Week of 2/16/2014

Trap Door
The parts came in and I swapped everything from the old plate over to the new one.  I also replaced all the rollers and bearings that the trolley rides on and the coiled cable for good measure. I installed it and the game kept making the noise that it makes when the claw is at the bottom of the travel, so I didn't get part of it back together properly.  But the trolley moved around the track without getting stuck so that was an encouraging sign.

Tokyo Drift
While I was testing it a message flashed up on the screen in huge red letters about I/O board not responding.  After a reboot, I couldn't get it to happen again.  I found the shifter isn't working properly on the one side.  The part that activates the switch broke. 

Skee Ball
I moved four balls back into the proper lanes

Prize Order
I placed a small order for prizes. It had been slow due to the weather but a couple of nice days caused me to be all but out of prizes.  A nice day or two after days of cold and snow are always good for this business.

Game Pickup / Delivery
I picked up a game and delivered it to a friend's place where I picked up a couple of games.  One is non-working and is going to be stripped for parts.  I did manage to drop one game on it's side while Moving it.  Luckily it landed on a snow bank and other than getting some of the metal parts wet, no harm at all. 

Air Hockey
I found a bunch of Reese’s Pieces laying on the game and on the floor near the game.  I picked them up as I know that they will end up in the game if I don't. 

Collection
I normally schedule the collections for when the public is not at the location.  I do it that way so I can get my work done.  And collecting from several games is work.  Usually it takes me 2-3 hours at this particular location.  Anyhow, today I had to collect while people were there.  And within two minutes of starting, I had help.  Two young loud mouth kids asking tons of questions and demanding free games.  I frequently give kids free games if I am collecting and they ask nicely or are polite with me.  These two did not get any free games and I was wishing that I had some Advil in my tool bag after a while.