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by bod
Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:15 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: cheap allwin on ebay 260263190679
Replies: 10
Views: 7586

Re: cheap allwin on ebay 260263190679

Nothing to do with the thread content, but this topic seems to be corrupted somehow. I read all the posts and returned to the index but it didn't mark the post as 'read'. Having looked again, the index stated 4 replies but the actual topic had 5 replies so I assume it hasn't registered correctly. I ...
by bod
Wed May 31, 2017 11:24 pm
Forum: Justice Scrutton's Tipple
Topic: Google Home WTF?
Replies: 8
Views: 6877

Re: Google Home WTF?

When Satnavs first became popular, many people programmed a 'Home' destination as a convennient way of plotting a route home from any location. Of course thieves stealing your car could then use this to go and rob your house while they knew you were out.
by bod
Tue May 30, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: Justice Scrutton's Tipple
Topic: Google Home WTF?
Replies: 8
Views: 6877

Re: Google Home WTF?

Bit late to get suspicious now. Lots of people have been carrying smartphones around for a while and 'they' have the ability to turn on the microphone or camera in the phone without your knowledge, not to mention the obvious location services even when it appears to you to be turned off. At least th...
by bod
Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:34 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Some members can't login
Replies: 54
Views: 53294

Re: Some members can't login

Just to say - all is still good. :D
by bod
Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:51 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Some members can't login
Replies: 54
Views: 53294

Re: Some members can't login

Surreal... I'm now logged in OK first time, and without having to delete the cookies via my browser.
Will try this again tomorrow just in case the random forces were with me tonight.
by bod
Mon May 09, 2016 10:31 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Domino, Lucky Dice, Juge de Paix, Roll Out the Barrel etc.
Replies: 81
Views: 55051

Re: Cigarette paying Domino machine

Strange. The unrestored machine parts have black dominos with white spots and the restored version has white dominos with black spots. Musta scrubbed pretty hard...
by bod
Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:40 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Coin pusher history
Replies: 5
Views: 5947

Re: Coin pusher history

Pusher type machines are just about the only type of machine that you find in modern amusement arcades. Yawn...
by bod
Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:41 am
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Very very rare bandit....
Replies: 5
Views: 3047

Re: Very very rare bandit....

It says I won't find another one. But I just walked into my study and discovered one sitting on the end of my desk. I must be extremely lucky - 2 lottery tickets for me this week as clearly I cannot lose...
by bod
Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:57 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Standing in snow looking at a car park.
Replies: 8
Views: 2866

Re: Standing in snow looking at a car park.

Generally the folk up here in the North East are a friendly lot (I moved up from the Midlands almost 40 years ago and decided to stay) but with the recent closure of the steelworks in Redcar you were pretty lucky to find anyone at work on any day of the week. The orange colour isn't from the tanning...
by bod
Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:22 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: The Costa Concordia Casino
Replies: 7
Views: 2865

Re: The Costa Concordia Casino

Hey I still got a good deal. The sixpences I bought in Coventry cost me about 8p each... !!YIPPEE!!
by bod
Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:38 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: The Costa Concordia Casino
Replies: 7
Views: 2865

Re: The Costa Concordia Casino

My dull and tarnished 6d goes on the Venetian Hotel in Macao.
[pulls handle...reels spin...]
dirtdog
by bod
Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:03 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Oooh Ta! I think that bracket might be about my level of ability - only one bend in it.
Where is your sense of adventure Raj? I bet you must have lots of stuff you don't know that you haven't got?
by bod
Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:29 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Bollocks! Another piece missing from my machine, as you can see below: SAM_0348.JPG At least this bit should be fairly simple to make. Could you give me some approx dimensions of the bracket please Mr PM? Thank you also for taking the time to draw out the size and shape of the other parts I need to ...
by bod
Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:01 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Heh heh, mad fool.... :lol: OK you asked to see it. I can't even be sure it is part of the mech, I found it loose inside the cabinet but it may just have fallen inside. SAM_0347.JPG I was going to start making some missing bits today but it is bloody cold and wet and I have just discovered my shed h...
by bod
Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:05 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Thank you, that helps a lot. It also solves my problem of why the ratchet wheel isn't advancing. I found a spare curved piece of spring steel in the bottom of the cabinet when I removed the lid and was sure it belonged here, but you have shown me that it is the horizontal part (of the 3 bits I'm mis...
by bod
Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:41 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Blimey! A lot more complicated than I thought it would be. Many thanks for taking the parts off and photographing them for me. I understand the forked bit where the coin slides across the gap, but I've no idea what function the other bits perform. I suppose I won't until I get the coin to cross the ...
by bod
Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:10 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Sorry I've not managed to get back on the site for a couple of days and have missed the recent banter. Thanks for the pic Mr PM - I can see I'm missing some sort of guard/cover plate between the coin validator and the see-saw that fills the various coin tubes, secured by a couple of screws where I m...
by bod
Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:43 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

Re: Anyone with a BDR Bristol?

Hi BP, Thanks for your reply. You are correct there is a trapdoor above the JP tubes which seems to work via a wheel operated by a pushrod, although at the moment the wheel doesn't advance - but that's another problem. This problem is that my 6d doesn't make it to that trapdoor. I've annotated my ph...
by bod
Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:22 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: BDR 'Breadbin' bandit
Replies: 121
Views: 19472

BDR 'Breadbin' bandit

I have just acquired a BDR Bristol 'Bread Bin', mainly because it has a completely different operation to the Mills/Sega mechanisms. It basically works OK but I thought it had stopped paying out until I realised this was because the main payout tube was empty. Looking at the coin path I can see that...
by bod
Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:11 am
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Coventry Auction Sunday 29th November 2015
Replies: 29
Views: 11323

Re: Coventry Auction Sunday 29th November 2015

Or 'The One Armed Bandit that didn't Sell'...
(as we were calling you Badpenny) :lol: