OHEMIO
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A Sunday morning question...
What EM's are you working on this Sunday? Me I'm finally going to jump back into figuring out an new issue with my CDI Criss Cross Ski.
A few months ago I moved into a new residence and had to move my arcade collection twice. Old residence to storage, storage to new residence. Although most games faired well in transport my 67' CDI Skiball did not.
I began to have a frame issue - just like a bowling game has 10 frames my ski has four. It would not switch frames consistently. Every time I thought I had it fixed it would show it's ugly face. Now that I've begun to tear down and clean the step units another problem has returned upon testing. The game is now self scoring though game over.
Yesterday I was watching a youtube vid on repairing ball bowlers from Mickey up in Rodchester, NY and I realized that I may have warped boards on my stepper units. He stated it's a common problem with bowlers. That over time they bow outward.
Thus causing erratic play. In the vid he states that just bending the fingers will not work.
His fix was to take a 5"L x 1/2"W x 3/4"D wood block and affix it to the underside of the printed board of the step unit on one side. Here is the youtube vid where in part of it he explains the issue (right around the 4 min. mark)
So I thought I'd share this information with all of you as us self taught EM'ers are always thirsty for knowledge. I've never met Mickey as I've not been on the circuit for long but can tell he's a great guy for sharing this information with everyone regarding tricks of the hobby.
Have a good sunday guys...
OHEMIO
What EM's are you working on this Sunday? Me I'm finally going to jump back into figuring out an new issue with my CDI Criss Cross Ski.
A few months ago I moved into a new residence and had to move my arcade collection twice. Old residence to storage, storage to new residence. Although most games faired well in transport my 67' CDI Skiball did not.
I began to have a frame issue - just like a bowling game has 10 frames my ski has four. It would not switch frames consistently. Every time I thought I had it fixed it would show it's ugly face. Now that I've begun to tear down and clean the step units another problem has returned upon testing. The game is now self scoring though game over.
Yesterday I was watching a youtube vid on repairing ball bowlers from Mickey up in Rodchester, NY and I realized that I may have warped boards on my stepper units. He stated it's a common problem with bowlers. That over time they bow outward.
Thus causing erratic play. In the vid he states that just bending the fingers will not work.
His fix was to take a 5"L x 1/2"W x 3/4"D wood block and affix it to the underside of the printed board of the step unit on one side. Here is the youtube vid where in part of it he explains the issue (right around the 4 min. mark)
So I thought I'd share this information with all of you as us self taught EM'ers are always thirsty for knowledge. I've never met Mickey as I've not been on the circuit for long but can tell he's a great guy for sharing this information with everyone regarding tricks of the hobby.
Have a good sunday guys...
OHEMIO
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