Tag: big guns
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Rearranged the line-up
Making room to work on Taxi and set up some art studio space so I can make paintings again. Will end up bringing big guns to the office but need to finish up some work on it. Planning to repaint the space mission cab this summer, then maybe that gets sold. I think the garage…
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Playing pinball, not fixing
Been playing a lot and not fixing anything. Due to this, there is a growing number of issues to attend to. I need a day or two off to just focus, the post-work, post-9pm time is hard for me right now since I’ve been trying to get up early. Going to bring Big Guns to…
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Big Guns fixes
Finally fixed a real stinker of a problem on Big Guns with the help of a friendly pinsider. Game is finally fun to play, but the left kicker doesn’t kick (still hunting that problem down). Spent some time playing and rescued the Queen for the first time and got to enter my name. Fun.
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Good work day with E
Today some great pinball things happened. My oldest came out and worked on Big Guns with me for almost three hours. He enjoys soldering and has done a number of small electronics projects on his own, but this was the first time he’s worked with me on pinball. It was a blast. He is much…
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Big Guns: frustrations
More work with terrible results. I’m about ready to light this machine on fire and watch it burn. Made a new wire ball guide replacement for the top of the playfield (which turned out good). Replaced left side switches for the eject hole and cannon. Fixed a couple of broken solder joints for the guard…
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Parts from Marco
I now have the parts to make Big Guns work. New microswitches, diodes, fuses, board parts, wire for ball guides, new coils for the kickers because one was bad and the other not the right coil which I only realized when looking up the replacement part for the broken one that was not labeled. Excited…
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Big Guns and Taxi work
Still troubleshooting Big Guns. Getting some good help from Pinside on that but it’s terribly slow going and I feel confused about everything. In the meantime I got some LED strips from Comet that I plan to place under the cannon plastics in Big Guns to help light that area and the upper part of…
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Schematics to the rescue!
Got the new baby monitor for the little one’s room, so i was finally able to get out in the garage and try and get un-depressed about pinball. I ended up having a marathon session out there with mixed results. Surf Champ is running 100%!!!!!The good news is that, thanks to Nick’s help and this great…
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Big Guns odds and ends
Addressed a number of small issues on Big Guns. The right outlane has been KILLING me and i realized that i had a too-large rubber on the single post pictured above. Switched it to a smaller black one from Shadow and it makes the game so much better. Other things I did: There is one…