From personal experience, many times over, my advice is simply steer clear. Film and TV companies are a total pain in the arse and are invariably absolute time wasters.

I should imagine he's got it open by now

I don't know if you're talking about a different "Little Duke".......

Have to admit, when I saw Brigham's post I wondered how a Little Duke would work as a Boland single-reeler (or indeed a three-reeler)

As TF has noted, this is a recreation. Honourable as it may be, it's not a Spitfire. The strange thing is, that the maker of this machine should have called it Spitfire, which were actually quite small allwins. The dimensions given in the listing on ebay would seem more akin to a Defiant. Picture be...

By coincidence, my birthday is 24th October.
Weird to think I was born just as you were getting married

Hello Pete. OK, I own up - I was the guy you bought it from :woops: . The missing part is a short piece of copper-coloured wire, similar to that arrowed in green. It has a fine thread, which I'm guessing will be either 8 or 10 BA (the same thread as the wire that I told you had a missing nut) and is...

Well, I've finally updated the website. I've moved things around a bit so that all sold items are on the first page, although due to the time it's taken to compile the new pages, there are a couple of items there that have since sold. I'll be in Brighton three days a week for the next month, so it s...

I missed the original 2015 thread, which would have been around the time I bought this little allwin from Mervyn, which I've had operating down at Brighton until recently. I can confirm that it is a BMCo, which has been 'Wondered' - it has had a Wonders 'roof' added, plus of course the backflash. Fo...

I know this is too late, and of absolutely no use whatsoever, but when I saw the first post, I recognised this gripper as a machine I once owned - it was I who put it in the Coventry auction. As far as I can recall, the mechanism was complete and working, although I think there was one part that cou...

24 Winning Cups is by Oliver Whales Actually, they're Wonders. Full list below - those that I've left blank are Allwin Deluxe type machines, which could be of German or British origin. 1. Whales 2. 3. BMCo 4. Whales 5. BMCo 6. 7. BMCo 8. No picture 9. Whales 10. Whales 11. Wonders 12. Whales 13. Wo...