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Star Gazer Rising!

By Fytr

7 years ago


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#30 7 years ago
Quoted from Fytr:

Having now played a few games I'm finding the flippers to be plenty strong enough. I'm even getting a fair number of balls hitting the glass after hitting a post, etc. I figure I can either increase the eos switch gap to try to weaken the flippers a bit, or possibly increase the playfield slope angle.
I looked in the manual but couldn't find any reference to the intended playfield angle. The game is currently at about 5.6 degrees.
Can someone post what the spec. is for playfield angle on a classic Stern?

No surprise, you ordered the higher power coils.

No playfield angle spec that I'm aware of, but anywhere around 6 degrees should be good. Depends on the game, of course. I set my Meteor over 7 degrees.

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#52 7 years ago
Quoted from Fytr:

Time for some board work.
I cleaned up the MPU board, removing the solder mask along the bottom edge with a copper brush on a dremel. When my copper brush wore out I switched to a grinding stone which also worked but ended scratching the board in a few spots (mild cosmetic damage).

The best dremel tool for this is the abrasive buffs. They will strip the mask without tearing up the board or copper traces. You can also use them to remove tarnish on switch contacts and clean rust off metal parts. Best attachment for pinball use IMO.

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