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are we all gonna hold hands and sing kumbaya soon?

Why do people need to be "more understanding", "nicer", "more patient" just to appease certain others. People are who they are, they say things the way they are, they go about their business the way they do..... Why exactly do people "need" to change the way they are? If people don't like criticism etc,maybe they should research by the means of reading or listening before offering comment,criticism and advice on topics that is completely wrong, blatant guesswork and in-factual, no matter what their state of health or well being.

Anyway, an actual piece of good advice is to check that the tube clamps have not been over tightened, seen that a few times when an "engineer" gets a big screw driver and thinks they are tightening up the screws that will hold the Space Shuttle together.

You stupid tit replying 3 times....is the big A getting to ya !!!

Ooooohhhh! Not getting involved lol. Peace and love people👍 Tuck into an Easter Egg 😆😆

Well I can make a tambourine out of all the beer bottle caps I have gathered this weekend if you have the guitar mate. 😁😁

I just leave my machines as standard and don't fiddle with them.

Too fucking right Russ dog !!! Some of these nutters are doing my internet head in.

Pics of said roms

Shocked by a coin mech 😮 didn’t even know that was possible.

I could list 10 wally things I've done and you'd be sitting there thinking what an IDOTTTT! But take into account I have a hectic life, I'm a bus driver for a start and I have never met so many stupid people. Flag bus to stop, pay fair, sit down, get off, thanks, see ya, bye. This is challenging for 70% of them! If I had some form of power I would sterolise 70% of people. And I'd include management in that statement too.

never heard so much shit

The basic running costs are pretty much just the plastic filament at around £20/kg and the power the printer uses.

Shush Del this is a serious conversation!

Me too but I love a good ole sing song, knees up and bit of happy clapping especially when I'm pie eyed... ps.i can also bring the beer.👍

You should have highlighted the word 'after'!

Haha, I would love to go toe to toe with you also BUT for one you do have some good ideas, give good input and do seem to know what you are talking about regarding certain things. You don't talk like a prick like some others seem to on a regular basis. I appreciate that guys like Eastenders, Ben Moore and others may have learning difficulties but it would help if they didn't talk rubbish at times by researching first. Second, we seem to have a different outlook on what a rat's tail is. Where I come from and what I do, i would call a rat's tail and Auger bit ( i thought the name you used may have been an in trade name for such a bit) , that is why I thought this being a round profile and have a good length (with a little light lube to keep friction down) may have been another good idea. Third, I am not an expert, I only have many years of experience (probably been here on the Mecca over 15/16 years) and have seen these topics plenty of times. Have repaired boards, built test rigs, stripped dozens of machines and probably given more away than I have ever used myself, among other bits and bob's I have chipped in with, helped here and there with the emulation guys also. Personally again, using my work experience, being a maintenance technician for over 25 years my approach would would have been to stick the tube in the chuck of a lathe (at work) , find a Morse Taper drill bit around 24mm and drill the tube out or failing that, use a boring bar and skim a mill or so from the inside of the tube. This would keep it smooth and uniform down the full barrel, ensuring cooling fluid/lube is being used of course. I appreciate this option is not available to everyone although a couple of years ago, I would certainly have volunteered to bore such tubes out for anyone who needed them doing..... sadly over the last couple of years (or so) the Mecca has been swamped with bell ends, hence my supporting membership has not lately been renewed. Don't get me wrong there are still many many that don't fit into the "bell end" category, both of which are old and new members. I do hope my method of opening up the "tubes" passes muster with the "others" you mention and hope it is a "good one" for you as I dread the repercussions if it doesn't meet approval. 👍

Well today is the day, time to set up and attempt these repairs, burnt fingers blood a sweat time .

You can't tell some people or offer good advice. Some have done it before, so it must work. Bear in mind i am small minded and not a nice person. I am also becoming "boarded" of trying to help and read nonsense posts and replies. Just can't wait to see the results of jabbing a 24mm x 300mm long spade drill bit in the end of a had drill down an acryllic tube that may be around 400mm long.... Rat's tail maybe RHM, with a bit of lubrication. Token tubes seem to be the most sensible answer but sanding and drilling have been done before it seems.

Talk sense. Being nice?? How old are you? I don't suffer fools lightly.... You seem to be still making shit statements.... if nothing is impossible, may I suggest you walk to the moon. Let me know when you start the journey.

I 3D printed a new £1 tube for my JPM Hi Roller...

I have read many posts over time on many different forums from cars to arcade machines. It seems like the standard of posts or it may be the way posts come across is getting worse and worse. "I am scared of getting an error on machines, stress??" Really, some of the posts that appear on the Mecca at the moment or some of the people that make the posts don't live in the real world..... Do they? How do some get through daily life? Other posts give advice that is completely wrong and miles wide of the mark.... Ford forum (won't say which)..... guy Want's to disable airbags and warning lights (to pass Mot) as he was scared..... scared of the airbags going off if he ever had a collision..... Need I say more.... The worry fruits, the advisors who would advise looking for a gas leak with a lighter are taking over. Makes me so glad I dropped the interest in electronics, fruities (from such an involved level) a good while ago and made brewing my new hobby where worries, being scared and shit advice seem to have no place.... yet.😩

Or £250 worth of free bus rides.. The bingo wing passengers are great! Free toffees too! Hence my dentists visit next week. Council estate runs are good too, handy if you need a bag of weed for the weekend. The worst are the city runs with stuck up idiots on the bus who can't even be bothered to put the complimentry paper back, or just plain ignore you as they are so involved in their phone. And the inspector, well that's another tail.

You will be tarred with the same Small Minded Cuntish brush that i have been tarred with by the new know all do alls mate... Let them get on with it, blind have led the blind off of cliffs throughout history. 😁

I'm small minded too, I don't suffer fools gladly or whatever the saying is. It's like... Listen to your eldors they know best, they have lived. You go ahead and drill your hole then.... Told you so. I think it all comes with age (the mind shrinks), I love having teenagers re living my life, told you so! Being dumb is a different matter though, I've electrocuted myself on a coin mech, but that's OK!

Haha no I'm just an impatient cunt and kept clicking the submit button I've deleted two of the posts now thanks for the note.

The fuse holders can break with old age too.

Fuse on psu..would be my first port of call

I used DesignSpark Mechanical for creating the models, it's available for free from RS Components.

hmmm might just be your 50v coil fuse or what ever voltage coils run off on mpu4.

that is very cool, how did you design the part?

Send you pics tomorrow am taking it in so it’s not scrapped can only tell you about it tomorrow when it arrives 👌

That light unit needs fiddling with a sledgehammer. Fucking stupid thing!

Haha, bless her, i am sure you will get to grips with it mate. Better melt a bit of plastic that doesn't hurt , rather than your fingertips....

And finally after advice, why not block them? Finally, i never knew you could do that so i don't have to read, be alerted by or notified of any more shit from Bellends (unless i am bored of course).... 😃

Ok..... one more ace up my sleeve..... non alcoholic ale.... surely you can't say no to that or juice it is.

i did that when i removed theml, nightmare. cheers caps cool. the diodes black bit up top on other boards. so i think they will be right cheers for reply mavroz. back i go im so out of touch, i wont tell the misses the birthday present iron is grap lol . but ill manage

Happy Easter everyone. A couple more vids to add on here. Hope you enjoy watching as always. First up is JPM Hi Note Here is Pound Stretcher by ACe Sorry about the lamp fault. Hopefully sort it soon and a duel of SRU goodness Eachway Shuffle vs Two Step Thanks in advance for watching and any comments on here or my YouTube channel👍👍👍

My approval haha wtf are you talking about mate? You are the one casting disapproval on everyone's posts?? I couldn't care what village you are from or your list of credentials and self worth. The only thing that comes across on my screen from you is objection, disapproval, negativity. Why not try and be more constructive again to your hobby instead of just posting shite at people who are learning or constantly pissing on everyone's enthusiasm? Surely even you was a novice once? I really don't think you should be calling someone a 'little prick' on my project... that's not what we're all here for so do us all a favour and take your shit else where...

very good, ill get the guitar out

That is good, everyone should be the way they are always. I have many faults, i speak my mind and don't gloss over things, that is the way i am, i am an Athiest.

Its ok mate no worries im a very decent understanding guy and wouldn't hurt anyone some people say im too good for my own good

Haha yes, I added the after part when I read back.... made that mistake before. Just have a beer to help clear repair fog and the mind..... not long later, would be sat in the sun with more beer and more in the fridge thinking repairs can wait.

Good luck Rich, take it steady and you will get there...... Put a beer or two in the fridge as a "light at the end of the tunnel reward", after you have some repaired working boards.👍

Now that's seriously impressive! I had no idea that this sort of thing could be done so easily. Are these expensive to operate Tris (as in what would it cost in materials to make a tube)?

Here here. Its probably the hardest thing to do in a community of people you don't really know . We all have walls built around ourselves, and it takes courage to take down a couple of bricks and let folks look inside....

Gonna say... Use a token tube. That long drill thing will end in tears, god! When I used one to do a barrel lock I nearly lost 2 fingers and the chip board exploded, I may as well of punched the chip board as that was what the end result looked like. Surely the plastic tube would just explode!?

Well not everyone understands me or understands people with learning disabilities , some people on here have said im only after what I can get and once ive got it I bugger off , well thats not the case at all , If I know something or remember something then of course I will try to help someone

I can see this ending in tears for some on here that will try opening a tube up with one of these in the end of their Makita, mate.

Why? What do you mean sand down the tubes? They don't need painting..... Never had to do anything to a tube that had taken old £1 coins which needs to take new £1 coins.