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Wanted Rubbers for Pinball Feet

Can also get at Homebase. Furniture cups with felt on bottom so games can be pushed etc.
 
RGV said:
I use these from PH on my machines on a wood floor too. Work ok for me.

I cut to size pieces of adhesive felt/ carpet material on the bottom as well to prevent any rubber marks when I slide the machines back and forward for maintenance/ dissassembly (or when some violent nudgers come round for a few games). But that might be me being a bit paranoid.
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That is exactly what I did, rubber feet from Pinball Heaven and old carpet squares underneath each one. I've slid a table from one room to another and back again.
 
I don't understand why buy rubber feet then put carpet in between them and the floor ??????
Either use rubber feet on there own or use carpet squares on there own.
Why use the two together ?
 
replicas said:
I don't understand why buy rubber feet then put carpet in between them and the floor ??????
Either use rubber feet on there own or use carpet squares on there own.
Why use the two together ?
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The rubber feet fit snugly on the bottom of the legs and aren't likely to slip off. Adding felt to the underside prevents rubber skidmarks on the wood(ish) floor when sliding the machine around.
 
RGV said:
The rubber feet fit snugly on the bottom of the legs and aren't likely to slip off. Adding felt to the underside prevents rubber skidmarks on the wood(ish) floor when sliding the machine around.
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Thats how I have mine, without the felt discs added the machines were near impossible to move, and felt like you were going to tear the back legs off lol. With the felt I can move most machines with one hand. I do warn the more physical nudgers that the machines move very easily though :)
 
RGV said:
The rubber feet fit snugly on the bottom of the legs and aren't likely to slip off. Adding felt to the underside prevents rubber skidmarks on the wood(ish) floor when sliding the machine around.
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So why not just put carpet squares under the legs ?
I'd have thought carpet squares if you want to move the machine while playing, and rubber feet if you don't want to move it around while playing.
 
replicas said:
So why not just put carpet squares under the legs ?
I'd have thought carpet squares if you want to move the machine while playing, and rubber feet if you don't want to move it around while playing.
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I got the rubber feet first to protect the floor from the metal legs and then thought "I could do with this being a bit more mobile", plus I was slightly worried about permanent rubber marks if a serious nudger wellied one across the floor at some point (I'm looking at you here @windoesnot) or when I dragged them out to make more room for maintenance. Given that, I added the felt underlay from some offcuts I had left after doing something similar to my existing furniture.

This seemed to work ok without making them slide around either so I just repeated the process automatically as I got more machines.
 
Rubber feet on the front legs, felt feet on the back legs. Best of both worlds
Machine can't be nudged all over the place while playing, but will slide easily on a hard floor just by lifting a couple of inches from the front and dragging.

Personally I've got plastic furniture cups (50p each from CoOp) on all legs as I've got my machines on carpet. Be careful when dragging/sliding machines on carpet though as you are liable to actually stretch the carpet.
 
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