Re: College/Tech Course Work For Pinball Repair
- From: "Lloyd Olson" <ltg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:28:43 -0500
Pull out your phone book, look up amusement devices, find an op that is
hiring. Go get a job and spend some time working in the industry. You'll
start out moving equipment, and may move up to repairs.
While a lot of it will be video games, you will learn to fix stuff. This
will help guide you in what you need to learn more of and can do that on
your own time.
This will be your education. You work hard and learn a lot, and you should
be able to get yourself into a nice job that pays about $7.50 an hour. You
may also pick up some education on the appearances of things and the
realities of them.
If you just want to brush up on your skills to fix your own stuff. Learn
some basic electronics. Get a bulb, battery, and wire. Figure out how to
make the bulb light. Get old circuit boards, practice removing components
and replacing them without burning up traces. Get one of those sciences kits
and assemble some simple circuits, learn some understanding of how and why
things work.
Then when you stick your nose in a game, you'll have an understanding of how
it works. Close a circuit - you get score and lights and sound. Cool huh ?
When you look at a schematic, or switch or light matrix. Remember your
basics. Don't look at the whole thing and think the whole thing is the
problem, find the thing you want to fix. Break it down into small pieces and
keep it simple. When you doctor wants to fix your broken toe, he doesn't go
through your head to get there. LTG :)
"wxforecaster" <ebookbinder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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While I seem to request far more help than I can offer, I've always
wished it to be the other way. To make a long story short, I helped a
friend pick up a T@F yesterday (his first pin) from a well known local
dealer/Ebay seller. The owner was overlooking as I went through
testing the game and I indentified a few minor issues with a tech.
Somehow impressed with my diagnosis skills and vast knowledge of the
gameplay, the owner literally offered me a job right there on the
spot. Unfortunately, I can't solder my way out of a paper bag and
while I passed 4 semesters of physics with flying colors, I certainly
can't read a schematic or understand any wiring.
Now, I have a great full time job in a vastly different career (if my
email, and love for my WhirlW**d doesn't give that away). But, since
my folks got me my first pinball at age 10, I've always been
fascinated with the insides of pins.
Which leads me to the following -- I would love to take this gentleman
up on his offer (as a long term goal of sorts). What sort of courses
do you techs suggest a highly motivated, intelligent rookie take in
the aspects of electrical wiring *and* PCB diagnosis, repair,
soldering, etc... I'm not looking for an advanced degree, but enough
to repairs 80s-2000s machines. (Yes, I've read Marvin's pages 20 times
over and it's still way over my head). I'd like some hands on formal
learning at a local technical school or university. If for anything
else, I have a growing collection of 6 pins, and with two little ones
getting into it, would love to have the skills to make quick repairs
if necessary.
Thanks for keeping this newsgroup alive!
Evan in KC
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