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Thanks.

Managed another one today with which I am happy. Used the gloved hand tension and guide technique, shown above, which worked well, thank you tallstory. Tried a test wind of the much thicker 1.22mm wire, and it was not possible to hold it by hand. It was way too stiff for me, so I guess I must be to...

I did post in this thread about making some springs for my restoration, but many of the posts got moved to a thread dealing with springs. It contains information about ebay lots, or similar, of mixed springs, and also on how to make your own from spring steel wire. Those I had missing, I made, and t...

lol, er, no thanks. I spent a stupid amount of time on that door, as I did with much of everything else, taking two years, or so all told. Doubt I could apply that level of effort on several more doors. :HaHa: Only thing left, if I decide to do it, is a full mechanism disassembly, so that all the in...

Finished.

Inside of door.


From the outside, fitted, and nice and snug.

All the little dots are now filled with grey car filler. Smoother than a baby's bum.


Only took me all day, lol.

Thanks treefrog. Kind of a plain satin black, in my judgment. Certainly not full gloss, but perhaps that's the age of the paint? Not full matt either though, so maybe satin would be a good choice. Then again, if you've seen hammer black before now, that sounds okay to me, unless you or anyone thinks...

I've sandblasted my door, using a pressure washer and sand blaster attachment, which has worked adequately well, but I now have some areas where the surface is pitted, and I think too deep to sand them out, without overly thinning the metal. What method, or product, do you guys recommend to remove p...

lol, it's really leaning forward. I tipped the front into the well of the workbench, so the door would stay in place, without the lock, just to get a quick photo.

Got the door from treefrog today. Just needs a little touch up, a suitable lock, and all will be well.

Thanks very much for arranging it TF.

All clean, and given a gentle massage with Vaseline, as recommended. The seal, not me.

Thanks for the heads up.

Ah, just pondering, because I can't just lay my hands on my original side panel bolts at the moment, but I bet those nuts are an odd few that should be in the bag with the original, rusty as hell, side panel bolts?

Still not thought of anything for the self tapper, ish, screws though.

Damn it, see, I never know what will get me next. I went to look at the plunger, but ended up reviewing what I had left over. Many were damaged screws, washers etc, that had been replaced, so were of no concern, but several items, I do not recall ever removing. They ended up in a bag marked, unknown...

(or you could simply replace it) As a matter of interest, I'd prefer not to replace it, but if I have to I will. I've tried hard to keep every single screw, the electrics, etc, original, where possible. Of course, it had to be rewired, unsafe, etc, but I used pretty much everything I could, that I ...

No, indeed not, I read that, and it is indeed very lightly greased as it stands, but if I were to redo it, with Vaseline, according to your instructions, that is exactly what I would be doing. I think all I did was wipe round the cup, with a fine film anyway. Either way it's clear that it needs to b...

That's a good read about the melon bell and the reasons it failed. Designers and companies make mistakes, but successful ones have more successes than failures. Sometimes they simply go down paths that they feel hard to back track on. Naysayers get talked down, because some senior guy thinks it's a ...

Really interesting stuff, cheers, thanks for taking the time. I shall follow that link and have a good read shortly. Cheating, is not really what I was referring to though, I was thinking of it more from a design perspective. Hell, I wouldn't put it past some, to block up the jackpots completely, an...

So many plays now it's getting silly, and things just work. I can't tell you how impressed I am with the way in which these old machines were designed and built. Properly made to last. How can it possibly work so well, after years of use, and then worse, years of no use, sitting on the garage floor,...

I was just thinking about this even more, sorry. The quantity of coins required to top off the jackpot must be trivial, compared to the number of coins played to win a jackpot? If I've got it right, it pays out 2 jackpots in 8000 plays, with 20 symbols per reel. Mine only does melons and bars, becau...

Cheers for the thoughts. I'm not sure, but it's interesting to ponder. I considered it both ways, but it was filling too slowly, for my liking. It could have even been less than 1 in 5, that was just my estimate. Those two turns, seemed to bring it to a much more even distribution, favouring the jac...