Sure does. Pinmonk to the rescue. On flying, draining airballs that is.

How are people getting the larger t nuts to embed in the playfield? Just push? I imagine you don't want to torque it down.

So basically nothing has changed at all on any of the new GNR playfields. Unreal. Mirco need to go, this is trash

On the upper PF, just a hammer since you will have the upper PF removed to do it and access is then easy. Just be careful to protect the top of the PF with cloth etc. when hammering it in.

For the 2 in the pops a hammer with some sort of extension like a bit of wood or i used a long socket a bit smaller than the width of the tnut base.

To remove the old one, just a small flathead screwdriver is enough to work it loose.

Can i donate for fruit?

My magnet coil got defect. So what is the common way to fix it? Get a new one from JJP, that will fail again after some time? Or follow the sticky post here and shortcut the thermal fuse? Or should I put in a 23.800 coil without the fuse instead? Have you any recommendations?

It's not a thermal fuse, it's a thermal switch that is supposed to open and close based on heat.

Dunno about the 23-800 coil, but I think bypassing the thermal switch so the coil is always on is a bad idea given how much heat it generates.

I’m looking for the mod decal that sits on the left drum symbol. I think it’s the brand name of the drums? Where can I get one?

You mean the Zildjian clear sticker?

https://www.pingraffix.com/product-page/guns-n-roses-cymbal-decals

Or the Sabian one?

https://www.pingraffix.com/product-page/guns-n-roses-cymbal-decals-option-2

yes, coming in this week. just shipped yesterday

Either I guess lol thank you again!

I think back in the appetite days was zildjen
But If you want to be authentic and consistent with the Not in this lifetime tour theme of the pin, you should order sabian

Looks great cayenne!!

My May playfield June build LE has all the updated post assemblies from the factory. I bought all the stuff to upgrade but didn’t need to. Fortunately no pooling or chipping so far. It’s beyond belief that the games were allowed to be sold in the condition that I’ve seen in pictures with no and no warranty to rectify this to make the customer happy!

I remember when I used to consider flying, draining air balls a good time!

I cool the coil after removing the defective thermal switch.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4944210

And it wasn't a lot of work there.
The pinballcoils too.

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Hi Agima2000, I like your work (really nice man), but how/where do you connect the fans to? What I mean is: where do you get the power from somewhere on the playfield...? Could you show me with a picture or other?
Thanx!

Hi everyone! I’m still waiting on my GNR LE (hopefully will get here by mid-September) but this being my first pinball ever I have been lurking Pinside for a while to learn about the hobby and be ready by the time my LE gets home. I already purchased all the must haves for this pin (PinMonk’s cooling kit, PinWoofer and a bunch of stuff from Titan pinball).

That being said, the 2 posts above made me wonder: PinMonk have you thought of adding a fan for cooling the big magnet in the back?. Your kit already have an extra plug so it might be a matter of just adding one additional fan and bracket (not sure about length of cable being that I don’t have my machine yet)

I always use an additional power supply for my mods, which I connect to the main switch of the pinball machine.
I don't want to connect anything directly to the pinball electronics.

Same exact issue on mine.

Hmm, can someone explain to me why don't I own a 3d printer yet?

yes.. The artwork there is fugged already where the pooling is . it moved with the ripple .. No longer attached to wood. best case scenario is hot round iron and press it flat and clear washer it. I did not do iron trick to mine due to it was too late and the pooling part came off with the post when i was going to put the iron and new pteg washer to it but the ripple stuck to said post washer and art gone... be very carefull with this

Inbreeding?

Sorry, first thing that came to mind.

big mistake
there are great things you can do with it for your pinball machine.

Wasn't talking to you anyway.

Yes, but I want to gather temp data of the magnet before I jump into that so I have a baseline. The diverter coil also gets VERY hot, well over 200F.

Considering the number of coils we need to cool, I'm wondering if the fan below would be more efficient?

In all seriousness, thanks for designing all your fan solutions. The pair on my DP made a noticeable difference, and I'll be ordering a GNR set as soon as my unit ships. Which will probably be well after you finish designs for the diverter and magnet

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Haha. Noise might be a problem.

I'm actually really interested to know what the temps are on the magnet coil after an hour or two of play. I bet they're similar to the scorching diverter coil, but not quite as hot. Can't wait to get my machine and test.

So there’s a problem with the magnet coil deactivating when it gets hot because of a thermal switch?

Yea - Steven Adler was the drummer during Appetite - but he danced with mr brownstone too much and got canned. Frank has been with the band since 2006.

I just saw the boys in Vegas on Friday - they sounded great! Axl has lost all of the extra weight he was sporting on the last tour. The new Allegiant stadium was really nice too.

I *believe* it's designed to cut power to the coil if it gets too hot, then the switch resets when the temp is below a certain threshold, restoring power to the coil automagically. However, the thermal switch seems to be dying. My *guess* is the high usage of the magnet is making the coil always very hot, triggering the switch too frequently and killing it.

Or JJP went to the lowest bidder and that's not the best idea in China.

Bypassing the wrapped-in thermal switch is a bad idea if the coil is getting so hot (seen an Addams family playfield yellowed, browned or burned from with overheated "The Power" coils?). Active cooling will likely completely solve the issue, but I want to gather baseline temperature data on the stock magnet coil under heavy use first.

Get on it Monk!

To chime in a bit on this; I’m on my 2nd coil from JJP and it’s been running like a champ *knock on wood*. I think pinmonk is correct, that the design is to have an auto reset, i.e. gets too hot > trips and won’t work until it cools down. I’ve experienced this with the new coil. But previous coils, like my first, totally blew the switch.

All in all; if you have a failed magnet, I’d recommend getting a replacement from JJP and run with that. Despite popular belief, it was a painless experience and got my new magnet fairly quickly. Could be different now with all the supply issues, but that’s my 2 cents.

How do magnets even fail? The DE GNR magnets are way more complex and still work after almost 30 years

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Lol.. Chaka I know this is probably not hard for you to believe but you're even funnier than you look.

Thank you, I resemble that remark

It's not the magnet that's failing in most cases, it's the thermal switch JJP ADDED to the magnet that fails and disables the magnet permanently.

Different point of failure that only seems the same at first glance. And it's probably getting a lot hotter because it's used more than the DE one.

EDIT: The PEPI ST series thermal switch is the cheapest, crappiest one they sell, and only rated at 5A. The W series has a rectangular sensor and seems a LOT more robust, rated at 10A. So probably a case of JJP just going with the cheapest thing and it biting them like the servos.

Ah, ok. Strange. Maybe another PinMonk mod is needed to keep it cool?

Haven’t checked the magnet coil for heat but I did notice how hot my flipper coils got on the first day I received the game. The right one especially has really hot. Did the latest update on the second day and my coils get nowhere near as hot now. In fact not even a concern now. Has the latest update changed something?

The software did improve the situation, but the flipper coils will still get hot and fade over time, even faster with trap play.

Once I get my GnR this month and can get some baseline temp testing on the magnet coil, I can go to work on it.

what everybody but me has hot coils and magnets ?
I seriously do not have these issues .

I have a theory that the heat is coming not from the magnet use (which is not THAT frequent) but the upper right flipper on the same rail. It is quite possible that a cooled upper right flipper keeps the magnet cool too. I have not methodically tested this though. I cut out my fuse and yolo'd without it.

When I test to get the baseline, I'll be able to see temps on both in realtime, and it seems like that would be obvious if that were the case.

First time nailing 3 separate power chords in one song with a 6, 5 and a 3. All during Welcome to the Jungle.

Since we keep talking about the magnet above the Axl lanes, what exactly causes that to grab the ball? it seems like maybe once at the start of the game and once after a song mine will grab it, but that's about it. Is there something that's supposed to get it to stop there?

Current torque specification on outlane movable posts?

When do the official JJP inner art blades for the LE go on sale and where can one purchase them? I saw an announcement and pics, but don't see them for sale anywhere. Not available yet?

• pre-song to collect letters and qualify AXL
• during a song when AXL is the active member and has not been collected yet for the frenzy revolver.
• usually (not always) when lanes are lit for song shots.

My magnet failed after one week got a replacment two weeks ago and that one failed after two days. Ken told me they used low quality components on the first batch of magnets. So it is strange why my second magnet failed so fast.