

I received more than I had hopped for with hands on troubleshooting techniques and sharing information with the other students. Even though I have 30 years of experience as a technician and instructor, I learned more than enough to be a confident trouble shooter on pinball machines. All questions/issues covered and answered without side-tracking too much from original course material.Įxcellent course, great content, flow of information and instruction. Norbert has great presentation skills making all participants feel like he is just speaking directly to them. Can’t wait to start applying some of the new techniques learned. Norbert’s course is very interesting, informative and is presented in a way that all participants will gain something positive. I would recommend the course to both beginners in the hobby & people with a great deal of experience. Norbert has a great way of explaining the theory and takes the time to make sure that the less experience members of the group understand what he is trying to teach them. You get to try out what you are learning. The course is a great combination of theory & practical work. Some of the fault finding techniques he showed me I will find invaluable. I found Norbert’s course Great! I have a number of machines and fair bit of experience fixing them but I still was able to gain a great deal from the course. Pinball is making a big comeback, this course prepares you to be ready for the new generation.
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I loved this course and it has armed me to resolve a few niggling problems I have now, plus the knowledge to repair far more serious issues if I need too. If you have a pinball or interest in pinball come along to the course.ĭo yourself a favour, if you have any interest in pinball, attend this course and find out how easy they are to maintain or fix, and the passion for pinball shared by fellow pin heads. The course also covers Stern's pinball system and easily shows how similar pinball troubleshooting is no matter what the operating system. The input from Norbert is great but also from others in the course who have different experiences. I cannot suggest strong enough how valuable this course is to the hobbyist or professional.
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All advices at course are practical and come from years of professional experience working as a contractor in the field and the workshop where any time wastage would adversely affect my reward.

Step by step troubleshooting will ensure that you get the right outcome in a very short time. You'll be able to work safely and test the playfield devices from the backbox and always be certain whether the problem is in the playfield or caused by a faulty board. The course is a "hands on" workshop, which aims to provide you with the most effective methods of troubleshooting, preventing you going astray and wasting time. The content of the course has been evolving as new pinball systems were included in the course program. With the exception of one course being held in Sydney in 2004, the courses were resurrected at the end of 2010 but this time the majority of the attendees were not the operators but pinball enthusiasts/collectors.

That all changed at the end of the 90s when pinballs almost completely disappeared from public places as the operators struggled to earn enough revenue from pinballs. They were mostly attended by pinball machine operators and their technicians. They became extremely popular in the 90s and were held frequently throughout the decade in all state capitals and far north Queensland but also in New Zealand and Singapore. The courses span over three decades with the very first one being held at Leisure & Allied Industries (then Australia's biggest importer of pinball machines) in Sydney in1988.
