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Skee Ball

This game has a long history from 1909 to today. Philadelphia Tobaggan Company started it all. Deltronics labs brought the game into the electronic realm. Now the operating entity is called Skee Ball Amusement Games.

This is a Model E. The first electronic models were in 1974 and called Model D for Deltronics, the company that was retrofitting the mechanical games with their electronics. Some deal between PTC and Deltronics brought that technology in house and the Model E (for electronic?) was created. Current machines (since the early 1980's) are either Model H or Model S.

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Chisel and Sand

15 Jan 2014 Filed in: Skee Ball | Philadelphia Toboggan | 1975

More work on the alley to get the rest of the green cork off. The ramp really held the old cork well. I am able to chisel off chunks of cork but the burlap net is harder to remove. My chisel attempts are making gauges I will need to patch. I am getting the cork off with the chisel and will sand out the netting later.