Semi-cyclic Lumina Cells

[birdbrain]

I have now done this to 4 different cells and they are all the same. Julie,Casino,Star wars, Galaxy express.
this mod does not reroute the ball dump track ( they will still dump out the back when you open the ball dump) but all lost balls and win pocket balls will no come to the lower front tray.
open door , swing ball track door out of your way. look at lower part of rear cell.
Pic #1: remove the clear panel shown. one screw and 5 clips. ( right end may be pinched by hinge mount. you may have to wiggle it a little.
Pic #2: cut away bottom of ball track at point shown by screwdriver. use the removed piece to block the ball track to the right.hot glue gun works great.
Pic #3: cut away lower plastic as shown. remove the ball ramp below this area first for easy access. (held on with 3 screws) now look down on the ball ramp you have removed and cut away top piece to allow balls to drop into ramp.( this will require the removal of a screw holding the top cover in place) now glue the top cover back on and reinstall all parts.

[Lddrizzt]

Hey BB,
When this was posted last year, we outlined the sections with red, blue, yellow, and sometimes green lines to make it easier for the members to see where the cuts start and end. And what sections to remove.
Just a thought.

[birdbrain]

Remove plastic as shown by red lines.
add plastic as shown by green line

blue = original ball path
yellow = new ball path

[Sid]

wheres the Blue and yellow ???

[luckydog]

pickey---pickey

[Lddrizzt]

There ya go!
Now it looks more like what we posted before.

[birdbrain]

this mod takes about 15 mins. including heat up time for the glue gun

[DaStooge]

can these semi-cyclic and or cyclic mod tuts be stickied or put in a subsection of mods and tech issues? Just a thought but sometimes past posts are missed and/or difficult to find.

[H20Dreams]

This would be a great mod to put on video... I am curious to try this mod, but just not comfortable with the idea yet

[fronzdan]

Yep, it's easy! Go for it.

I ended up using a tiny saw to cut the plastic. The wire cutters I have weren't big enough to cut all the way down without hacking up the plastic. I used an exacto to score the final (third) side of each piece and did the back and forth wiggle to break it off.

[H20Dreams]

I have a crapy pachinko machine (Fever Circus from Valley Gaming) that I may just use to experiment on!

I am not sure why.... I just laugh everytime I see this.... valley gaming

Did these Valley Gaming piss you off Tulsa???

[fronzdan]

Keep in mind, the Valley Gaming machine isn't in a Lumina (I don't think) so your mod will probably be different than the one BB posted.

[dattia]

Did these Valley Gaming piss you off Tulsa???

I think the answer to that is quite obvious...

[arbycoffee]

here is what I posted over a year ago on howto change to open (Cyclic to front) or closed (Parlor Ready) position. . . . . .




Clear cover on





Clear cover off






The Red would need to be cut away and the Blue would need to be made to stop the balls.




Shows a Blue gate that if turned 180 degrees makes it Cyclic to the ball tray in front.
Two screws hold it in open (Cyclic to front) or closed (Parlor Ready) position.

This gate would have to be made of heaver plastic or metal.

[birdbrain]

see i told you guys he's a genius!! i never saw this post sorry.

[arbycoffee]

see i told you guys he's a genius!! i never saw this post sorry.

No I am not one, I am sorry you didn't see it and save youyself alot of time.

I never went on and did the gate set up to be able to change it back and forth.
I got into doing something else to get the gate fully designed.

Again Sorry You didn't see it.

[birdbrain]

it only took about 10 mins to figure out. thanks for all you do around here!

[dishpan]

It's great that we have a pool of creative talent here to draw upon. The interaction, brainstorming and multiple views at tackling the same problem, that occurs here is an incredible resource for everyone.

That among other things makes this a very special site.

The off-the-wall humour helps too!

[Sid]

It's great that we have a pool of creative talent here to draw upon. The interaction, brainstorming and multiple views at tackling the same problem, that occurs here is an incredible resource for everyone.

That among other things makes this a very special site.


The off-the-wall humour helps too!

So very true...


and the people cant be beat either..

[arbycoffee]

yes you can beat us, but it would leave a mark. My wife would ask questions.