Every tool I have ever bought has been for pinball. With the exception of metric sockets for video games from Tokyo.

If you need a tool, there is no substitute. Trying to get by or make something work only makes the job harder and more costly.

LTG : )

Do you have the long nut drivers?

Klein magnetic nut drivers are the only way to drive your nuts. (Comments invited.)

Custom grit gitter, every pinhead that sees this grabs it and I have to make another one.

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Leaf adjustment tool
Magnetic nut drivers
Electronic Level
Forceps
Molex Pin Crimper
Logic probe.
Bulb extractor
Bulb socket cleaning stick
Bunch of circuit board tools like chip pullers and scrapers and stuff.
Torx Security bits and those square ones.

I give up. What's it made from, and what does it do?

Gonna take a guess..

Looks to be a flexible steel core with a hook at the end.
Soft rubber hose allows to be compressed and expose the hook which grabs an object.
The rubber cup at the end of the hose helps to "git" the "grit".
Wood handle is just for flair.

That all said, I'm wondering the advantage over a regular old pick-up tool.

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It is made from a hardened steel BBQ skewer and a surgical rubber hose with a molded end.
You put a small rag on the hook and the rubber end covers it.
Novus 2 on the rag and you can push it up to get to the ball tracks in orbits under ramps etc.

Unlike the grabber pictured it is shielded so you don't scratch anything and you can put pressure downward to remove ball tracks and the magic dust.
Makes it easy to keep the games clean between shop jobs to get into tight areas without removing ramps.

Nice! The coin on the end of your device in the photo led me astray.

telescoping rod with magnet on the end. magnetic bowl for holding screws, multi led light with magnet and hanging hook for working under playfield, all avilable at harbor frieght.

Picked up this nifty gadget today for $4 at harbor freight. Works like a charm!

Note to self: new flipper rubbers for SBM...

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Come on man, that flipper rubber is disgraceful.

The one on the right is riding too high on the end, too.

LTG : )

This looks like a contraption made from parts off my anesthesia cart! LOL

Also,if you were selling them...I would buy one!

It is a hose off of a Gompco suction machine, I made a solder sucker out of it for board work.
I have more hose but I swiped the skewers from the wife and I am out of them or I would send you one.

Nut drivers: magnetic, hollow shaft, long and short shaft variants in 1/4, 5/16, 11/32, 3/8. #1 most important thing to have. Use them all the time.

Long shaft sockets. Less dicking around with open end wrenches ... except:

1/4" thin open end wrench. When you go to remove nuts securing plastics and the post below starts coming out of the pf you'll be happy you have this.

Leaf adjustment tool. Keep your fingers and pliers away and do it right.

Penny tech: save any soft foam packing material. Cut up and use to apply polish/Novus2

Good glass cleaner (Stoner Invisible Glass) and a case of paper towels. Nothing worse than a fine pin collection that looks like someone rubbed down with a baloney sandwich.

Thank you for the thought! It's ingenious!!! Would work perfectly on my Tron. As of yet, I have been unable to clean under the back ramps. I'm too lazy to take them off....so far.

home depot paint mixing stick and micro fiber cloth.

Amazon sells a box of microfiber towels for less than a buck a piece. Feel that's a must for safe cleaning. Not a huge fan of washing and re-using those towels so I usually use one or two and then throw them out or relegate them to garage duty.

http://www.amazon.com/Zwipes-Microfiber-Cleaning-Cloths-36-Pack/dp/B000XECJES/ref=sr_1_2

Wal-mart has a pretty good price on them but I spend a little more and get them in bags of 20 at O'Reillys auto parts. I like them because they come with several colors in the bag. The Walmart ones are all the same colors.

Wow, most people just have a beer fridge or at best maybe a bar in their game rooms! You have an anesthesia cart? I want one!!!

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LOL!! Those would be interesting parties at my house if that were the case! I meant at work