3D Printed items

[Calimori]

@Kman I get the risk you are trying to managed, but something as simple as any environment where a cleaner or cleaning company enter, is likely to fall foul of a power socket being meddled with, causing something that needed power being turned off. We added UPS into one of these setups but if the cleaner came in on a Friday evening, it didn't last until monday. In most of these causes, there is an isolation switch on the upstream device, should you need to isolate the system being given power.

 

[Kman]

Thanks Calimori. Yes, I accept your points entirely and understand that these are managed applications to ensure bespoke use/segregation of sockets in an otherwise unrestricted environment. I was originally thinking they could be used more generally and therefore of the possibly unintended consequences that potentially speaks to product liability.

 

[Paul]

@Kman I get the risk you are trying to managed, but something as simple as any environment where a cleaner or cleaning company enter, is likely to fall foul of a power socket being meddled with, causing something that needed power being turned off. We added UPS into one of these setups but if the cleaner came in on a Friday evening, it didn't last until monday. In most of these causes, there is an isolation switch on the upstream device, should you need to isolate the system being given power.

We used to get it all the time in Telecoms.

Why has the customer had a power fail at 6pm on a friday night (and sometimes comes back at 7, sometimes not at all).
You would be gobsmacked how many cleaners come onto site, unplug the equipment to plug in the vacuum, and then plug it back in afterwards, not realising they have just taken the comms for the entire building down.

This was 20 years ago, and things are better now, however stuff like this does still happen....

 

[Ashbo]

Very clever @Wayne J simple and very effective. Genius

 

[Den - aka Wolfgang]

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Nice one Wayne Get yourself on Dragon's Den mate (unless there's already something similar on the market)

 

[mission65]

Is Wayne our answer to Elon ?

 

[Wayne J]

Is Wayne our answer to Elon ?

I'm not a Nazi

 

[Kman]

Back to pinball.....I decided to have a go at printing the fruit machine reels (originally polycarb I think) used in Who Dunnit. These spin on a stepper motor shaft, are controlled via an opto window and seem to be notorious for failing when the shaft housing on the reel splits....as I understand it often from over tightening of the single set screw. I wasn't aware of this until recently when one of the reels on my WD went 'off centre' and stopped spinning. Turns out all three had been repaired in the past. Replacement reels are available but seem to be the original design, so I decided to make one with a stronger shaft housing and incorporate two (opposing) grub screws to get much better grip on a rounded shaft. Have therefore not bothered to flat the shaft but this would also be a helpful mod. New reel works perfectly and I've temporarily transferred the decal off the original reel pending a new decal set arriving. Pics shows the original reel and my version.

 

[Kman]

Recently had to repair the coffin popper switch on my BSD and so took a closer than usual look at the coffin which has a flimsy/poor fitting back cover on mine .....which I assume is stock. I've therefore 3d printed something that I think looks more like a coffin tombstone until I can swap out the whole coffin for a decent modded one.

 

[Calimori]

I like that, good work.
I replaced the mess I had with @RudeDogg1’s mods but I think he did a very limited batch

Post in thread 'BSD Coffin / Crate MOD V2 Progress'

Oct 31, 2023

You may have supplied instructions but it took me so long to put this together, I probably lost them. I have used one post and will go back later and maybe add another, it is all back together for now.

There is very little accurate about a coffin/crate which spits out pinballs and the original machine coffin was a comedy piece, what you have created is much more fitting.

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[Kman]

Thanks Calimori. Yes, I missed out on the mod that RudeDogg1did; fantastic design and artwork.

 

[Judderman]

Thought this looked pretty impressive

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/MQstlPCKSs