i dont have this problem on mine. maybe need a steeper slope?

I have this exact same problem on mine. I made some blade/wire adjustments but it always seems to creep back. I have not been too aggressive with the switch yet as it has not happened in a while since the last adjustment, I think it needs to sit a bit lower, seems the angle of the wire above the table may be too sharp and creates a catch point if the ball roll is slow enough.

Try bringing the wire down a bit, the challenge is the switch is on the bottom of the playfield, so once you bend it and screw it back in you have to lower the playfield and test with a ball, it is quite the little pain in the rear, interested if you resolve it with an adjustment

I didn't have this problem on mine either. Ball was always clearing right orbit (long cast orbit) with great speed. Are your flippers strong enough?

Mine does exactly as the OP's does. I just live with it.

Clean and wax the orbit and I bet it goes away.

Goes to show you even the experts have trouble solving problems, and that persistence pays off! Even a novice like me can 'study' a situation for awhile and figure out the problem before some of those with tons of experience. All brains don't work alike!

Thanks for posting the resolution. I'll be trying this next . . .
Mike in Kentucky

We have the same issue. A trough switch near horizontal to playfield? No wonder. Design needed an opto but may have been too early for optos.

I also get hang-ups on this switch occasionally. Adjusting the actuator wire is your best bet, but as you say, placement of the switch slot is not ideal, so there is no way to completely fix this 100%.

Do they make a weedless pinball?

See post #2095 in Fish Tales Casters Club......suggested adding a Cliffy slot protector to take care of ball hang ups in that location

Hi. I have experienced this problem with my Fish Tales machine and tried most of the suggestions. I concluded that the design of this switch was really the problem. I tried to find a replacement switch but these are hard to find and the space is tight, under the playfield, for a different switch configuration. Also the switch that was there was in bad shape (see photo). This was totally a mechanical issue so I was toying with another approach - using an opto. I prototyped up a solution and got it working. So I thought I would share. I still have a bit of clean up to make everything more permanent and borrow 5 volts from the PDB.

Few notes:
* I designed a 3D printed part to hold the LEDs. - Drilled LED holes separately.
* Purchased a opto sensor, removed the Emitter and Receiver, put an additional 70 ohm resistor to drop the current down. (Defect in the part)
* Purchased a relay that is triggered by a signal from the opto.

Here is what I prototyped with. I may need to update to more reliable parts - but lets see how this goes.
OPTO Sensor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I57HIJ0
Relay: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LW15A4W

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