Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Co. bandits

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Will do. !THUMBS!
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pennymachines wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:22 pm Will do. !THUMBS!
Well I am blown, would never thought you would own one of these SkEpTiCaL
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!SHSSS! It's British ain't it, and it works on an old penny...
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This fairly basic simple machine made for pub use had 5 locks!! :o anyone know of ANY other bandit with that many? :!?!:
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pennymachines wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:31 pm !SHSSS! It's British ain't it, and it works on an old penny...
A very rare thing, the British-built mechanical 3-reeler.
I hated these at the time, although I'm now looking to buy one. I have the console 'brewers' one (Double Diamond), but not the ordinary arcade type.
'Action Line' would be OK, too!
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Has anybody fabricated a cash draw for a bell fruit bandit?

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Morning all I’m thinking of fabricating the cash box drawer and rear door for my Bell Fruit Cop a Lot. Has anyone done this and if so do you have a drawing and dimensions I could have a copy of to do the same please? !PUZZLED!
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Don't worry old fruit - I haven't forgotten, just not had time yet. Later today hopefully.
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Posted in Resources. Will do the door soon...
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Thank you sooooo much.
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It might be wise to make a cardboard prototype before cutting and folding metal in case I messed up or your bandit is different.
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Good idea, thanks again.
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Here are some pictures of the mech.
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Unsure why all my pictures upload upside down.
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Don't worry about it, it does happen at times on here.

I have noticed when it's happened to me in the past that opening the photo in an editing suite (even MS Paint), moving the aspect through all 90 degree positions and saving it every time before finally saving it in the position it should be, does the trick.
I don't know why, but it seems to stop the randomness.
It was a trick I picked up from another forum I frequent www.tickle_my_arse-with_a_feather.com

BP :cool:
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out of date fruit wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:58 pm Unsure why all my pictures upload upside down.
I believe the orientation of the camera when you take the picture is recorded in the file's metadata, but I'm sure there's more to it than that.
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Here's the inside of the back door. I've added the drawings.
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!!THUMBSX2!! thanks penny
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Looking at my mech it actually has two slots in the top of the coin mech. Would this be to run it on coins as opposed to tokens?
Also, is it a good idea to use engine degreaser to clear all the grease out before lubing it up with fresh oil?
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This rather ratty model spotted on US ebay, showing the semi-electric mechanism.
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Bell Fruit Nevada mech on Ebay

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Hi Guys
I'm not sure if this is good or not or will interest someone... whilst browsing through the Ebay Jukebox section I came across this auction... seems strange it's under jukeboxes but it caught my eye as it's a mech that I believe is not very common .. a Bell Fruit Nevada mech... it's in poor condition but looks like it's built like a brick out house. :)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BELL-FRUIT-R ... 3955956369

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