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Bozo the Clown
makes parts to fix the drop target bank |
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Have you ever taken apart a Gottlieb drop target bank? If so, you have
seen parts that look like this. Who designed this part? What
does it look like to you? Why does it need to look like this? We had good laugh about that design. |
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Below is the story of how we made a part for the drop target
bank. It is the part that closes a switch telling the game that all
targets are down. Without this part, the special would not light when
all targets in the bank are down. Obviously, this is an important
part. Unfortunately, not only was it broken, it was completely gone so
we had to start almost from scratch. I say almost because I had a drop
target bank from a Jumping Jack. The only problem was that it was too
long. 7 targets in the Big Shot bank, 10 in the Jumping Jack. So
we had to shorten it. This was Dave's job. Here is the result
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To the left is the first try. Dave
cut the Jumping Jack part into 3 pieces and joined them together with glue.
First of all, he forgot to mix the epoxy, second, after we riveted it
together and put the bank together, we discovered that the splice he did was
fine on one side, but on the back, it interfered with the penis shaped part
shown up by Bozo. What should we do now?
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We couldn't take it back apart without a
major problem. I had the brilliant idea that we could simply grind off the
side that was causing the interference problem. First, I used a
screwdriver to bend it back, then I started grinding.
These pictures show the wrong way to use the grinder. Although, I
did have safety in mind when I put on the glasses, I was too lazy to put on
shoes. I can tell you that the sparks and small chips shooting off the
grinder did not feel very good on my feet. Lesson learned - never wear
Birkenstocks when using a grinder. OK, I can hear some of you saying
"why don't you put on socks?" Obviously that would have caught my feet
on fire and that would have been a bad day.
Please no wise cracks about that pig pen I call a workshop.
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We also had to make a thin reinforcement
part because there was a hairline crack at one of the elbows. You can
see that on the part to the left.
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Complete - works like a champ. |
| The final version had some screws that I
turned into rivets by squeezing them in the vise. This was another act
of butchery that I didn't bother documenting. Speaking of butchery,
did you check out the worst act of butchery I have ever seen on a pinball
game: Dealers Choice Hack |
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