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just curios what is the best or funniest rigg anyone has ever used to hold up a machine till a league for tourney got done. I think the best I have done is use a zip tie on the bottom of a broken cup or on a pinwheel belt that split. they both got me by till later when i had time to fix em
I've used Duct Tape on a spotting cup before but never a zip tie. I'll have to remember that one. I had a plow bust off one time, and I used vise grips to hold it on the rest of the night. I'm sure I'll think of more when I read other people's posts.
Give me a hammer and some duct tape and I can fix it!
Haven't had to do anything on these 70s. But when I worked A2s, I had to use duct tape to hold a power lift belt together (had some funky off-brand cheap junk that was hard to replace anything on). Even done the same on a cross conveyor drive cause I didn't have a belt to replace it with.
Duct tape and cable ties = a solution to all your woes!
IF I REMEMBER CORECTLY, THE OLD MECHANIC, JAKE SCHWABEL, HE HAD SOME GOOD FIX ITS WHEN HE WAS AT SOUTHWYCK.
DUCT TAPE
ZIP TIES
TWISTIES, ETC. ETC. ETC.
HEY, WHEN I WORKED ON AMFs, ALL THAT STUFF WORKED FOR ME TOO.
How many guys have used boot laces to repair carpets? Had a carpet tear about a 1/4 of the way through, full house, 1st game of league. Thought great. Got the cordless drill and drilled a series of holes alongside the tear, then got a shoe lace from a pair of rentals, threaded it through, tied it up, and BINGO...good as new. 18 months later, they are still using the same carpet!!
You guys probably already do that, but I had never seen or heard of it before. I was pretty happy that night, so was the manager!! [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]
Curtain rod hanger broke-used a bungee cord wrapped around the bin to hold curtain up.
One time I put a new carpet in right before a league. Turned out to be a bad one. It was too small or something on one side and kept popping the roller out of the saddle. I took the roller out of the saddle, popped the spring off (ball door side) bolted a piece of chain to the front roller saddle and hooked the pit spring from the chain to the back of the machine as tight as I could with the front roller in the saddle. Made it through the 2 shifts of leagues without the roller popping out. [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]
Bungee or a piece of #12-2G Romex wire to hold up a busted cushion
Used a distributor belt lacer to hold together a ripped carpet. (actually worked pretty good)
I think the funniest one was fixing a busted sideplate spring peg (front roller) by threading a cable through the back hook of the spring, hooking it to a come-along, tying it off to a pipe behind the machine, and cranking it up to the right tension. Wasn't pretty, but it worked.
<span style="font-style: italic">Educatio est omnium efficacissima forma rebellionis</span>
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