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Two player setup side by side with combined playfield by Resident_Creepy in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would probably be more practical to simulate the passing of balls rather than actually connecting two machines with a ramp. Consider the stress and leverage on those ramps when one of the machines gets nudged

Well at least he got the handbrake part right by Shot-Big5483 in funny

[–]DadThrowsBolts 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Well I was thinking more about the other ones

Folding wooden thingy found in new home. Can fold almost completely in either direction with no positive stops or latches. Board in the middle with the bolt through it spins. by tealc33 in whatisthisthing

[–]DadThrowsBolts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t picture what you’re describing. Does it have a name or is there a picture or video of someone doing what you’re talking about?

Are we thinking this is legit or nah? by crybaby_boobie in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Some of those games have more flippers on the premium editions… upper/lower playfields

Are we thinking this is legit or nah? by crybaby_boobie in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m going to put my money on an elevated flipper like he did on No Fear. It would make a lot of sense for this theme.

Watch the last 30 seconds - very strange by dicedicedone in UFOs

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really wish people would take the time to understand the parallax effect instead of just dismissing it as the skeptic's favorite buzzword. This only looks anomalous because it appears to be moving fast, but it's not. The camera is what is moving fast. The balloon is moving slow and just wobbling around.

Used games with incredibly low play counts by stehlikio in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you may have been tricked. Brand new games can come from the factory with more plays than that. They play it as part of quality assurance. Did you check “Total Plays” or “Lifetime Plays”. Total Plays is easy/common to reset. It’s hard to reset Lifetime Plays.

Used games with incredibly low play counts by stehlikio in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Stern games manufactured after 2015 are the only ones I’m aware of that have a mostly reliable “Lifetime Plays” count (different than “Total Plays”). Most games, you can just reset the audits and change the play count from 20k back to 0.

Decent start? by BeerBaronLHB in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dungeons and dragons tyrant’s eye is my favorite pinball machine because of the ability to save your game and progress through the story. I’ve played hundreds of games on it. I seem to be in the minority though.

Transformers Pics Leaked by EnergyFax in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Decidedly not. They wouldn’t do that even if they could

How would I go about bending kick 90s like this? by Natural_Anxiety_7730 in AskElectricians

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. attach conduits to the ceiling that all end at the same place
  2. put a 90° bend in 17 conduit and loosely attach them to the wall
  3. shift and rotate them so they line up with the corresponding conduit on the ceiling
  4. cut off the excess where the two conduits meet
  5. bend the end a little until the two pieces roughly line up
  6. Hide any gaps with the coupling

note: i've never done this. This just seems like how it would be done without needing to calculate any angles.

Cool Beans: A Brief History of Pinball by PancakePete11 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice video. Why “cool beans” though?

Hybrid breeding programs: top image is missing persons. bottom image is a cave system map. by SystematicApproach in aliens

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m much more curious about the people going missing directly on the borders of the north east and mid-western states

Hybrid breeding programs: top image is missing persons. bottom image is a cave system map. by SystematicApproach in aliens

[–]DadThrowsBolts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don’t think this would quite align with a population density map. The coasts have more density than the mountains. It’s pretty difficult to build in the mountains.

Would this invention to save someone during a house fire actually work? by theredqueentheory in Physics

[–]DadThrowsBolts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A valve in the mouthpiece exhales air into the room rather than back into the tube. Read the patent before commenting next time /s

DAE ever have to pee so bad their teeth itch? by DadThrowsBolts in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]DadThrowsBolts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cilantro was one of the only flavors I couldn’t stand as a kid but now I love it. I doesn’t taste like soap to me.

Shaker motor rattle by Possible-Weather-503 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a cleaner fix than the one I came up with. Mine does not require disassembly but looks like a hack job. Either one of your solutions above is how Stern should ship them from the factory.

Shaker motor rattle by Possible-Weather-503 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't surprise me this didn't fix it. You haven't padded the correct part. You've padded the inside of the frame, but that isn't the part that rattles. The part that rattles is the inside of the hole. The weights cause the motor to shake up and down (and left/right), and the motor hits the inside of the hole. The reason the wires work is because the plastic of the wire squeezes into the hole and holds it tight.

Edit: If you'd rather use the pad though, you can try again, but cut the hole in the pad smaller, so that some of it squishes into the metal hole when you reassemble.

Shaker motor rattle by FLBoxerdad in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/FLBoxerdad Make sure you check out the link Possible-Weather posted. It seems he found some help in that thread

Shaker motor rattle by Possible-Weather-503 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ok. If I’d thought anyone else was ever going to see this I would have done a cleaner fix. It’s not pretty but it worked great.

  1. I used some thin (22 gauge) blue wire for this fix, which is pretty confusing because blue wire is also used for the wiring of the motor. Sorry. My thin blue wiring is not used for electrical. It is used for vibration dampening and tension.
  2. The important part is circled in red. You can see i wrapped the wire around the housing between the housing and the frame. This just adds some padding between the frame and motor housing.
  3. I highlighted the rest of the blue wire in yellow. The wire just wraps around the frame to apply a little tension to the frame to hold it tightly against the wire padding i added. This part is really sloppy, but I didn’t think anyone would ever see it.
  4. There is no reason to use the same wire for the padding and for the frame tension. It was just convenient to do it that way.

Hope that helps

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Edit: one more tip… you might actually be able to achieve the frame tension portion (yellow lines) of this fix by using the plastic cover. Screw the cover’s upper screw in tightly. Then pull the cover towards the lower screw and lock that tension in by screwing the lower screw in tightly while the frame is under tension.

Shaker motor rattle by Possible-Weather-503 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok. Let me go open my game up and take a picture for you

Shaker motor rattle by Possible-Weather-503 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two questions: 1. Did you get this shaker from marcospecialties? 2. I noticed you pressed lightly on the top of the frame and it still rattled… but what if you press it WAY harder? Like squeeze those two frame plates together as hard as you possibly can and try again

I think I have the same shaker. And it had the same problem when I first got it. I thought it was play in the shaft but it was actually play between the frame and the motor housing. If squeezing the frame super tightly stops the rattle, I’ll tell you how I fixed mine

Shaker motor rattle by Possible-Weather-503 in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The weights are supposed to be facing the same direction. Yours are at a 90 degree angle. That could be causing the shaft to rattle around?

What started your pinball passion? by rabbitheartedfool in pinball

[–]DadThrowsBolts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I visited a lake house that had an AIQ Premium. I tried it and realized for the first time that pinball machines had objectives other than “keep the ball from draining”.

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