How to break down and transport a game, then how to reassemble and start cleaning!

How to disassemble and clean a drop target bank, and how drop targets are typically constructed.

Not mentioned:  how much I dislike solid state Williams drop targets.

What are the main things to consider when looking at your first bingo?  Condition is king, but if you are like I was at first, you'd never seen one of these before.

Talk about how EMs are able to determine the game state.

Tech: How to properly adjust a relay, and when to hit it with a hammer (really)!

How were Bingos persecuted in the United States?  Why did Bingo production cease in the 80's?  These and other questions answered in this episode.

I talk about a toy invented in the woodrail era that is still in use today - the Pop Bumper.

Tech: Changing pop bumpers, and how to increase pop safely (by cleaning).

Woodrails gave us some of the toys and mechanical devices that we still use today.

Tech talk: flippers - how to disassemble and rebuild.  These same basic instructions apply to anything with an EOS switch (basically machines up to 1990ish).

I talk with Ava about Pop-A-Card, the first game I purchased, and the machine that brought me my love of repairing and playing Gottlieb machines (all eras) and EMs and Bingos!

I talk to Steve Smith and give him wide berth to tell his view of how we met and how I fell in love with bingos.  He discusses various topics, including differences between flipper vs. bingo pinball, playing on location as a kid, and how he got his first pinball.

Forgive sound quality - I was sitting too far from the mic and didn't notice.

Describing how to use the schematic for Pop-A-Card to troubleshoot both a scoring and a lamp problem.