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Pro tip: Cleaning clear out of star rollover inserts

By bayoubilly70

1 year ago



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  • Latest reply 1 year ago by Drain1
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#1 1 year ago

Every use these tools for cleaning out clear from star rollover inserts? Spend a lot of time... maybe hours? No more!

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I can make a perfectly clean star rollover work in 2 - 3 minutes. Here's how:

Get a small pointy grinding bit for a dremel:

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Clean out from the top side:

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Vacuum:

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Flip the playfield over. Do the same thing from the bottom:

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Flip the playfield back over and insert the star:

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Done!

This one took me about 2-1/2 minutes.

#2 1 year ago

Good tip!

Having done a Capt Fant and all of it's stars I wish I had known this. My only addition is I cut the nub off a star for testing. Can't imagine needing this here with those runways for the star to sit in.

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#3 1 year ago

wow...that's a lot of work in a very noticeable part of the playfield!

good post! thanks

#4 1 year ago
Quoted from Randy_G:

wow...that's a lot of work in a very noticeable part of the playfield!
although sometimes it's tricky to get them flush
good pictures, good post
thanks @bayoubilly70

#5 1 year ago

More difficult with a populated playfield.

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