On 5/23/2022 8:03 PM, macR wrote:
Anyone know what specific size/type of pinball this game requires? The playability of this one is very determined by the ball and the ‘bounce’ factor. The side bounce rails are aged and we’ve tried to restore the rubberiness of them to little
effect. I wonder too if there’s a nominal replacement so that correct size/type pinball does its bounce properly. It’s fully functional otherwise, and I’d like to have it completely playable.
https://quarterbyte.blogspot.com/2011/04/
Any information you could provide would be sincerely appreciated.
Thanks!
The Pinball Resource shows sizes available from 3/4" up.
http://pbresource.com/Balls.html
In my old games there are ball trails on the metal arc. Measuring that
gives 1/2 the diameter of the ball. Height of bumpers is also a clue.
That said, rejuvenating 85 year old rubber sounds like a challenge.
I'm curious as to how the "Radio Ray" worked. In your picture it looks
like mirrors so I'm guessing it's a single light beam following the
criss-cross lines? CDS photoresistors may have existed that long ago,
but I have no idea how that would have triggered a score given that
there were no transistors.
- Kerry
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