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I agree with you, treefrog. My Sega Progressive Star had perfect chrome on the tray and handle when I bought it in September 1974 and it still looks just as good. It was never dumped in a damp garden shed like so many other machines. I do have the Shefras coin escalator in it which is not quite a pr...

Mr slot sells a "cherry pays 2" bib with a lock hole BUT I'm pretty sure it has no melons on it at all (part number HT-6). Mills reel strips might be a problem. The only normal ones that might work would be CC10. The EJ series has melons but also "7s". I think the ones on it are...

Thanks Chris, My problem is im actually missing the lever that holds the JP shut and then releases the JP when its triggered. Someone has effectively turned it into a display only JP. I wish people would not do that! You will be pleased to know that the jackpot you sold me is working OK and the res...

Aren't they a bloody nightmare? https://pennymachines.co.uk/Forum/download/file.php?id=9433&t=1 Why oh why so complicated? My thoughts as well! I designed a sliding door method of jackpot and reserve delivery but I was about 65 years too late. If something is not functioning properly, look for ...

Your machine only has two payouts: a 2 coins slide for all wins except the jackpot and a slide to push the jackpot token slide at the front. All the vertical levers will have been cut the same to operate only the 2 coin bottom slide, except the top slide which will only be cut to operate the next s...

Bandit reels with more symbols than stops. Manufacturer. Bugs on star wheels. Both Old Mills machines had 20 symbols on each reel but only a 10 stop mechanism. That meant that half the winning combinations were not "winnable" so to speak. As for bugs on the star wheels, a friend of mine b...

Thanks, Treefrog. You spotted something that most of us would not see. If the reel mech is not fitted in place on the base casting, the jackpot closing lever won't be pushing far enough to close the main jackpot door completely. Soon after the reels spin, the reserve will deliver and the main door w...

... not to mention the hordes of kids who spent most of their free time trying to spot a jammed machine or, dare I say it, cause a machine to jam. Not me, honest, no not me; I always reported jammed machines to the change man straight away!! :tut On that subject, I remember filling my pockets to th...

The spacing between symbols on Sega machines is 32 mm. 20 symbols = 640 mm for a reel strip plus a bit extra at the bottom to tuck under the top at the end of the strip. The original reel discs on Sega machines were 1.6 mm thickness and had a small hole in one of the teeth. These holes were lined up...

I was going to do something similar, but taken a step further. Do have all the symbols scanned, but then create a typeset type tool/template where you select each symbol and drop into the box, which will size it automatically to the size required. I am in IT and have a load of programmers at my acc...

Hi there, Although the plate at the bottom says "Progressive Star", I don't believe this is one, but as described a Starline. The Progressive, as per the name, has a special feature to pay out a progressive win after so many plays. Nice machine though and would be popular if you sold the ...

Hello, sorry for my bad english... I'm french !! I can certainly help you to understand how work Bonus et New Bonus. Effectivly, there are 2 BONUS mechs. The first mech was introduce in 1937 and was modified in 1939 for the New Bonus model. It will be the same after for hi top Bonus and for the Seg...

Barely a month later and another great British pier up in smoke. What was once the "jewel in Fleetwood's crown" has been reduced to a smouldering heap of metal . I remember July 1974 when I was a mere 22 years old. I had been working as a relief signalman on the Isle of Wight railway and ...

This may be a bit of an obvious question for some of you on here so hopefully I'll get a quick and simple answer :D I want to try and replace some of the reel strips on a bandit of mine. Now, I don't want to go and rush ahead before asking this question because I'll be kicking myself later :dammit:...

I have a Shefras escalator in mine. It had been virtually trouble free in 36 years. You might be interested to know that the "Mad Money" has identical payout discs as "Strike a Bonanza" and the only difference is the criss-cross wins of the Alfred E Neuman faces which are replace...

Hi The meter is mechanically operated by the coin advance bar on the mech, 20 plays adds 1 to the meter. The two pictures show the meter on a Sega light-up and a Continental. Re the first picture, there should also be a meter on the inside of the progressive Star. It is a small 5 digit affair and i...

On my Progressive, the Philip Shefras escalator presumably could have linked up the meter but when I bought mine, the 3 stars meter had a label stuck over it and informed players that 3 stars paid a jackpot. To get the meter working, I hooked up a large tension spring to hang down from the meter inc...

Unlike the melons and bars, the 3 star award was not paid by the machine. An attendant had to be present to pay out the cash over the bar. The correct Progressive Star display panel shows "100 coins plus meter reading". When the attendant paid the winner, the meter would be reset to zero w...