The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. I got out of the hospital yesterday.
In completely unrelated matters, let's talk about pinball electrical safety. Like with many other safety related issues, things have gotten safer as the regulations have gotten tighter. But unlike with a lot of very old machines that have long since been junked, pinball machines that are 50 years old are not that rare sight.
But inside you might find some really iffy things. The main power switch is one such example. I've seen 60s games where there's no shrink tubing at all in the power switch contacts. There's also no any kind of over on it either! I've seen some games that have been certified to Finland and those have had distributor made mods which usually adds some kind of protection over the switch, my Contact for example has such cover.
But here's my #freecadfriday project, a set of covert intended for Gottlieb and Williams 60s to early 80s games. The part comes in 3 variations depending on the game brand and switch height. Print one today, don't get shocked!
Download here:
https://www.printables.com/model/1619759-classic-pinball-machine-power-switch-safety-cover -
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. I got out of the hospital yesterday.
In completely unrelated matters, let's talk about pinball electrical safety. Like with many other safety related issues, things have gotten safer as the regulations have gotten tighter. But unlike with a lot of very old machines that have long since been junked, pinball machines that are 50 years old are not that rare sight.
But inside you might find some really iffy things. The main power switch is one such example. I've seen 60s games where there's no shrink tubing at all in the power switch contacts. There's also no any kind of over on it either! I've seen some games that have been certified to Finland and those have had distributor made mods which usually adds some kind of protection over the switch, my Contact for example has such cover.
But here's my #freecadfriday project, a set of covert intended for Gottlieb and Williams 60s to early 80s games. The part comes in 3 variations depending on the game brand and switch height. Print one today, don't get shocked!
Download here:
https://www.printables.com/model/1619759-classic-pinball-machine-power-switch-safety-cover@apzpins Oh my, I hope you don't have any lasting results from needing to go to hospital!
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