Modifying/Customizing Slot Pattern

[steveor]

Hi, I'm a Stiga guy but love the idea of the quality and power of the Chexx game. I don't own a Chexx but hope to one day. One complaint I have with the Chexx though is the rather simplistic slot pattern. As most of you likely know the Stiga slot pattern is pretty wild compared to the Chexx. But I realize the Stiga pattern on a Chexx just isn't feasible for the abuse a table has to sustain in a bar or at the local rink. But I was curious if anyone ever significantly modified one to be like a Stiga or Benej table.

I think it is certainly possible but it would be a very expensive modification. Like the Stiga, the tracks would have to be engineered to provide clearance for the movement of the rods since they would no longer be just straight back and forth. A photo in this post about the Stiga shows the ice surface removed (8th post at www.tablehockeyheaven.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1801). The Stiga slots pattern is pretty involved and the player gear boxes ride a rail on each side whereas the Chexx gear box rides inside a straight square slot. The Stiga left wing can make a wide turn behind the goal because its rod is hinged.

This Chexx repair website shows the Chexx playing mechanism with the ice surface removed (about 3/4 down the page at www.pinrepair.com/arcade/chexx.htm). Obviously the Chexx playing mechanism would not be easily modified for a Stiga like slot pattern.

I posted a WTB ad on Craigslist for a junked Chexx so maybe I can experiment if I can pick one up cheap.

I'd really like the members of this forum to weigh in and provide insight based on your vastly greater experience in all things Chexx.
Thanks, Steve

[bjl]

One complaint that I have is that this site has a lot of lookers, but not enough commentors. Anything is possible with enough time effort and money. But I'm willing to bet that with very little research, you'd find that your endeavor would require too much of each.

[Admin]

That would really need to be some modification. Clearly the way the chexx is made now is to be able to sustain tons of abuse. You would need to add some sort of extension and joint onto the players current track, and once that happens, you would need to cut short the other players track, so that they wouldn't hit. Along with that, the players are too big to fit other places, so they would just run into the bubble. You would have to drastically modify the entire surface and other slots for a few extra movements. essentially completely scrapping your game for a few extra turns. It would be fun to completely remove all tracks on a useless frame, but unless someone has that, i doubt anyone is going to risk ruining their current game to create something new. Awesome idea, and i'd love to see if someone could