Oh no keep mic away from that saw. He already had one pinball related injury today.

En hy is on his phone playing again

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Si excellent !! Love love

Me too , I love this topic and the Pinball amigoooooooooooooooooos

I love the front door & sound effects.

Awesome job Amigos. Now I am going to go out and have a few beers - so I will catch up on the remaining Minion action tomorrow while I lie around on the couch recovering.

Exellente. J'attends mon machine-a-boule "Minions LE" numero un!

I like the real time of this topic
For your plastic , why you don't take "Lexan or Macrolon" , I think you have "plexiglass" (PMMA) it's not good and easy to work , and the Lexan is more more more stronger

I just heard about this project and love it. Thanks for sharing the progress.

Ah, it feels good to read the Friday update after coming home. Extra pinball goodness. Thanks, Amigos!

Aaaabsolutely!

swinks:
what is the diameter of the "eye" portion of the shooter rod handle?

I'm thinking that one of these might be a perfect fit for that
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people (and the pinball companies) need to either:
a) go to off-board battery holders
or
b) go back to using carbon zinc batteries (those do not leak!
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hey j_m, 27.3mm id

I believe that alkaline batteries have become the norm simply because they last longer (much better shelf life) and that they are able to maintain the specified voltage output a lot better

from http://michaelbluejay.com/batteries/disposable.html:
"Alkalines became popular in the 1970's, as a high-capacity replacement for wimpy Carbon Zinc batteries (e.g., "Heavy Duty" and "General Purpose" batteries). Alkalines last 2-11x as long as these older batteries. (Energizer) There are two distinguishing features of alkalines: First is their long shelf life—they've still got plenty of energy even after sitting around for seven years (vs. rechargeable batteries, which lose their charge much faster), and that they're prone to leaking."

From Wikipedia -

Zinc carbon cells have a short shelf life as the zinc is attacked by ammonium chloride. The zinc container becomes thinner as the cell is used, because zinc metal is oxidized to zinc ions. When the zinc case thins enough, zinc chloride begins to leak out of the battery. The old dry cell is not leak proof and becomes very sticky as the paste leaks through the holes in the zinc case

I've switched to Lithium AA batteries, like the Energizer Ultimate Lithium. Supposed to last a long time and never leak.
http://a.co/eQ2sNcR

The only real answer to any and all battery replacement is NVRAM.

which is great for all games except those that keep track of the date/time for "real time" events like midnight madness. NVRAM doesn't update the machine's internal clock when the machine isn't powered on

Missed a couple weeks but finally caught up again, progress is awesome and watching all the little things come together is just pure magic! Giving me lots of inspiration to start my own re-theme couldn't imagine building a game from scratch like you guys, truly impressive cant wait until tomorrow.

Yeah, this is news to me too. But luckily none of my games have a midnight mode so NVRAM is still the best option for me.

as they say "math is hard!"

nah. Midnight madness is just a gimick anyway.

I actually experience it more often with NVRAM since RTC still moves when the game is on. Before I was never up at midnight to play my games, and setting your clock off so you get it all the time ruins it.

JMHO, but installing NVRAM is way more important than seeing madness once in a blue moon. Esp since they are all a gimick and essentially the same.