Quoted from herbertbsharp:The hobby has gone from people who buy old machines and fix them up, to guys that buy NIBs and have them professionally setup in their house. You know, guys that listen to Yacht Rock and "summer" in the Hamptons. I'm kidding a little but you get the idea, less people that get their hands dirty with old machines, so less experience and advice to be given. BUT the good thing is there is a huge archive of helpful threads on this site. I just used a 7 year old thread to help me with an issue with my IJ4.[quoted image]
I completely agree.
Fortunately some of us (former) white glove, yacht rockers are putting in the work and learning our pins inside and out. All with the hope that we may be more helpful to pinsiders in the future. A good example of this can be found in the JJPOTC thread.
Hopefully with this latest surge of interest in pinball we will see more pin techs in the future. We might just be in a slump due to reasons mentioned by TheLaw.
