10 Mar 2010

Sword Ball Lock changes

Found that the balls were falling off the "original" sword lock too much in play, especially the first ball locked. (After that they seem to settle in behind the 1st one).

Found a solution that keeps the look of the sword, without putting the "hooded ball lock guide" back on again.  The solution is to use another "original ball lock" (buy for $7 from Pinball Life below, or make one very similar if you are handy with metalwork.

It goes on the other side and further down the sword.  One of the holes is held in place by the metal habitrail, the other side by double sided 3M tape along the bottom.  I couldn't bear to drill though my sword to locate it like the one on the other side.

My mantra is that any mod needs to be able to be removed by a new owner if they want to put the game back to original. Here is a picture, this change looks cleaner from the player's viewpoint.
Note: *This was updated later, first the extra guide was moved up the sword, and then removed on April 5th.  Two guides slows the balls down and isn't needed if the game and lock is set up correctly.

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