Nishijin B modified to return balls
Just accidentally got my second pachinko machine today (yes, it was accidental, and no, my wife doesn’t know), and as I was giving it an initial inspection I noticed that a previous owner (?) modded the ball chutes to return winners and gutter balls to the overflow tray:
3AD3C809-75F0-4C87-AA54-806A4E8C681C.jpeg
They added a spring running from the winning ball dump chute to one side of the overflow chute...
78970684-010F-444A-AF0D-F2DE73AAB9FA.jpeg
and cut a flap in the other side of the overflow chute so that gutter balls would be redirected into the lower tray...
2CD730C0-9EAB-4C65-BF40-ED44F97D4DF2.jpeg
It was instantly clear what they’d done, and testing it showed that it works reliably.
I was just wondering if anyone had come across this sort of mod before? It would be pretty easy to do on other B-style machines. The gutter ball flap could even be installed with a hinge and clasp, allowing it to easily be switched back and forth between “easy” and “hard” modes.
I’ll probably close up the flap, because that seems a little cheat-y to me — gutter balls are gutter balls, do-overs are for grade-schoolers. But I’m seriously considering adding that spring shunt to my other machine; it never really seemed fair that you get a jackpot, but loose the winning ball.
Reply With Quote
