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My top 2 worst things when working on my pins

By MK6PIN

5 years ago


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    #22 5 years ago
    Quoted from JoinTheCirqus:

    When working on the underside of the playfield, drop a screw, hear it start to fall to the cab floor, but then goes silent. So you know it’s hung up somewhere.

    This x1000. A simple job then turns a huge task trying to find that screw. Worst is when it falls through a hole and gets on the top of the pf in places impossible to get to without taking everything apart.

    Quoted from JWJr:

    Opening a machine and finding a part (screw, washer, nut) I can't identify on the bottom.

    Worst is when you hear it drop while playing a game. You then know for sure it went to something.

    #85 5 years ago
    Quoted from chuckwurt:

    1. I will burn myself with the soldering iron every session that I use it. It’s a GUARANTEE.

    Glad it's not just me. Still got a scar from a nasty burn few months ago. I'm also good at melting other things under the pf when trying to squeeze into a tight place. Fun playing the "what's that burning smell?" game when using the soldering iron. Finally order a better soldering iron, maybe that will help.

    CNKay - Brilliant idea using wire to hold screw. Going to try that next time. I've used blue tape to hold screw to screwdriver when trying to get it into a tight space. I use blue tap for everything lol. That tape trick also works for getting wedge bulbs into tricky places. One example is the bulb that's behind the bubble gum machine in TZ. It's buried under riveted plastics and not accessible under pf but you have straight access to it with pf out. Wrap the tape around the tip of the bulb to a pencil or some other kind of blunt stick. Not sure it's the best method because it takes a lot of swearing and tries to finally get it to work.

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