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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: billstats on July 11, 2009, 11:15:21 PM
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just introducing myself (bill) from sydney,I am interested in talking to fellow pinballers about restoring 1930,s-1970,s...I like post 1970,s as well but concentrating on older ones at the moment. %)%
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Hi there, welcome to Aussie Pinball.....
If you get the chance please introduce yourself in the intro section *%*
What Williams pin is it?
In regard to to the manual ball load jamming, you will need to pull the entire untit apart, clean and rebuild.
This is common for games of this vintage....
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()g,day mate ,its a crossword,just figured it has a lock relay ,looks like it has a cut wire on the start button, i only started working on it yesterday,thanks for the info on the ball lift,i have taken the split pin off the front ,i have had seized ball shooter before ,& i ground off the rust gently with a grinder,so is it the same .......
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Real nice game Bill and good to see somebody else into woodrails...there are a few of us here.
Do you have any other pins from the same vintage?
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%)% Bill
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Hi Bill - I removed the poll as I think it was not what you intended.
%)% to Aussie Pinball !
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Real nice game Bill and good to see somebody else into woodrails...there are a few of us here.
Do you have any other pins from the same vintage?
sorry for the late reply ....I have a few of the woodrails, thankfully they are in decent condition ,I have some of the real old pre -flipper, early to late forties(uniteds) not as well engineered as your williams $#$& gottliebs but they are still good solid machines.Ive got a Havana,mexico,arizona...a williams cyclone & dynamite...what about yourself mainly gottliebs?
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%)% Bill
&^&thanks for the welcome! I am trying to work out how to introduce myself! looking forward to talking pinball....bill ^&^
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Hi Bill - I removed the poll as I think it was not what you intended. #*#gday srangeways,thanks for the welcome,,i am looking forward to talking pinball! <..>
%)% to Aussie Pinball !
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%)% Bill
$.$gday ktm 450, thanks for the welcome...I am trying to work out the different categories of this forum! I,m hopless with computers etc, but am keen to talk pinball! *%*........bill
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%)% Bill
&^&thanks for the welcome! I am trying to work out how to introduce myself! looking forward to talking pinball....bill ^&^
Well you've come to the right place to talk pinball!! %)%
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Welcome aboard, great time to get involved in the forum with so many parts coming in to the country, Pinball Museum on the go, and a couple of new pinball machines being built by the Coconut Island guys.
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G'day Bill & welcome aboard mate.
Good to have a few more Sydney peeps joining, although it seems Victoria is the pinball capital of Australia ;)
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yeah Vic is the pinball brothel of australia
!^! %.%
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ha ha, that's funny right there :lol
I'd move there in a heartbeat if the wife didn't like the cold.
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yeah Vic is the pinball brothel of australia
!^! %.%
I 2nd that
and $.$ and %)%
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Good to have a few more Sydney peeps joining, although it seems Victoria is the pinball capital of Australia ;)
With the amount of parts coming in, you would give Melbourne a chance at pinball capital of the world...
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G'day Bill & welcome aboard mate.
Good to have a few more Sydney peeps joining, although it seems Victoria is the pinball capital of Australia ;)
$#$thanks for the welcome ,yeah your right its all happening down there ,I am into the older 40,s -70,s electros....I have a question ,have u ever knocked the playfield light iserts out? I am restoring a gotlieb 4 square with sunken inserts ,& wondering if they crack if u whack them from underneath. ^&^
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You should be able to gently tap them out from underneath without any issues....
Another cool game you have there!
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Welcome aboard, great time to get involved in the forum with so many parts coming in to the country, Pinball Museum on the go, and a couple of new pinball machines being built by the Coconut Island guys.
$#$gday aj , thanks for the welcome ,who are the coconut island guys ,& have they got a production pinball machine? ....bill !@)
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Welcome aboard, great time to get involved in the forum with so many parts coming in to the country, Pinball Museum on the go, and a couple of new pinball machines being built by the Coconut Island guys.
$#$gday aj , thanks for the welcome ,who are the coconut island guys ,& have they got a production pinball machine? ....bill !@)
Basically they are a couple of backyarders from Geelong, one of whom has designed a pinball control system in Visual Basic. It uses a standard PC as the controller, and from memory it uses some sort of video gaming switch matrix to interface with the playfield.
They have built one pinball machine to date out of secondhand parts, entitled 'Coconut Island'. It debuted earlier this year at the Pinball Expo in Sydney.
They now have another two machines on the go. One is themed Ghosts 'n' Goblins, the other is still under wraps.
No one is doing production machines at the moment apart from Stern.
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G'day Bill, I'm one of the CI guys, Nug is the brains but doesn't get on line too much. Pretty much what Andrew said, we're working on another couple of games, NPC-002 and Ghost 'n Goblins.
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Welcome!
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J.D #*# #*# #*#
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G'day Bill, I'm one of the CI guys, Nug is the brains but doesn't get on line too much. Pretty much what Andrew said, we're working on another couple of games, NPC-002 and Ghost 'n Goblins.
$#$G,day pinnie ,Wow that is amazing that u guys had the brains & the enthusiasm to create your own machine.did u use flippers & pop bumpers off donor machines?...Is it a modern type layout? or have u used older bally ,williams st ^^^yle parts?...bill
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You should be able to gently tap them out from underneath without any issues....
Another cool game you have there!
$#$thanks for the tip ,I had a bit of a go at it before work this morning,I used one of the outlane inserts,I put a bit too much glue on ,so i worked out ,just a little glue & that should do it,all the inserts have sunken a couple of millimetres ,so i added them all up 40 inserts altogether,re-gluing them should keep me out of trouble for a month!....bill !!@
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yeah Vic is the pinball brothel of australia
!^! %.%
I 2nd that
and $.$ and %)%
&^&gday spur ,thanks for the welcome!...bill *%*
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Welcome aboard, great time to get involved in the forum with so many parts coming in to the country, Pinball Museum on the go, and a couple of new pinball machines being built by the Coconut Island guys.
$#$gday aj , thanks for the welcome ,who are the coconut island guys ,& have they got a production pinball machine? ....bill !@)
Basically they are a couple of backyarders from Geelong, one of whom has designed a pinball control system in Visual Basic. It uses a standard PC as the controller, and from memory it uses some sort of video gaming switch matrix to interface with the playfield.
They have built one pinball machine to date out of secondhand parts, entitled 'Coconut Island'. It debuted earlier this year at the Pinball Expo in Sydney.
They now have another two machines on the go. One is themed Ghosts 'n' Goblins, the other is still under wraps.
No one is doing production machines at the moment apart from Stern. %$%gday aj, that sounds unreal ,I went to the sydney expo ,I did not notice that coconut machine, although the hall was packed with pushy ,sydneysiders....So obviously the guys have been working on these machines for quite a while... $#$
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Which day did you go to the Expo?
Coconut Island was only there for one day - the Saturday. So you may have missed it if you only attended on the Sunday.
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Which day did you go to the Expo?
Coconut Island was only there for one day - the Saturday. So you may have missed it if you only attended on the Sunday.
$#$I went to the expo on the saturday ,& it was chockers. It sucked waiting to play a game ,I went to the 3day Texas U.S.A ,expo & found it very organized.Gary stern had a seminar on his business,it was cool ,u could ask him anything about stern pinball.He only looks forward when talking pinball, as a few people were asking about releasing some retro style pins ,(but he wouldnt have a bar of it) ,he only wants his business moving forward. (((
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Which day did you go to the Expo?
Coconut Island was only there for one day - the Saturday. So you may have missed it if you only attended on the Sunday.
$#$I went to the expo on the saturday ,& it was chockers. It sucked waiting to play a game ,I went to the 3day Texas U.S.A ,expo & found it very organized.Gary stern had a seminar on his business,it was cool ,u could ask him anything about stern pinball.He only looks forward when talking pinball, as a few people were asking about releasing some retro style pins ,(but he wouldnt have a bar of it) ,he only wants his business moving forward. (((
Yeah, sounds like you came in later in the morning or in the afternoon. Early Saturday morning you could actually get on games straight away. Coconut Island was over near the RHS wall as you looked toward the front of the hall, and it was next to the AP stand.
There is no doubt the response to the Expo was bigger than expected! I imagine they might try for a larger venue and more machines on the floor next time.
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Hi Bill,
A big %)% to the forum.
Heaps of exciting things happening around here.
If you're not sure on something , sing out . There are plenty of helpfull guys and girls here.
Chris
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Hi Bill,
A big %)% to the forum.
Heaps of exciting things happening around here.
If you're not sure on something , sing out . There are plenty of helpfull guys and girls here.
Chris
<..>gday chris, thanks for the welcome.I have 2 machines on the go at the moment ...I have a Gott,4square 71-model/ & a 59 model ,williams crossword....the 4 square doesnt want to start at the moment, it resets ok, i push the start button on coin door ,but it doesnt fire,I will have a look at the player unit ,I have gently cleaned most of the points, but i dont have a manual on this machine.....any suggestions? <.>
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Probably the best idea is to start a new thread in the repairs/problems section - otherwise this might get lost in here.