Longer thread pinball feet

[Dave Bishop]

So, with the move round I have hit a snag.
When the cabin was built we didn’t level the concrete slab 100%, as the Garden runs down towards the house, when the pins were against the back wall the pitch was perfect.
Now with them along the side wall, the games are not level, I need longer thread feet so that I can jack up one side of each pin more to level.

does anyone know if these exist and are out there? If so ... where

 

[br1Ck]

Have this problem too. The plank of wood solution works, doesn't look great though

 

[Dex-Jay]

If it were me I'd consider (and this does depend on exactly how much too short is too short)

1 - Extending the leg with some "all-thread" or
2 - If the foot is steel, welding some scrap feet to the existing lower wobbly foot, so you're in effect making spacers if that makes sense.
3 - Getting odd length legs from various manufacturers to make up the difference. Screengrab from Flippers.be below....
http://www.flippers.be/basics/101_pinball_leg_length.html

 

[Dave Bishop]

Problem is they are all LE and have powder coated legs!

 

[Dave Bishop]

Well BM66 isn’t, but has custom hardware that is powder coated

 

[CHRIS B PINBALLS]

Hobbit had longer leg levellers so they out there

 

[Moonbus]

How much more length do you need?

 

[stumblor]

Can't imagine that it's more than 5mm or so left to right? If that's the case just whack a castor cap on the back leg that's short

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007SLYKSM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_E9jUDb1989G91

 

[Andypc]

I just use a nicely cut squares of MDF under the back legs on my pins. You could try adding one of the wooden pinball feet under just one or two legs if you don't use them already.

 

[kevlar]

That would do my head in, are you going to nail 1/2" platforms to the underside of one shoe?

 

[Dave Bishop]

Need levellers with 4” shaft on them

 

[philpalmer]

I have some dave.

 

[Dave Bishop]

Hey Phil- how many have you got? - I’m going to need 12

 

[Paul]

When the cabin was built we didn’t level the concrete slab 100%, as the Garden runs down towards the house, when the pins were against the back wall the pitch was perfect.

Something to note - Concrete slabs should not be 100% flat. Water would sit and pool and rot anything thats on it - there should always be a few degree run-off to allow the water to drain!

Obviously though if you're struggling to stand up then this might be a little excessive...

 

[Dave Bishop]

That’s good to note- no problem Of that- think the floor runs out by about an inch.
The pins look like they are stepped

 

[Durzel]

Is there not an issue with stability with a pin high up at the back? I ended up getting a plank of wood for my TAF so that it was at the same level as my TZ, as I didn’t like the fact it was almost fully extended at the back.

You can’t really see it without looking for it, and as it’s oak on an oak floor it doesn’t look too bad (imo).