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- Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:09 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: 1940s Groechen IMP trade simulator
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10020
Re: 1940s Groechen IMP trade simulator
No resistance from the compressed air in the piston. No seal, no compression, no resistance.
My wife wasn't resistant to my purchase either, but that was just because she didn't see it until it was already operational again
My wife wasn't resistant to my purchase either, but that was just because she didn't see it until it was already operational again
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:47 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: 1940s Groechen IMP trade simulator
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10020
Re: 1940s Groechen IMP trade simulator
I've got the mechanism working well, but I'm just soaking the seal in the cylinder in oil. There was no resistance when I bought it, so it's well on its way to being operational again.
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:06 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: 1940s Groechen IMP trade simulator
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10020
Re: 1940s Groechen IMP trade simulator
Just picked up a cheap Imp off of ebay. Needs a little work, but everything is there.
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Finally found a good source of chain
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6119
Re: Finally found a good source of chain
I should have mentioned that. Yes, this is for the Erie Digger style cranes. But you guys figured it out.
- Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:24 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Finally found a good source of chain
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6119
Finally found a good source of chain
For anyone that is restoring a digger, you know how hard it is to locate chain that matches what is originally in the machine. Or I'm just really horrible at trying to the correct chain. Even when I talked to Jim Roller, he stated that the closest that he was ever able to find, was a chain that was ...
- Sat May 11, 2019 3:51 am
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Digger project
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44017
Re: Digger project
Just like magic?
- Wed May 01, 2019 3:12 am
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Gold Mine - Winter project
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27191
Re: Gold Mine - Winter project
Great job. Looks a good end result of the effort that you put into it. Those side slots look tough to hit. Do you win more if you hit them?
- Wed May 01, 2019 2:56 am
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Digger project
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44017
Re: Digger project
That looks great! The toughest part for me was getting the tray all set to slide into the cabinet. There are notches on each of the four corners to slide the tray in. Once the front corners engage the tray, it's held up and solid. My prize ramp was installed after the tray and just has screws holdin...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:16 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Rock-ola 1930s pinball parts
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25021
Re: Missing Rock-Ola Jigsaw part
I'm currently pondering
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:34 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Whales Strike 'Em allwin: Scrap or not to Scrap
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10955
Re: Whales Allwin to Scrap or not to Scrap
Nothing hard to fix there. You could have that looking brand new in no time.
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:04 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
Mechanically done. Just needs the glass when it's ready and a layer of finish on the wood once it warms up. It deals out the Kit-Kats perfectly now after a little extra grinding in the corners on the slide.
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:55 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
No codes at all on the locks. The only identifiable mark is Yale.
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
Although the key I made worked, I didn't like the look of it, so I did what anyone else would do. Look for blanks on ebay. I found several Yale blanks that looked like they should work, but I wanted to make sure I didn't get a key that was too small. Of course vendors on ebay never post proper measu...
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:38 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
Good call. Problem solved.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:21 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
What are the odds that the bar is the same size? That being said, I should go buy a few decades of Kit-Kats, so it works in 25 years for my future grand kids.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:50 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
Or I could just make a new bolt on part that works 100%. The machine itself isn't modified. The old one was unscrewed and the new one gets bolted on in its place. The same linkage is leveraged. The only thing that's left to do is make it foolproof. Kit-Kats have flappy wrappers that pose some cloggi...
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:02 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
Now to get the Machine dealing out KitKats, instead of Crunch's. I'm just rebuilding the mechanism from scratch. Never used a candy bar as a dimension before..
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:13 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help with Win a Crunch
- Replies: 78
- Views: 37338
Re: Help with Win a Crunch
And now i've got a functional key. Blanks are on the way. But this will work in the meantime.
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:02 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Star Wars stuck
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5440
Re: Star Wars stuck
I've got a White Water pinball machine, so I'm familiar with the mechanics of the newer ones.
Have you tried going through the test procedures to confirm that the switches and solenoids are working properly?
Have you tried going through the test procedures to confirm that the switches and solenoids are working properly?
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 11:33 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Star Wars stuck
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5440
Re: Star Wars stuck
welcome aboard! Have you ever raised the playfield? If so, you may have to test out the solenoid that supposed to be kicking the ball out. There could also be something jammed in the outhole preventing it from ejecting. Sometimes pieces of the rubbers get lodged in there. If that's the case then you...