Level
your turntable:
A very common problem you will
find on 1934 Worlds Series games is that the turntable will not be
level
with the playboard. Specifically, at second base it will ride below the
play surface and balls will not clear the board when the game is reset.
I've found this problem over and over myself and customers
frequently report the same condition.
One logical fix, and one that I used for years, is to remove the
turntable assembly and remove wood from the bottom of the playboard at
the appropriate points and replace the assembly. This is NOT the
solution because while solving the obvious problem it does not solve
the problem of the four base stops on the underside of the turntable
dragging
or hitting the assembly support frame as it rotates.
Both of these problems are caused by the misalignment of the support
point at the bottom of the turntable axle (A in photo below). My theory
is that over 70 years of constant spring tension on mounting arm B
causes it to bend or warp slightly in the direction of the spring thus
moving the location of the screw C and causing A to be out of proper
alignment.
My solution that I've used
successfully many times is to modify the flat metal bar that supports
the bottom of the turntable. I cut a slot in the bar (see photo below)
that allows me to slide it and change the position, then hold it in
place by tightening the machine screw C. If you look closely at the
photo above you will see this was done to that machine. Because of the
geometry you will find that a very small change of position at point C
has a significant effect on the level of the turntable at second base
in relation to the playboard. You will also find that now the underside
of the turntable does not hit the support frame.
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