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This is a great thread. I might end up doing one of these just to try it out.
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Quoted from FalconPunch:This is the perfect thread for me as I need to make one myself for Quicksilver.
I hope cutting around the star rollover as a complete circle doesnt cause issues with balls getting stuck etc
Thank you
I can't imagine a .020" lip around a star rollover being a big risk for hangups. I have a Whirlwind with the protector that you can buy and on a very rare occasion it will stop on the lip in front of the left scoop. A slight upward nudge and it will fall in the scoop, but I've only seen that happen twice on hundreds of games and I think that's a .030" thick piece.
Quoted from vid1900:When they first came out, balls were hanging all over the place.
They tried American Football shaped holes, they tried a fork shaped piece of plastic, they even tried supplying a separate rollover piece that you aligned with the installed one.
The solution that always works, even on older, less steep inclines, is the flush insert.
The originals from Germany and Hardtops are .030" though, right? The .020" that people seem to be enjoying on the DIY side of thingswould be less inclined to snags. Not free from them, but the actual reduction should exist. In my experience, even a small snag hasn't been the end of the world. my WW on route doesn't have a super tight tilt, so players never have issues getting that sort of stuck ball free. I only have to take off the glass when an airball lands in a certain spot on a plastic. If I ever decide to resolve that I bet I'd reduce snags to almost 0% on that game.
I should also point out that it's my best earning System 11, which I'm perfectly fine with.
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