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SkeeBall Identification
possum998:
Hi all.
I'm a new member and would like to thank coyote640 and others for their contributions to this year-old thread, which I've found quite helpful and insightful. I purchased a Fab U Ball machine about a year ago (pic attached). At the time the thought occurred to me that perhaps it was manufactured by someone other than Skee-Ball, but I was (and still am) far from an arcade expert. Aside from some of the lights other than the score panel not working and the winner light missing, it worked flawlessly for several months. Later, it would occasionally freeze after a game and fail to start a new one. The coin op sensor would appear to trip correctly (the red LED would blink), but the ball release solenoid would not engage and the balls subsequently would not release. Usually power cycling (or hitting the reset button, can't remember if that also worked) would correct the problem.
A couple of months ago, the previously intermittent problem permanent-ized itself. When you power up the machine, the music plays and the lights blink. The coin op sensor appears to trip properly, but the balls don't release. Pushing the reset button starts the music over but doesn't correct the problem. This would seem to be different than coyote's ball-counting sensor problem. Any advice on how to go about troubleshooting? I'm quite mechanically inclined, somewhat less electrically inclined - but I can navigate my way around electrically if I'm helped with good directions.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Paul
neald:
I see this is an old thread but I am posting for a good reason. I am the grandson of the owner of FAB Electronics. It's GREAT to see people taking our machines years later and restoring them. It's been a long time since I've worked with these. I want to clear the air on a couple things though, these machines were a similar design to the Skee ball game but we're anything but a "cheep knock off" as one of the Skee ball reps said. If anyone has any questions, or would just like to talk, please pm me my name is Neal. Thank-you
MartyDrago:
Hello,
I have a similar machine made by fab electronics. It came out of an Alladins Castle arcade. I need to find a wiring schematic for this . I have no power to ball release. Lights work, that's it.
Thank you
PinWiz:
I just acquired a Fab-U-Ball game and it is missing the display board. I cannot find any schematics for the boards. I am more than happy to build my own board but I need to know how the CPU is driving the display. Could someone with this game take some up close pictures of both sides of the board so I can see what is are being used. I could then figure how the 7-segments displays are driven from the CPU. Thanks.
Kershawesome:
Apparently everybody is getting Fab-U-Balls nowadays lol. I signed up for this forum just for this thread. I have two of these, both Chuck-E-Cheese branded. One is the 10-foot model everyone has been discussing here, but I also have the 13 foot model as well. The 13 foot came with three boxes of spare parts but unfortunately they don't seem seem to work on the 10 footer. I don't think either have sound boards but I need to dig through the parts more.
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