21 13

I use the shelves out of an old shelving unit I used to have. They ended up being perfectly sized for a pinball machines back legs. And locknuts on the levelers to take out instability.

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