Flippers in Grandy N.C. will be having their first pinball tournament on Jan. 8th at 2:00 pm. They have 49 pins and lots of other arcade games, and there is nothing like it withinin 300 miles, so if you can make it to show them support that would be awesome.

I was there last week and was looking for the I500 game, because it was so awesome the first time i was there, but it is gone now!! I doubt it is broke, so maybe he sold it......Fish, you did a sweet job on that pin it was one of the brightest I've ever seen.

Phil, I really hope all the play over the holidays on your pins was gentle...too bad you cant make it I was hoping you could make it. Any progress on paragon?

I am not from the Navy, but every electrician at the company I work for is a former Navy Nuke. If any of you former Navy electricians is looking for a really great job (over 100k yr., unreal benefits, 4 on/4 off schedule, kids college paid,etc.,etc.) Tons of free time to work on and play pinball!!! The company I work for is looking to hire immediately, and they prefer ex-navy electricians, and techs. I can personally give resumes to our maintenance manager.

Gone Fishin,
Yes, we hire electrical engineers, but for the most part, the regular guys on shift are encouraged to make changes and create anything that will help production. Basically, if I told them I could use a rocket ship to help production they would let me. They also give us a lot of freedom to make decisions, and to even fail, as long as we are trying.
As far as circuit board design....again you could solder boards till doomsday. Realistically though, if a board has a problem we generally do not troubleshoot to the component level. If it is stopping production, hot swapping is way cheaper, and much faster. Once we are up and running you can bench test and troubleshoot the problem, and then re-install it during downtime.
If you are interested, Google Nucor Steel. They have not had a layoff in over forty years, even when companies in the same industry were doing so. They are a great company to work for, and they treat their employees like gold.
Hope this helps

Lets get some locals together and play some pinball!!!,

David

Had a great time yesterday at the Tournament. Met a bunch of local pinball freaks like me. I actually walked away with more money then I went there with, because I placed third. Hung out with Maniac from the boards most of the day, and we had a blast. The tournament was played on 5 machines....BDK,W20,TRON,RS, and MM. My best score was on MM, but no one was burning up any pins, so all ROC's high scores are safe for another day. The owner said he plans on doing more in the future.