Fun With Pinball

EM Pinball Repair Day

EM Pinball Repair Day Overview

EM Pinball Repair Day offers participants a hands on, guided, electromechanical (EM) pinball machine troubleshooting and repair experience in a small group setting. With games set up near each other participants triage and review issues with each game as a group before disbursing to carry out repairs as individuals or teams of two. Participants regroup periodically to review each other's progress, pitfalls and next steps for each game.

The iterative review and repair efforts will be supplemented as needed with discussions or demonstrations of troubleshooting and repair techniques, schematic comprehension and general questions and answers. The intention is that participants will be exposed to many more issues and types of problems than they might encounter on their own while seeing a variety of ways to resolve them. As participants are working, Mark, your guide, will be circulating, assisting, advising, answering questions, demonstrating, providing background, etc.

Intended audience

While EM Pinball Repair Day is open to any adult, those with some exposure to electromechanical pinball machines will benefit the most. Most of the discussion and guidance will assume some general knowledge of the games and the devices used in them.

Games

Participants can bring their own EM pinball machines that need some kind of work, or come with someone who is bringing a game to Repair Day.

What to Bring

Participants should bring their own tools to EM Pinball Repair Day (mostly small hand tools and supplies). A list of suggested tools will be sent to registered participants.

Schedule

EM Pinball Repair Days are scheduled on demand as interest and locations allow.

Fee

The fee for EM Pinball Repair Day varies by location and is payable by cash or check only. EM Pinball Repair Day will be limited to 6-8 participants and requires a minimum of 4 participants.

Questions?

If you have questions or would like to schedule your own Repair Day please reach out through the Contact page.