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Thank you all,

Here is a video clip of the machine cycling. Any tips greatly appreciated.

Thanks, When I say lost interest; what I meant was the workshop I was using I lost access to and I ended up with too many patch's of oil on the carpet in my flat at the time. Fast forward a few years and I've moved house so have the space and tools :) Thanks for the tip - in Chrome the button doesn'...

Hi all, My first post in quite a few years having fallen out of the hobby. I have jus picked up this lovely Hi-Top with what I think is the original crinkle paint. It works great however the reels spin quite slow and stop before the clock does. Would appreciate some advice on how I can get this runn...

Thats a cool looking machine BP,

Thanks for the informative overview I shall keep my eye out for one to go on the wall at home!

Cheers,
Mark

Wow - thats quite a collection of hi tops..!

Thanks Paul,

Not my best job to date but it was a real state to start with so I guess I shouldn't expect miracles!

I was pleasnantly suprised how easy it was to replace the missing reel strips - actually just needed to manually line up a couple of known combinations and then it was easy!

And here is the finished article..!

On reflection I think I may have somehow managed to miss polishing the front plates looking at the picture and the bumper I obviously did polish!

I would be careful with things like this; I've had a couple of people try and scam me as responses to wanted ads I've placed on Gumtree. One person was trying to sell me two machines of theirs and one of their neighbours. Pictures sent were a bit dodgy and really small rs, no exif data in the pictur...

Wow 7.30 thats a very very long day especially with a drive home somewhere after as well. It wasnt a wasted trip for me as I had arranged to collect a machine from someone who was going to the auction and sold a couple of bits as well. I totally agree some very deceptive photo's - just highlights th...

Thanks for the prices,

I actually left before the auction started in the end. Nothing there really jumped out at me enough. Was nice to see a few people ive met before and some new people as well.!