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by badpenny
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:02 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Mills Novelty $.25 Machine Not Paying Correct. Rando BONUS Letters
Replies: 2
Views: 21

Re: Mills Novelty $.25 Machine Not Paying Correct. Rando BONUS Letters

PS .. You do realise (don't you?) that in the photos you've supplied that your mechanism isn't at rest. It has completed the reset but hasn't fired the play sequence yet.
Is it jammed or did you deliberately photograph it at that point?
by badpenny
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Mills Novelty $.25 Machine Not Paying Correct. Rando BONUS Letters
Replies: 2
Views: 21

Re: Mills Novelty $.25 Machine Not Paying Correct. Rando BONUS Letters

Hi and welcome to the site. It looks as if you are in America? I have both The Horse Head and the Hi-top Bonus. Let ask first, are you familiar with the workings of a non Bonus slot machine? I ask because if you're having to learn how a standard slot works as well as the Bonus variant on top, certai...
by badpenny
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: You be the Judge
Replies: 14
Views: 374

Re: You be the Judge

Apart from the excessive commissions currently being charged through live auctions, a couple of other ploys I've noticed. Here in Lincoln one of our auction houses has started a listing fee per lot. What they don't tell you when you submit your items is that they no longer accept a collection as one...
by badpenny
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: You be the Judge
Replies: 14
Views: 374

Re: You be the Judge

It pays to always observe/protect lots that you've won at a live auction. There are some really nasty individuals about. On the other hand at the Coventry Auction we regularly finished up at the end having had our heads stuck in the paperwork, only to look up at the bitter end and see a room devoid ...
by badpenny
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rotamints
Replies: 212
Views: 51517

Re: Rotamints

Right, I've been down the storage where the two machines are. I'm usually quite a positive and enthusiastic person, and was quite astonished at just how ambitious I must now be. Here is what I was presented with ... Where in garage.jpg Now, I know exactly where they are. One is beneath the blue tarp...
by badpenny
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rotamints
Replies: 212
Views: 51517

Re: Rotamints

Err ...
I was ill ...
My Granny won the Lottery ...
There was a train crash ...
I had to drive my sister to somewhere ...
Somewhere was closed ...
My legs dropped off ...

I'll do it tomorrow :(
by badpenny
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:36 am
Forum: Justice Scrutton's Tipple
Topic: How do you work out what's wrong ...?
Replies: 1
Views: 175

How do you work out what's wrong ...?


Solving The Problem!
Solving The Problem!
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Having tried everything that worked once before, I go to bed.
More often than not, when I wake in the morning I'm exhausted, have a headache and the answer.
What works for you?

BP SkEpTiCaL
by badpenny
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Extraordinary Escalator
Replies: 10
Views: 1039

Re: Extraordinary Escalator

The extended lever on top of the finger in the picture is to connect with a mechanical counter. It's the jackpot finger and would have connected with something like...
by badpenny
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rotamints
Replies: 212
Views: 51517

Re: Rotamints

I can take a photo of one in storage, but not until the weekend. And as JC pointed out they're not leaf stings, but stitches SkEpTiCaL

I drove that car for 14 months believing it was a Ford Perfect. !:STEER:!
by badpenny
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:45 am
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rotamints
Replies: 212
Views: 51517

Re: Rotamints

Oh, GAD!
!!UHOH!! SkEpTiCaL :NBG:
by badpenny
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Rotamints
Replies: 212
Views: 51517

Re: Rotamints

First check the rotary comb that trips the leaf springs during the final run down. There might be wear on the teeth.
Also clean the contacts on the leaf springs.
Do so with the power off. There are screw driver melting sparks running around in there.

BP :tarah:
by badpenny
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:26 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Sega Continental Grand Prix
Replies: 4
Views: 210

Re: Sega Continental Grand Prix

Trouble finding a Continental eh? You are to be envied. Many of us stumbled on them by accident, not really understanding what a beast they are. Are you a fork lift operator? You need to be. Have you a full sized work bench for when you need to open one up? By the time you lift the front and slide t...
by badpenny
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Handle hard to pull
Replies: 3
Views: 156

Re: Handle hard to pull

It's worth remembering that when you alter the dog and anvil you are affecting the depth of the reset cycle. Obviously if it's not intense enough the kick over point may not have allowed the mech to totally reset. Whereas if you overdo it the back tilting axle goes to its extent and stops before the...
by badpenny
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Contraband Spain movie, 1955: arcade games identified
Replies: 11
Views: 412

Re: A tricky ID question for the Gurus

Bryan's ALL SPORT / BALL SPORT (1937)?
by badpenny
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Need a Guru
Replies: 17
Views: 676

Re: Need a Guru

Hi and welcome.
1 ball is correct.
by badpenny
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:13 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: This week's quiz
Replies: 4
Views: 193

Re: This week's quiz

It looks like one of those trade stims that employs windows to cover half the display.
Where did you get it from?
by badpenny
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Repairing a Spangles machine
Replies: 1
Views: 165

Re: Repairing a Spangles machine

The first question in most minds will be, what needs doing?
So photos from every angle would help.

BP !!THUMBSX2!!
PS ... and welcome to the forum.
by badpenny
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:14 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Punch and Judy Allwin - rough value?
Replies: 14
Views: 803

Re: Punch and Judy Allwin - rough value?

Turning your hobby into your business often results in you losing your hobby.
by badpenny
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Punch and Judy Allwin - rough value?
Replies: 14
Views: 803

Re: Punch and Judy Allwin - rough value?

When I was in The Nelson Inn at Burntwood I collected machines to operate.

BP %|%
by badpenny
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Calling all WHALES
Replies: 9
Views: 530

Re: Calling all WHALES

In which case Roger ... To do a reverse image search in Google, you should: - Turn the dial to maximum. Place white bread in the slot. Push down the lever and wait. The moment it fires don't even bother looking at the bread just whack it down again. The second time it pops up remove the charcoal sli...