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Played my first game'o'whirlwind many years ago in a bar in France where they had 2 new machines. A Funhouse and a Whirlwind on which me and my wife played quite a few games. Guess who owns both of those machines now and will never get rid of them.

I always loved both machines, Funhouse is more beautiful, complex and appealing but I play Whirlwind a whole lot more. At the time I played this machine for the first time I was blown away (you see what I did there ) by the spinning disks and I never stopped loving it. What a great game to play.
Nowadays Whirlwind is pushed to the background somewhat by all those great new pins we are presented with allthough I always love to get up to my WW to play a decent Williams game. Fast, easy, satisfying.

I once owned an Earthshaker too, next to FH en WW this is a great combo. See Chris Bucci's youtube video on the Earthshaker and see what I mean. Unfortunately I got rid of it and have regretted it ever since. Maybe once I will own it again, it's back on my wishlist.

WW is next in line to be fully restored. Bought it several years ago for a good price (€550,- which is like $600 I guess), is in decent shape and is playing like a charm untill now. The optical condition is fair, but got a lot of dirt, plastics are broking, ramps are bad. All those parts are purchased new and are waiting for the complete overhaul. I will start on this project very soon and am looking forward to it.

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I can help you on a homemade board for that triac board. Did that for a friend of mine and it works like a charm, the schematics aren't too difficult.

1. Place this square thingie back in the metal box
2. That's some serious out of the box fusing. Place a fuse holder! (While you're at it, add an NTC as well to prevent your home fusebox from switching off once in a while.

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"Finger in dike" imo is a referal to "Hansje Brinker", a dutch kid who stuck his finger in the dike to prevent the backland from flooding. A sort of a life saver in his own little way.