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Now if you went back to the days this machine was new you could have used boxed toilet paper which would have worked soooo much better
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At least you have toilet paper.....we are saving newspapers.
Well one machine done, took a lot longer than planned, not because of the machine bought, but getting one of my spare escalators to work in it. Incredible the issues you get with escalators and the time taken to strip down, rebuild, strip down rebuild.....
No idea if green was an original colour as most are silver, but is old wrinkle paint, so left on rather than a dodgy shiny paint job. Perhaps I may change reel strips as very scruffy, but good for now. Even stuck Mills door and lock on.....
Mills Black Cherry
Well one machine done, took a lot longer than planned, not because of the machine bought, but getting one of my spare escalators to work in it. Incredible the issues you get with escalators and the time taken to strip down, rebuild, strip down rebuild.....
No idea if green was an original colour as most are silver, but is old wrinkle paint, so left on rather than a dodgy shiny paint job. Perhaps I may change reel strips as very scruffy, but good for now. Even stuck Mills door and lock on.....
Mills Black Cherry
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Nice machine it is. The problem you have with the escalator sounds familiair. I did clean up some slides and they look like new. Untill i played the machine and it.... won’t pay out two coins. So have to take them apart again and rebuild etc.
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Great job Tree in doing only what was needed. I've always thought any machine should work properly first, cosmetics second. And that machine is fine looking as-is, some character, which in this day of so many over restored pieces is getting harder to find. I always say, look at US eBay, sinking under the weight of brand new looking "vintage" slots! Not a scrap of individuality to any of them and most sit there unwanted.
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I love to get to bottom of an issue, especially after spending more than a day wasting time building and taking apart items. Anyway of threes spare Mills escalators I had two had a similar issue where the coins would stick and jam the machine on operation. No matter how much cleaning, checking springs and blockages, something was causing this. One thing I have noticed on Mills and lesser so on Sega is that the metal parts are generally far more worn on machines, also the metals used seem less hard, so more use of brass and other softer metals, especially on escalators for example.
Anyway, the lower toothed coin bar is the main issue as this is fixed and only needs to spring back as the coins slide through the next position. I found any defect however small on the teeth locks the coin when trying to move to next position and as such jams the machine. As seen on the below picture seems to be more a issue on the second and third teeth, not the first. On removal filing the teeth back to remove any defects following the line the coin takes with the file not across. I also reduced the file size to fine to get a perfect smooth finish. I am sure other electric tools would do the job. Obviously you want to minimise the amount of metal take off as well. Fixed my issue on two escalators
You can tell I am bored....well maybe the wrong word
Anyway, the lower toothed coin bar is the main issue as this is fixed and only needs to spring back as the coins slide through the next position. I found any defect however small on the teeth locks the coin when trying to move to next position and as such jams the machine. As seen on the below picture seems to be more a issue on the second and third teeth, not the first. On removal filing the teeth back to remove any defects following the line the coin takes with the file not across. I also reduced the file size to fine to get a perfect smooth finish. I am sure other electric tools would do the job. Obviously you want to minimise the amount of metal take off as well. Fixed my issue on two escalators
You can tell I am bored....well maybe the wrong word
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I'm not self isolating, just have a week off work, so going to be starting on this.
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Having self-isolated myself due to my advancing years I decided it is time to clean all the dust out of my long abandoned Bryan's Five Win.
Got bored......
Got bored......
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It´s time for wrecking a couple of german "crank"-type slots to generate spare parts for following projects.
I'm waiting for parts to restore a coin operated '30s shooting range. Some things are not so easy available here in Germany at the moment...
I'm waiting for parts to restore a coin operated '30s shooting range. Some things are not so easy available here in Germany at the moment...
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Hi BP!
Here is a nice one:
Omega by Jentzsch & Meerz with Mint vendor, 1 to 24 payout, brake system, brake control (if brake not used...no payout)....cast iron front.
I had 6 in stock, 3 are wrecked now. The cranks allmost missing so i cast some in brass.
Here is a nice one:
Omega by Jentzsch & Meerz with Mint vendor, 1 to 24 payout, brake system, brake control (if brake not used...no payout)....cast iron front.
I had 6 in stock, 3 are wrecked now. The cranks allmost missing so i cast some in brass.
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I try to make some better pictures tomorrow. It`s easier with daylight.
Here some pics of reproduced cranks:
Here some pics of reproduced cranks:
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I’ve almost finished my 2 weeks quarantine after overseas travel my plan was to paint some cabinets
1964 midway raceway
1954 Seeburg Coon hunt
1940 holly crane
Currently raceway is painted and mostly reassembled
Coon hunt is 90% painted and partially re assembled
Holly crane is stripped and sanded hopefully ready for some shellac tomororow
1964 midway raceway
1954 Seeburg Coon hunt
1940 holly crane
Currently raceway is painted and mostly reassembled
Coon hunt is 90% painted and partially re assembled
Holly crane is stripped and sanded hopefully ready for some shellac tomororow
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Very skillful mantelmann, well done, what finish did you usesantelmann wrote:Here some pics of reproduced cranks
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To the uninitiated, could someone kindly tell me what a Goldings Flasher is? I’ve obviously missed an auction or twenty in the last couple of years.
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A 'Flasher' is a generic term for a type of gaming machine that displays the symbols using flashing lights rather than rotating drums, discs &c..
They started off as a way to circumvent gaming laws (as usual), but became popular in their own right during the 1950s and '60s.
'Golding' is the name of a distributor of such machines.
They started off as a way to circumvent gaming laws (as usual), but became popular in their own right during the 1950s and '60s.
'Golding' is the name of a distributor of such machines.
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Here some better pictures. If there is no mint in the vendor, the machine also close the coin insert.
I`ve casted the crank with homemade mixture of sand with soda water glass, hardened with carbonic acid. It allows gas to flew out, so you get very fine finsh for high temperatur casting. Blank casting was softly grinded, and then polished with a very large industrial machine.
I`ve casted the crank with homemade mixture of sand with soda water glass, hardened with carbonic acid. It allows gas to flew out, so you get very fine finsh for high temperatur casting. Blank casting was softly grinded, and then polished with a very large industrial machine.
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