Stupid question of the day....

[Adm56]

I fail to see any real use for the 'safety support' thingie on the
right side of the cab. What is it for? Is it just there so you don't
smash your fingers if you pull it upright and the playfield falls? And
why does it always have a rubber ring around it?

[Del]

The rubber ring is to secure it from bouncing around while moving it
in a truck
or a Yugo if you drive one of those =) .
The support is to keep the PF from wacking you in the back of your
head if the PF falls,
I don't use it myself as I'd rather pull the PF all the way forward &
lean it up .

Pin-Del,
cargpb28

[Taxman]

> why does it always have a rubber ring around it?

Used to lock the support bar in place during transport.

Dave "Taxman" http://www.pinbald.com

[RideEngineer]

I think they add them just for liability reasons (insurance on there
end). I prefer to lift the PF all the way up and rest on again the
head, if possible.

[Taxman]

> I don't use it myself as I'd rather pull the PF all the way forward &
> lean it up .

Darn-it Del, you beat me to it. So I will go one step further.

When the playfield is flipped all the way forward it is too far away
for Mr. 68 to reach ;-)

Dave "Taxman" http://www.pinbald.com

P.S. Dear Kim, all in fun since I am probably as short (and bald) as
you are. But since I have never been to a show nobody knows that ;-)

[Taxman]

See reply post above about pinball people who are vertically
challenged.

[Lloyd Olson]

No liability reasons. You are confusing commercial products with consumer
products. Consumer products get all the fancy protection stuff. Commercial
goods they figure if you are in there, you should have a lick of sense. LTG
:)

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[Del]

Dave,
The only reason I beat you to it is because I can not count the times
I've had to
pick the balls up out of the bottom of the cabinet ,,,

Pin-Del,
cargpb28 ;p

[Adm56]

So I assume you only raise it like 45 degrees then? If you put it
straight up (which seems its most stable position) the playfield is
going to hit my head before it hits that bar...

[Del]

On Dec 21, 7:35�pm, "Lloyd Olson" <l...@ssbilliards.com> wrote:
> No liability reasons. You are confusing commercial products with consumer
> products. Consumer products get all the fancy protection stuff. Commercial
> goods they figure if you are in there, you should have a lick of sense. LTG
> :)
>

> "RideEngineer" <stevenvale...@cox.net> wrote in message

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> >I think they add them just for liability reasons (insurance on there
> > end). I prefer to lift the PF all the way up and rest on again the

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I also don't like the way a playfield can Twist when just using a prop-
rod on just one side of the PF , Seems like a good way to get stress
cracks in the PF ?,

Pin-Del,

[beaver]

Just the way I feel Del. It seems really precarious to have it lean on
the bar.

Edward Cheung CARGPB26

[TheKorn]

beaver <e...@edcheung.com> wrote in
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> Just the way I feel Del. It seems really precarious to have it lean on
> the bar.

If you think that's precarious, try a game with a *HEAVY* playfield, like a
HH! Put it on the prop rod and the opposite end is halfway back down to
the lockdown bar anyway!

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[DugFreez]

I have a Cyclone and Stern Spider-Man. I have to say I prefer the
way the Cyclone opens over the Spider-Man. I use the prop rod probably
90% of the time. I'm very careful about putting the playfield down on
it. I worried about the playfield twisting also.

As far as the Spider-Man goes.....I don't think I will ever get
used to opening it up. It doesn't matter how many times I do it.....it
always feels like something isn't right with. First lift, then pull,
prop it on the edge, then push down a little so the back pops up, then
pull and lift. With a slight scraping sound the entire time. I know
it's in my head and it only bothers me because I'm so careful with it,
but metal sliding on metal (even if it is lubed) doesn't seem like the
best idea for how something should open.

[Steve Kulpa]

On Dec 22, 4:53 am, TheKorn <TheK...@TheKorn.Net> wrote:

Black Hole is a heavy mother too. When I had mine, I could not raise
the pf all the way up due to a low ceiling, so I installed a 2nd prop
rod on the other side, and drilled a couple holes for it to rest in.
No problems there, but it was hard to get all the way down to the top
of the underside. If necessary, I'd drag the beast out from under the
low ceiling.

steve
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[flippy]

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> beaver <e...@edcheung.com> wrote in
> news:ce6bb20d-a938-4450...@m3g2000yqf.googlegroups.com:
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> > Just the way I feel Del. It seems really precarious to have it lean on
> > the bar.
>
> If you think that's precarious, try a game with a *HEAVY* playfield, like
a
> HH! Put it on the prop rod and the opposite end is halfway back down to
> the lockdown bar anyway!

My Genie (Gottlieb 1979 Widebody) has a double prop rod.
A prop on both sides of the cabinet with a cross brace in
the middle. It holds the playfield up quite well.
I guess the cellar playfield on HH makes that imposible
to implement.