Tee'd Off
Gottlieb, 1993Hey guys!
I have a Tee’d Off. I was wondering if anyone knows of an alternative to the 3/4” steel ball that’s used in the roulette wheel?
I think a lighter ball would make it more fun. I feel the steel ball is a little too heavy, and finds its hole quite fast.
This lighter ball needs to conduct electricity, as it acts as a switch.
Aluminum?
Thanks!
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Quoted from TevB:The ceramic balls I found online are non-conductive. Do you know if the Twilight Zone one does? However, I need 3/4” diameter.
Twilight Zone ceramic would be too big unfortunately.
Quoted from chad:Twilight Zone ceramic would be too big unfortunately.
You can get ceramic balls in other sizes.
Quoted from TevB:The ceramic balls I found online are non-conductive.
Very, very rarely does the ball act as a conductor in a game. In this case, I'm pretty sure the ball just drops onto leaf switches in the roulette holes.
Quoted from chad:https://www.plasticballsupply.com/3-4-in-0-75-natural-glass-filled-delrin-plastic-balls/?utm_campaign=shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&gclid=CjwKCAjw_uGmBhBREiwAeOfsd3oIPaUrAb2qsZ-WcrBovF6hwXrrrER3pL3a8WEAKARkSxL8ENq5bRoCB1MQAvD_BwE
https://www.plasticballsupply.com/3-4-in-0-75-white-zirconium-dioxide-zro-sub-2-sub-series-ceramic-precision-balls/?utm_campaign=shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&gclid=CjwKCAjw_uGmBhBREiwAeOfsd9nR1XPtYFboiTB3dbQG-uzJIbpeV1p-BiztVDE8t1afMg_sRYnUzBoC_I4QAvD_BwE
Not sure on weight though.
I suspect plastic may be too light to bend the leaf switches in the roulette wheel holes.
Ball is not a conductor.
When the ball falls into a hole on the wheel, it closes a switch.
If the ball is too light - it won’t apply enough pressure to close the switch
Guys, thank you for all your suggestions. The zirconium one looks good, and conducts (a little). Here are photos of the wheel contacts:
Top-side
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Bottom-side
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Notice the wheel surface is metal. Given that there are no switches, I thought that the ball acted as a closed switch, connecting the dot on the wheel to the surface of the wheel, thus, closing the circuit. I guess that wouldn’t be very safe.
It’s just that sometimes when the wheel spins the ball does a good job of spinning around once the wheel abruptly stops like a real roulette table. But I’m finding some times that it almost always stays in the same hole. Just thought it would be more entertaining if the ball was lighter.
Those look like membrane switchs. If you (or the ball) presses the round spot, the two metal surfaces inside the membrane will make contact. So again, the ball doesn't conduct anything.
The Monte Carlo roulette mech used leaf switches--I assumed they just reused that again in Tee'd Off, since Gottlieb liked to recycle mechs over and over again without much (if any) alteration.
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