After having spent the time moving machines around with (ie for) Josh, I’m just wondering if I’m missing some tools/tricks to make it easier. My arms/back are definitely reminding me I’m not getting any younger today
I have a Cosco sack truck which is great for moving machines once they are tombstoned and I’ve got a wheelchair ramp which makes getting them in and out of the house a lot easier than when I originally did it using ‘borrowed’ scaffolding planks!
However, every time I use it, I get huge bruises on my forearms. These are from where the machine rests on my arms while I grip the handles and it bangs into my arms over rougher ground and going on/off the ramp lip so I was thinking of trying to find a couple of archery forearm protectors to stop that happening (or some foam arms from a Sumo suit!), unless anyone has better solutions?
Just ordered a scissor lift to help with setup/adjustments and moving in out of the lineup in each room, but I still need to figure out a way of getting tombstoned pins on and off it - has anyone built one of the pin rotator/lift systems like this:
https://www.jeff-z.com/pinball/lift/index.html
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/how-to-move-a-pinball-machine-alone/page/2#post-3845705
The big lift cradle piece with a curved edge looks like it could be really useful, but my woodworking skills are not something I'd trust a pin to, so if anyone fancies a commission who's good with wood, let me know!
Even once I've sorted that, I can’t move machines from the rooms to the hallway on the platform horizontally as the hallway isn’t wide enough to take a pin lengthways so I need a better way of getting them in/out of the rooms between carpet and tiled floors - this has to be whilst tombstoned and is one of the most time consuming (and back breaking) parts of moving pins around as they have to be pushed slowly through the doorway whilst tombstoned with about one centimetre clearance.
Furniture sliders aren't working well (they're great on the tiled floors, but not on carpet). Might try a long piece of MDF so I can put the pin on it and push it across the wood, or some metal rods to run like an ancient style log roller system.
Failing that, I've found some lengths of "gravity conveyor rollers" and I guess something like that might work (but also may badly scratch the tiles and make me very unpopular)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17571397...uid=PcWdNf1MS9m&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Anyone got other suggestions as I need to find a way to move pins between mine and Josh's far more easily than last time.
I have a Cosco sack truck which is great for moving machines once they are tombstoned and I’ve got a wheelchair ramp which makes getting them in and out of the house a lot easier than when I originally did it using ‘borrowed’ scaffolding planks!
However, every time I use it, I get huge bruises on my forearms. These are from where the machine rests on my arms while I grip the handles and it bangs into my arms over rougher ground and going on/off the ramp lip so I was thinking of trying to find a couple of archery forearm protectors to stop that happening (or some foam arms from a Sumo suit!), unless anyone has better solutions?
Just ordered a scissor lift to help with setup/adjustments and moving in out of the lineup in each room, but I still need to figure out a way of getting tombstoned pins on and off it - has anyone built one of the pin rotator/lift systems like this:
https://www.jeff-z.com/pinball/lift/index.html
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/how-to-move-a-pinball-machine-alone/page/2#post-3845705
The big lift cradle piece with a curved edge looks like it could be really useful, but my woodworking skills are not something I'd trust a pin to, so if anyone fancies a commission who's good with wood, let me know!
Even once I've sorted that, I can’t move machines from the rooms to the hallway on the platform horizontally as the hallway isn’t wide enough to take a pin lengthways so I need a better way of getting them in/out of the rooms between carpet and tiled floors - this has to be whilst tombstoned and is one of the most time consuming (and back breaking) parts of moving pins around as they have to be pushed slowly through the doorway whilst tombstoned with about one centimetre clearance.
Furniture sliders aren't working well (they're great on the tiled floors, but not on carpet). Might try a long piece of MDF so I can put the pin on it and push it across the wood, or some metal rods to run like an ancient style log roller system.
Failing that, I've found some lengths of "gravity conveyor rollers" and I guess something like that might work (but also may badly scratch the tiles and make me very unpopular)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17571397...uid=PcWdNf1MS9m&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Anyone got other suggestions as I need to find a way to move pins between mine and Josh's far more easily than last time.
. I personally use a hydraulic lift from the side of the pin rather than the front which works well if your lift isn't one of the really long ones. Easy to pull a tombstoned pin on and off it with it side on.
