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Steve Ritchie discusses Pinball Playfield "Dimpling"

By StylesBitchly

6 years ago


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    Post #34 Ancient playfield pic for comparison Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)

    Post #100 Summary of Playfield hardness test with gauge by Procrastinator Posted by PinMonk (6 years ago)

    Post #117 Explanation of test method to determine wood hardness. Posted by swinks (6 years ago)

    Post #129 Comparing the size of dimples based on hardness. Posted by TimeBandit (6 years ago)

    Post #195 What is Maple plywood? How is it made? Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)


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    #51 6 years ago
    Quoted from NinJaBooT:

    How much was he paid to say that? I have EM's with zero dimpling and over 40,000 plays. I'm also hard pressed to find any dimples on any of my WMS/Bally games. All my Sterns have dimpling though some more excessive then others. I've just learned to live with the fact that Stern's playfields dimple. I think the Pinball Wizard Mr. Steve Ritchie has just lost some street cred in my eyes. I can't believe Stern is resorting to this style of propaganda? They must think we are stupid?

    Just his base salary.

    #127 6 years ago

    Where does one go to get their eyeballs calibrated for accuracy of these dimple-depth observation statements?

    #148 6 years ago
    Quoted from TimeBandit:

    indicated by the "$10k" hardness test machine.

    More like $200k for a basic one from Instron.

    #194 6 years ago
    Quoted from TheLaw:

    For fuck sakes. Can I get a "Pinside rating" on this thread? It's gotta be off the charts.

    Aboot 90.

    #207 6 years ago
    Quoted from Flowst:

    That said, I found his choice of eye wear distracting The video attempts to post a factual message but comes across condescending, which is unfortunate.

    He looks like a taller version of Eddie "The Brain" Creatchman.

    #393 6 years ago

    Dialed In cannot have dimples. It is simply the best-built, highest quality pin there is!

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    #685 5 years ago

    Let's get Steve "the king of flow" to weigh in on this.

    #701 5 years ago
    Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:

    What is the width & depth of a huge crater? What is the width & depth of a giant crater?

    It depends how your eyeballs are calibrated.

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