Hi all, just another mini update. Been working on the score reels and the match unit. As mentioned in my last post had a couple of small issues doing the score reels, both the 3rd and 4th player reels are now done, just the 1st and 2nd player reels and the credit unit to go.
One problem I ran into with the 4th player tens score reel was a badly worn plunger nylon lever, the hole being slightly elongated and sloppy. Because of this I couldn’t get the reel to advance properly when actuated by hand when I put it all back together, the lever wasn’t pulling in quite far enough to click into the teeth on the reel, because of the wear. Well… heres how I fixed it..I heated the nylon with my heat gun while pushing the lever onto the edge of the workbench, thus closing up the hole slightly! I was careful to heat it just enough for the nylon to give, then I took the heat away immediately (1st pic). This worked a treat, actually too good, because I then had to open the hole slightly with a drill bit (2nd pic) to get the lever to fit cleanly onto the plunger roll pin. This completely fixed the reel and it now works like a charm. I wasn’t too worried about ruining the lever with the heat gun, as I have and old Wms Superstar backbox in storage in Port Macquarie that I will be able to raid parts from if needed.
Last pic shows the bottom reels all back together and in place.
