Autosteve Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Happy to have found this place. Been in the amusement industry for over 30 years off and on which started at Goddard Amusements in Sydney working on the last of the EMs and the 1st of the solid states. After it was bought out by LAI, I worked there followed by Taito Australia. Left there and on to Luna Park. Left that place and went on following the money into more profitable occupations but the true love has always been pinballs, it just never paid the bills sadly. I finally got back into the arcades after buying a house and when the love was more important than the money so to say. I did a couple of stints at AMF bowling in the amusement division in between getting into automation which by the way is way easier than amusements but pays so much better but some how programming and designing shit to work automatically just isn't as cool as automation in a game especially pinballs. Now, in a semi retired lifestyle the bug has bit again and I now find myself bringing dead pinballs back to life for a couple of old operators that mainly offer party hire machines. Anyway, this is my 1st post of many and I don't want to outdo my welcome so I better shut up and I will catch you guys later aye. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOKERPOKER Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Sounds great Steve. Welcome and hope you stick around. Sounds like you have had the "pinball life". :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddstoys Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Welcome Steve definately know where your coming from and sadly the love doesn't pay the bill lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORGAR 1 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Great story Steve thanks for sharing [emoji106] oh and don't shut up I for one love hearing stories from tech/operators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsicha Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Agree with @GORGAR 1, I too enjoy hearing from operators, especially there experience with build quality and reliability of the various pinball machines/brands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angs1957 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Welcome to AA Steve :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Welcome to AA. I too am one of those who likes to hear stories of how it was "back in the day". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autosteve Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Agree with @GORGAR 1, I too enjoy hearing from operators, especially there experience with build quality and reliability of the various pinball machines/brands... Ow I have a few tricks I learnt over the years. This is one I wrote here that I think may be useful to all.... http://www.aussiearcade.com/showthread.php/84526-Replacing-playfield-plastics?p=1047693#post1047693 What I found was no one manufacturer had all the best, most reliable parts so often a mix and match approach worked out the most reliable solution. I'll write up these when I work out where exactly on this forum is the best place to put such info. - - - Updated - - - Welcome to AA. I too am one of those who likes to hear stories of how it was "back in the day". Ow I have many stories of what I saw over the years. Where exactly should I write them in this forum?. I don't think here is the best place but I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOKERPOKER Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Ow I have many stories of what I saw over the years. Where exactly should I write them in this forum?. I don't think here is the best place but I may be wrong. Hi Steve, Just go into the pinball section in forum and start a new post/thread. We will all be reading with much interest. Thanks in advance!! :023: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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