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Plumb Bob

Published on August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 by William Oetting

The plumb bob is the pinball mechanism that determines when you are moving the cabinet too much; hence giving the player dangers and tilts.  It is made up of a plumb bob hanging within a metal ring.  When the plumb bob moves enough to touch the metal ring it completes a circuit and triggers a “danger.”

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