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Thanks for the offer. I think I may have a cup myself without surround but need to check. Let you know if needed. Cheers.

Thanks. I'll definitely come back with some internal pics once open. Might be a few weeks though as it’s now buried in the ‘pending’ pile!

Ha ha. Yes I got lucky. The first 23 have all gone their way now. I restored about half and sold the others on as projects for others to enjoy as I was tight for space. I’ve only kept one in the end due to lack of space. I fancy restoring these ones but I need to find a time window….! I have had my ...

Thanks. Looks similar. Any idea on age?

...the player's penny (or possibly ha'penny) is the projectile, rather than a ball bearing. A relatively rare machine, and certainly worth restoring, in my view. Ahhhhh interesting. I haven’t opened it yet so hadn’t noticed the difference but that makes sense now. Looking at the width of the win sl...

Some may remember a find of quite a few allwins I made a couple of years ago. I’ve just picked up five more from the same source. 2 wonders, 2 whales and (I think) a bmco. All in a suitable state of disrepair but mostly there although some nasty old woodworm in a couple of playfields. I just need to...

Well it’s done! After stripping back the cloth on the coil I manage to expose a broken wire so connected new wires and re wrapped with cloth and varnished. I was wondering about the voltage thing as I found a 240 v bulb in it so wondered if it had previously been converted. I used a variac to gradua...

Thanks for the suggestions. It’s open! Managed to open it after dousing with penetrating oil. Not sure there was much finesse to it but after poking a prodding for a while with a bent lock pick it opened. The oil definitely made a difference as I suspect there was a bit of rust around. Everything el...

Why not use a transformer to produce US 120V from our mains voltage? It would be a lot easier to do it this way, and you keep it in original condition. I could do that. But currently the coil is open circuit. I need to peel some of the wrapping off to see if there is an obvious break near the surfa...

Yes I sort of was guessing that. However, the bit about rewinding for a different voltage might be useful in my case.

My other project in the waiting is this one. Unsurprisingly, no keys. I really don’t want to drill it but I’m a very novice lock picker. I have furnished myself with some lock picking tools though! So a couple of questions…. The ‘cover’ rotates freely so the idea of putting a small wrench in to put ...

Thanks for suggestions.

I’ve found this article which might give me a few pointers on how to tackle it. Will be a few weeks till I get a chance to sort it (got to go on holiday and then build a downstairs loo first!) but will be fun to try and get it going.

https://sound-au.com/clocks/ocm.html

This one’s a bit off topic so please remove if inappropriate. However I’m sure there will be people here who are interested and may be able to offer advice. I purchased a Japanese barber pole nonworking. On opening it up I was expecting a synchronous motor. However there is no self-contained unit wi...

Excellent. Thanks. I’ll give it a try!

I just picked these two up at auction. The one in the right is in a bit of a state but the left hand one isn’t too bad really - but it’s locked. I’m going to get a lock pick set and have a go but does anyone know how good the locks are on these things. I’m guessing they might be a bit more secure th...

I have a Many Happy Returns which is the same mech. There should be about 45 balls in it. Insert a coin should deliver one ball. Flick the ball and try to fill the columns. When a column fills the ball that falls down the back should allow the win handle to turn and pay out a variable amount linked ...

Looks great! Nice way to do it and few would notice the difference.

Finally got mine up on the wall this morning. Just waiting for the 3/16rod to arrive so I can replace the missing pins.

Thanks. I’ll get working on it when I get a min!

Here is the drawing I used to fabricate them. Because I don't have a lathe, I made them from two circular rods - one 3/16" diameter and one 7/16" diameter. I used imperial measure bright steel which is more expensive than metric mild steel but it just didn't look right in metric sizes. I ...

Thanks for that! Big help. Tallstory, how did you make you replacement pins? Was it a single piece of bar or two different sizes, one inserted in the other? And what material did you use? Finally how to they attach to the rest of the mech? And finally, finally…… is it straightforward to get the mech...