Hi Pachinko Maniacs:

I'm a newbie to the group, and a newbie as an owner of these beautiful machines. My wife is a bit concerned since she knows what happens when I take on a new hobby. Go all-out!

Forgive me if I'm missing something here, but I've searched and I've read, and read, and read, and see a lot of people talking about lifting balls with a rotating screw, but has anyone here done it yet?

I have several ideas for creating a quickly moving, non-jamming ball lifter (including one not discussed here, believe it or not) but I think that the Archimede's Screw would be the coolest and deserving of high visibility up the side of one of my oak cabinets.

Any actual examples out there to share, actually being put into use on a Pachinko machine with a full 3ft lift?

Thanks! Looking forward to spending many hours with you.