Quote from Homepin:
"How pinball machines work, and what to do about to do about it when they don't":
I hope the book will focus more on the 'how it work, rather than on the repairs side, as is nicely implied by the title. I also hope it is a high quality print & binding.
The few repair books I've seen are printed as cheap as possible, bordering on being disposable. There is a missing market for a 'coffee table' type book for people who simply want to know the workings of a machine and read it beside their 'coffee table' and not in a garage.
Location Pins:
I've found the best maintained machines are the once that operators charge $2 per game. Those same operators always rotate games and invest in new games. The worst maintained games are never rotated - they are normally $1 per game. I've only been into pinball for the last 3 years or so, and I initially thought $2 per game was high. I'd now rather support the top tier '$2' operators, rather than the bottom feeder '$1' operators who never by new machines. If we only had $1 operators, the industry would be dead. You get what you pay for.
