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I just would like to show you the finished restoration. I know it's a little unusual colour, but I like the look. Here you can see the before and after pictures. Thank you for your help.

Thank you guys for a very speedy reply, I'll keep you updated on restoration.

Hi, I brought a Mills Vest Pocket trade stimulator in November at the Elephant House Auction, I have looked for one for a while but have never been able to afford the high prices they are now fetching. I won it for a good price but it had a couple of issues. The coin slide was very stiff and tended ...

Thank you very much for all your advice, it works nicely now. I was afraid I would get a roasting for changing the original look but I'm very pleased you agree with me over the improved look.

Can anyone help me? For years I have wanted an Allwin machine, but could not afford one. But recently I was offered at a bargain price a Nostalgic. It was in poor condition, faded back flash and rusted, so I have tried to restore it to how I thought a '50s type of machine should look. IMG_5295a.jpg ...

That looks fantastic. I really only went the powder coat route for the durability, so it would stand up to the grandchildren.
To fill the holes I was going to try Teahnicqll cold weld repair which takes temperature up to 1200c. But I'm not sure if it can be coated.

I didn't really mean to have it powder coated, I was just going to have it bead blasted for £30 and then spray it, but when he said the powder coat would only cost £40 I thought I would go with that. They baked it first to get air bubbles out of the casting then coated it before baking on the finish...

Just thought you might like to see how the High Top's coming along. I'm pretty happy with the look.

As an aside I have just collected the casting of my High Top from a company in Windsor called MicroBlast Services. They bead blasted off all the old paint and powder coated outside and inside in under 24 hrs. and for only £70. A realy nice job.

Ah yes you are right there has been an insert put in to the coin entry, and the imprint on the coin run is 31mm, the size of an old 1d. The coin entry without the insert is also 31mm. The coin overflow tube is also 1d size. So it looks like I need to change the coin stack tube, the payout slides and...

The payment hole in the top looks to fit the 1np well but the interior mechanism looks a little large to me. The payment tube also looks right for the 1np.

Well I've taken the slides out and have cleaned them up they were covered in oil.
But now I can see that the holes are much larger than the 1np coin, the diameter is approximately 24mm thats about 4mm larger than the 1np. Does anyone know what size coin this might be for?
Here's the photo.

Thanks guys for all your input I have removed all the 1p coins pre 1987 so now it is all steel 1p. This doe's seem to have some effect on the payout which is now: 3 bar pay 10 3 orange pays 9 2 orange & bar pays 9 2 cherry pays 4 1 cherry pays 2 3 bell pays 2 3 plum pays 2 2 bell & bar pay 2...

Wow - that will make life much easier. I'm afraid my knowledge of all this is pretty poor. Thanks for the tip.

Thank you both for all your advice. I will keep you updated.

Thanks TF when I started this the machine had totally wrong strips so I was unaware if it was paying out correctly or not. I am sure the strips are correct now I have checked through them six times to check and double check. It does have five payout slides but it is a new penny machine not an old on...

Well the strips turned up and they look great, but now I have the correct combination I found that some of the payouts are incorrect. IMG_3894a.jpg The 1 cherry is correct at 2p The 2 cherry is sometimes right paying 6p but sometimes only pays 4p The 3 Bars is correct paying 10p The 3 Oranges pays 1...

Yes they are sold as a seven strip set, when I asked them they said it was so they could be altered to suit.
I'm ordering them today, will keep you updated.
Thanks for all your help.

Well I have mapped all three reels again, I think I have the order right now, I checked it three times. I came across a web site called Slot Machine Reel Strips * so below are the results of what I found for sale and how they matched to mine, its hard to make out the code number but I think I have g...

Thank you so much - that is a great help. I will map reel 3 again as it is a little strange that both the plum and the bar seem to be in the same area, so now I can carry on with the restoration.