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How to Remove Pinball Playfield Glass and Raise Playfield, Spooky Pinball

Spooky Pinball·video·4m 47s·analyzed·Oct 30, 2019

Analysis

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TL;DR

Spooky Pinball releases instructional maintenance video for new owners.

Summary

Spooky Pinball releases an instructional video demonstrating basic maintenance procedures for their pinball machines: powering down, removing the playfield glass, extracting balls from the shooter lane, raising the playfield on slide rails for under-cabinet access, and reversing the process. The video provides step-by-step guidance for new machine owners.

Key Claims

The playfield glass has weak points on its edges and will shatter easily if set on hard surfaces like concrete
high confidence · Spooky Pinball instructor emphasizing proper glass handling during removal
Spooky Pinball machines use a yellow lever inside the coin door to release the lockdown bar
high confidence · Spooky Pinball instructor describing standard machine operation
Different Spooky machines have different ball ejection mechanisms, but the process shown uses solenoid coils to pop balls into the shooter lane
high confidence · Spooky Pinball instructor noting variation in machine designs
Spooky machines use slide rails with brackets to safely raise the playfield for under-cabinet access
high confidence · Spooky Pinball instructor demonstrating playfield lifting technique

Notable Quotes

“Make sure you set the glass on something soft. It will shatter real easily on the edge if you set it on concrete or something like that.”
Spooky Pinball instructor@ 0:49 — Safety guidance emphasizing fragility of playfield glass
“You don't want to catch the edges of the glass. That's the weak point.”
Spooky Pinball instructor (second voice)@ 0:56 — Reinforcement of glass handling precautions
“Careful you don't snag any wires or anything. And as you pull forward, make sure you keep an eye on your slide brackets themselves on the inside of the cabinet.”
Spooky Pinball instructor@ 2:31 — Warnings about mechanical hazards during playfield raising
“This saves you from breaking any scoops or anything if the ball goes flying down.”
Spooky Pinball instructor@ 2:04 — Rationale for recommended ball ejection method

Entities

Spooky PinballcompanyPapa Dukegame

Signals

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community_signal: Spooky Pinball producing instructional video content for new machine owners, demonstrating commitment to customer education and support
high · Instructional video explicitly addressing 'new customers' with step-by-step maintenance guidance for standard procedures

Transcript

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All right, for new customers out there, we understand that some of you may or may not know how to take apart your game. So we're going to show you that today. First, we're going to turn the game off. On the bottom right-hand side, we're going to flip the switch. Now the power is off. You got your keys. We're going to open up the door. And on the inside of the door, there is a yellow lever. We are going to pull the lever while we hold the lockdown bar and the glass in place. If you pop that lever, you will notice that your lock bar will pop up. You're going to pop that out. While you do that, hold on to your playfield glass and set your lock bar somewhere safe.

Now we got the playfield glass. We're going to close the coin door again so we don't catch the playfield glass with the corner of the coin door. Then you can allow the glass to be slid out.

Make sure you set the glass on something soft. It will shatter real easily on the edge if you set it on concrete or something like that. Yes, you don't want to catch the edges of the glass. That's the weak point.

Pretty game. Look at all the mods So cool Now that we have that done we can open up our coin door again And on the inside each game will have a different way of doing this or a different little solenoid here

The simplest is to pop them up by your hand, and the ball will come out in the shooter lane. And then you can grab each ball individually, so I'm just going to give that a quick pop. If you heard the ball pop up, I'm going to grab that and set that on the rail. you can hear another one catch in the place pop it up another ball comes out throw that on the rail pop out the other two grab them out of there out of the shooter we're going to set them on the rail there as well and you can do this in the menu you can just fire the coil and eject them out you can lift the play field and catch them as they fall. This is just how we do it. This saves you from breaking any scallops or anything if the ball goes flying down. Sure. That's the easiest. Next, we're going to lift the play field up. And if you just saw, all I did here was grab the middle of the apron on ours and lift. And then you can pull and then set down on the slide rail Careful you don snag any wires or anything And as you pull forward make sure you keep an eye

We're going to go up all the way. As you pull forward, you're going to keep an eye on your slide brackets themselves on the inside of the cabinet. You don't want to pull too far. You should be able to pull right to the stop. We pull right to the stop, and now you can pivot that in place all the way to full standing. And look, now you can work on your game. Now you can get underneath. Yes.

And then to reverse that, AJ? To reverse that, we're going to grab the same bracket we lifted with. Just, again, be careful as you're pivoting that you stay on those two brackets on each corner. Keep an eye on either side on the inside and make sure you're straight. Don't scrape your mirrors or your decals if you have those. I like to go down with the game pulled all the way forward. It keeps you from wobbling side to side. Once you start to get to about halfway, you can then give it a slight push and you'll catch the back, put it down and set it back down. Now we going to grab the apron We going to give it a light push and remember check for wires as you slide that in If you have a shooter rod pull the shooter rod out as you put it in so you don hit any wires Slide it down into place You might have to give it a little bump to catch the anchors there. And there you go, the brackets. Now we're going to put the balls back in it. I'm going to grab the play-full glass. Cool topper.

Close your coin door again. Before you slide the glass up, remember to hold the glass. It's not going to just stay. You can open your coin door back up, grab your lock bar, put your lock bar in, and then we're going to go back inside to that same yellow lever, pull that to the side. As you notice, my lock bar popped down. You may have to give it a little pressure. You might have to give it a little love. If your lock bar is not going back to the right, put your hand here, push down a little bit so you can get that over and make sure it goes back to the lock position and we always give it a little tug that's in place we're good to go close it up should be able to power it back on and play your game that's it thank you enjoy