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by badpenny
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Calling all WHALES
Replies: 9
Views: 530

Re: Calling all WHALES

1926 Rolls-Royce 40/50-HP Phantom I Barker Torpedo Tourer.
I imagine you haven't heard of Google Reverse Image Search?

BP !!RAYOF!!
by badpenny
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rubber bump stop
Replies: 6
Views: 379

Re: Rubber bump stop

Japanese are taking over everywhere these days!
by badpenny
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Ebay prices getting out of hand
Replies: 19
Views: 631

Re: Ebay prices getting out of hand

The fact that we all drove home in the dark was that the second Sunday in November every year tends to see darkness encroach at 3.30pm.
BP :roll:
by badpenny
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:19 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Ebay prices getting out of hand
Replies: 19
Views: 631

Re: Ebay prices getting out of hand

treefrog wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:13 pm I have not sold anything for over a year after someone screwed me when selling some sixpences…
Pray, what happened? Anything we could all learn from, or someone we should avoid?
by badpenny
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:11 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rubber bump stop
Replies: 6
Views: 379

Re: Rubber bump stop

Somewhat like the rubber mushrooms they used to mend punctures in tubeless tyres with until they changed the law regarding it and vulcanising. I saw one once at Coventry where the vendor had used a couple of tap washers stuck together and then chamfered to shape. Also of course they have a hole in t...
by badpenny
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello to everyone
Replies: 4
Views: 685

Re: Hello to everyone

Hi, and welcome to Pennymachines forum.
Have you tried forcing wins on higher combinations ...
3 oranges, 3 plums, the whole range?
Do the jackpot banks drop?

I think some photos will help.
The front of the mech
The right hand side of the mech
For starters.

BP :cool:
by badpenny
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The Forum's yearly check up
Replies: 26
Views: 3609

Re: The Forum's yearly check up

Wowsers Gary!
Did yer Dad put you down for membership same time as for Oxford?
I went to Cambridge myself. I think it must have been a Thursday, half day shopping. Everywhere was closed but there were bikes everywhere.
BP :!!!:
by badpenny
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: Build a Slot Machine
Topic: Fortune Teller Machine Finished!
Replies: 8
Views: 294

Re: Fortune Teller Machine Finished!

That's really nice, well done.
I was hoping you were going to let us see the internal gubbins, but you're playing your tarot cards close to your chest!

You have a good eye.

BP :cool:
by badpenny
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Pete Barson wall machine identified
Replies: 16
Views: 1175

Re: Pete Barson wall machine identified

If I remember corruptly tim 575 it was taken out of the back of his car at a trade fair or something similar, maybe a Steam Fair.

BP
by badpenny
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Pete Barson wall machine identified
Replies: 16
Views: 1175

Re: Pete Barson wall machine identified

Personally, I doubt the thief concerned appreciated the machine in the slightest.
They probably only saw easy money.
It's very encouraging how infrequently we hear of such activity, and long may that be the situation. |/XX\|
by badpenny
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Quite a rare beasty - Mills Futurity
Replies: 15
Views: 1229

Re: Quite a rare beasty - Mills Futurity

I do henry10, right from the heart of my bottom!
by badpenny
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Buckley kicker question
Replies: 5
Views: 286

Re: Buckley kicker question

It could.
They do tend to operate efficiently when in the same plane as the original.
If however that solves the problem, it tells you it's not heavy enough gauge as it shouldn't have bent in the first place.

Give it a try and tell us how it goes.
BP :cool:
by badpenny
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: PennyMachines Market
Topic: Jentzsch & Meerz Airship Profit Sharer for sale
Replies: 1
Views: 888

Re: Jentzsch & Meerz Airship Profit Sharer for sale

That's a good price "Brianh"
Just a thought, it might help if you give a clue where it's situated.

Best of luck
BP :cool:
by badpenny
Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Justice Scrutton's Tipple
Topic: We're pampering to the minority ...
Replies: 5
Views: 595

We're pampering to the minority ...

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by badpenny
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Pete Barson wall machine identified
Replies: 16
Views: 1175

Re: Pete Barson wall machine identified

He lost one, it was stolen.
It's probably sitting, unreognised in a collection or arcade somewhere.

BP
by badpenny
Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Pete Barson wall machine identified
Replies: 16
Views: 1175

Re: Can anyone ID this machine?

Really important to see a summary like that, I had forgotten some of those names (both people and machines)
by badpenny
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: B Firman & Co. products
Replies: 131
Views: 63952

Re: B Firman & Co. products

Ooh! I wonder what's with the coin slot thingy above the head & wings?
by badpenny
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Trouble with Aristocrat reels not releasing
Replies: 23
Views: 1287

Re: Trouble with Aristocrat reels not releasing

:HaHa: A hobby I have often considered myself TF. Usually when I'm half way in transit on a flight of stairs, elbows trembling and knees akimbo. I find my immediate thoughts wondering if the front door at the bottom will be strong enough to stop the passage of a Sega Continental in the process of ma...
by badpenny
Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Trouble with Aristocrat reels not releasing
Replies: 23
Views: 1287

Re: Trouble with Aristocrat reels not releasing

In that case, it'll never cycle as I already said. Without the round thing on top of the rear V section supported on top the vertical fingers won't retract enough so the discs and reels will be locked. I'm not sure I agree with TF concerning the distance not increasing the height lifted. Adjusting t...
by badpenny
Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Trouble with Aristocrat reels not releasing
Replies: 23
Views: 1287

Re: Trouble with Aristocrat reels not releasing

It'll be the Dog & Anvil. Slacken the retaining bolt on the anvil and tap it closer to the dog. That will enable it to engage with the dog sooner and be tilted further back which in turn will push the vertical finger reset bar to its limit. Clearing the fingers from the discs, allowing the reels...