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    Today, I decided the machine needs a token holder.

    So, here's what I threw together, with some roof flashing, rubber washers and an old plastic housing from a tv mounting bracket.

    I don't think it turned out to bad. Kind of looks like it could of been part of the original machine.
    It holds 50 tokens.





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    What if...​the ​HOKEY POKEY, is what it's all about?

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    Very Nice Wayne-Ooo, it looks like it came from the Sammy factory that way.

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    Still my fave of all your custom work. The token holder just raises the bar even further.

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    Dang!! That's nice!!

    "Blowing smoke rings at the moon."

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    Simply Beautiful ,you sir are a Artist
    When things don't go right the 1st time , Step back ,Take a break and come back renewed. RGS

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    excellent job! you may already know this but those rectangular holes to the right of the coin tray hold tokens.
    EM Pinballs & Arrangeballs

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    Quote Originally Posted by emmadog View Post
    excellent job! you may already know this but those rectangular holes to the right of the coin tray hold tokens.
    What if...​the ​HOKEY POKEY, is what it's all about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by takethecastle57 View Post
    Simply Beautiful ,you sir are a Artist
    More of a handyman with an imagination.
    What if...​the ​HOKEY POKEY, is what it's all about?

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    It looks great! Beautiful job.

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    It was a very sad day, about 2 months ago, at Wayne-Ooo's Pachinko Garage.

    I went to turn on the arrangeball machine and wouldn't register any tokens. The machine powered on, but it wouldn't play. You could release the balls manually and launch them into the playfield and the numbers would lite up, but after shooting the 16 balls, it wouldn't pay out or you couldn't start a new game by inserting another token.

    My thoughts were that some component on the main circuit board had gone bad. There is a red led on the board that was normally lite when the machine is turned on and it was not lite up. Knowing very little about electronics, I was in search of someone to check out the circuit board.

    I think I contacted over a dozen different electronics companies, that do circuit board repair, and no one works on boards like these.

    There is a local "chatter forum" on facebook, for the town I live in, and posted a picture of the circuit board and asked for help in finding someone to look at it.
    Long story short, someone responded, that I knew of and he came over last night and looked at the machine.

    He thought it would be no problem to fix and took it home with him, being all his equipment was there.

    Guess I'll see what happens.
    What if...​the ​HOKEY POKEY, is what it's all about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne-Ooo View Post
    It was a very sad day, about 2 months ago, at Wayne-Ooo's Pachinko Garage.

    I went to turn on the arrangeball machine and wouldn't register any tokens. The machine powered on, but it wouldn't play. You could release the balls manually and launch them into the playfield and the numbers would lite up, but after shooting the 16 balls, it wouldn't pay out or you couldn't start a new game by inserting another token.

    My thoughts were that some component on the main circuit board had gone bad. There is a red led on the board that was normally lite when the machine is turned on and it was not lite up. Knowing very little about electronics, I was in search of someone to check out the circuit board.

    I think I contacted over a dozen different electronics companies, that do circuit board repair, and no one works on boards like these.

    There is a local "chatter forum" on facebook, for the town I live in, and posted a picture of the circuit board and asked for help in finding someone to look at it.
    Long story short, someone responded, that I knew of and he came over last night and looked at the machine.

    He thought it would be no problem to fix and took it home with him, being all his equipment was there.

    Guess I'll see what happens.
    Keeping my fingers crossed for you, keep us posted!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sparky kilowatt View Post
    Keeping my fingers crossed for you, keep us posted!
    Surprisingly, he brought the machine back today. It's working perfect!

    The problem was a faulty "T" regulator on the back of the circuit board.



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    Phew! It's almost impossible to find a true master in the electrical or any profession these days, kudos!
    Last edited by Silverballs; 03-19-2024 at 08:32 PM.

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    Woo-Hoo! Congratulations on getting your awesome custom arrangeball back up and running.

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    Yay!!

    "Blowing smoke rings at the moon."

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    Close call on keeping the vintage machine functional .

    on your electronics friend on getting her back up and running !!

    and biscuits
    When things don't go right the 1st time , Step back ,Take a break and come back renewed. RGS

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    We need to get the guy who fixed the circuit board for Wayne-Ooo hooked on pachinko/arrangeball and on to this forum so we can pick his brain if and when we have similar issues.

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    Lets send him a "free beer" message and go from there. Don't want to appear to obvious.

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    I was lucky that he responded to my Facebook post for help.

    He definitely knows these "70's electronics. He said the electronics in these machines are about as simple as it gets and any of it could be fixed as long as the chip that has the programming on it was good.

    He thought the machine was very interesting, but I didn't get the feeling he was "bitten" by the "Pachinko bug".

    I did mention that others may have machines with similar problems, but he acted as if he really wasn't wanting to pursue it and I didn't press the issue.

    So, I'm afraid you guys are going to have to find your own "electronics guy".
    Last edited by Wayne-Ooo; 03-20-2024 at 01:53 PM.
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    Thanks for the happy news! It is nice to hear about a problem that ended well.

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