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Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:32 pm
by pennymachines
badpenny wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:18 pm For video click here
"This item might not exist or is no longer available" :!?!:

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:35 pm
by badpenny
I know I just discovered that myself.
I'm trying to post a video without using a hosting site. I guess I'll have to open a reddit account or something equally tiresome?

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:37 pm
by arrgee
I clicked on the 'clickety thingy' BP and got the following message as shown below, I do hope that you have not been personally deleted BP or have expired? :shock:

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:38 pm
by arrgee
Ah, I see mr PM was ahead of me !PUNISH!

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:40 pm
by badpenny
Still .....

It's nice to know those of you who'd pay attention if I were deleted.

BP '!'

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:22 pm
by treefrog
I find myself getting very distracted and moving from one task to another without finishing first. Started to tidy spares and odds and sods because somewhere I had a load of small glass pieces for escalator windows and needed them for a bunch of machines. I must have put them somewhere safe and after two days could not find them. I did find a part hopefully Dutchboy needed that was buried - a bonus...

It then occurred to me I have a few sheets of old broken clock glass I was dumping (my previous failed efforts at cutting glass) and thought I would try and cut some. After two hours of breaking most of it into pieces too small to use, I decided to watch a few YouTube videos. Believe it or not I am useless at cutting glass, especially tiny precise pieces and end up going to the glacier....

So after much persistence I have finally overcome my fear and incompetence of glass cutting and cut 9 perfect pieces one after the other and I still have spare glass for a few more. :cool:

Right, onto my next distraction. :smash:

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:34 pm
by badpenny
Congratulations.
Cutting glass along with whistling by jamming fingers in my mouth has also eluded me.

I've only just mastered soldering properly.

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:23 pm
by geordy55
BP, video not working.

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:55 pm
by badpenny
I know, searching for video hosting site.
Not doing well ..... recommendations anyone?

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:03 pm
by treefrog
Well youtube is obvious one......I have dozens on there

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:52 pm
by badpenny
I was trying to avoid The Tube I had an issue with some of my vids being stolen and then reappearing elsewhere under a different name.
Then again I suppose in the great scheme of things it hardly matters.

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:42 pm
by badpenny
Try this link, it should work .... although by now, especially having watched it umpty twelveteen times I hardly think it's worth the effort now. I'll try and do another one tomorrow for the Novomat.

try this bugger ....

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:55 pm
by treefrog
Very nice BP. I have to admit I do prefer them running quicker, so leave the wire in place or adjust as appropriate. Problem is in this country most punters would have fallen asleep playing one of these or moved to the next machine. An Orion I refreshed and got running correctly last month and yes I know it is lime green, I had the paint and fancied something different. :HaHa: Anyway, by comparison running quickly, better money taker. :cool:




Mods why when pasting URL’s now the website does not automatically appear anymore and you have to change !PUZZLED!

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:40 pm
by pennymachines
I don't know. Odd thing is, I don't have to change anything - I just clicked Edit and reposted it. :!?!:

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:08 am
by arrgee
bad penny wrote:Try this link, it should work .... although by now, especially having watched it umpty twelveteen times I hardly think it's worth the effort now
Wrong PB, well worth the effort. Good looking machine. Did you replace the brass payout slides or keep them?

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:41 am
by coppinpr
treefrog wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:55 pmProblem is in this country most punters would have fallen asleep playing one of these or moved to the next machine.
That's nothing compared to my Wulff "Jupiter". You could play the coin, go make a cup of tea, come back, hit the restart button on one of the reels, go get a biscuit and still be back in time to see the result come up. dirtdog

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:21 am
by badpenny
arrgee wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:08 am Did you replace the brass payout slides or keep them?
So I recut the coin entry and return slots.
Reshaped the coin gate to hold 1d.
Reformed the first stage of the coin tube as it had been restricted.
The second stage had been sleeved with a tube held in place with Isopon, I burnt that out and reamed it smooth.
I reamed out the slides from 22mm holes to 32mm and took the opportunity to re centre the stack.
The game was also very fast, so I removed the wiring on the clock's governor, it's now 20 seconds, but will speed up with playing as the copper leaves aren't bedded in yet and still retain a bit of memory. 15 seconds will be better unless you're in the habit of falling asleep between plays.
The restart on reel one was intermittent and lazy. Dismantling that element and cleaning/lubricating all pivots and axles cured that.
Each reel had a bridge spanning a higher pay out with a change of reel symbol. All removed.

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:54 pm
by pennymachines
treefrog wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:22 pm Believe it or not I am useless at cutting glass, especially tiny precise pieces and end up going to the glacier....
Which glacier are you going to, and isn't melting an issue?

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:45 pm
by 13rebel
Paul C wanted to know the address of Bernard Brenner - it was 374 London Road, Croydon. My father had a publishing business in London Road, close to this address in the 1950s/60s.

Re: LOCK DOWN TIME!

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:25 am
by treefrog
eBay is finally drying up on the sales front, people have finally realised people can’t collect items and delivery firms are inundated. I ordered some items before lockdown that still have not turned up........it was quite funny the guy who bought some windows on eBay recently and was fined by police for making an unnecessary trip as well as stuffing his wife in the boot of the car on the return trip :lol: