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by atticbrowser
Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:40 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Improved Pickwick variants
Replies: 55
Views: 27473

Re: Look what I found

Thank you treefrog.
by atticbrowser
Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:54 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Improved Pickwick variants
Replies: 55
Views: 27473

Re: Look what I found

I’ve decided to sell this Pickwick rather than restoring it myself. I’ve just brought home a classic pinball machine that will take up all my efforts for the summer. What should I ask for it? Any advice gratefully received.
by atticbrowser
Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:35 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Gottlieb Roto Pool 1958
Replies: 8
Views: 6261

Re: Gottlieb Roto Pool 1958

That’s a lovely wood rail machine you have there and congrats on solving the start up problem. Do you know anything about where it has been for the past 60 years?
by atticbrowser
Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Improved Pickwick variants
Replies: 55
Views: 27473

Re: Look what I found

Thank you gameswat. Yes it does appear to be complete, unmolested and original. I have been thinking carefully about cosmetic restoration and for the time being I’ll limit it to a gentle wipe with a soft cloth. The key is missing of course so currently the innards are only accessible from the back. ...
by atticbrowser
Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:59 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Improved Pickwick variants
Replies: 55
Views: 27473

Look what I found

Topic merged - Site Admin.

I brought this Pickwick home today. It appears to be complete and working apart from only having one ball. (I set up the jokes, you supply the punchlines).
More when I’ve examined it more carefully.
by atticbrowser
Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:37 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Where was this arcade?
Replies: 6
Views: 3530

Re: Where was this arcade?

I was wondering if the phrase ‘take a shock and look pleasant’ wasn’t a claim that the electricity would improve your appearance. Rather it was a challenge to see if you could keep a cheerful face while you received the shock. ‘Look pleasant’ was a phrase often used by Victorian and Edwardian studio...
by atticbrowser
Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:35 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Coin operated stereo viewers
Replies: 85
Views: 60280

Re: Coin operated stereo viewers

badpenny wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2019 2:27 pm
Fascinating, and how far apart are your eyes?
I had them surgically adjusted years ago to be the same distance apart as the two lenses on my stereo viewers.

PS I also think this is a standard parlour table top viewer that has been adjusted to coin-operation.
by atticbrowser
Sun May 05, 2019 11:15 am
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Oliver Whales floor-standing & counter-top 3D stereoviewers
Replies: 39
Views: 22965

Whales stereo viewer coin mech advice

Topic moved & merged - Site Admin. After the interesting discussion we had a few months ago about coin-op stereo viewers I’ve been prompted to get my coin op viewers out of the various cupboards and guest bedrooms where they have been languishing. I’ve resolved to get at least a couple of them ...
by atticbrowser
Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:39 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

Thank you both! I’ll get on with this and come back when I have some progress.
by atticbrowser
Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:41 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

An update and request for advice on next steps please. I’ve not been idle. Apart from earning a living I’ve been fiddling with the mech every day in the hope that either repeated firing would loosen a gummed up joint or I’d be able to see where the jamming is. I’ve also fired vast quantities of plus...
by atticbrowser
Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:06 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

Just a quick update, with not a lot to report. I’ve been continuing to fire the mechanism with mostly the same result BUT on two occasions it has spontaneously applied the brakes correctly and so completed the cycle. I wasn’t able to identify anything about those two successful cycles that was diffe...
by atticbrowser
Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:50 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

Thank you BP. That will, be my task for tomorrow.
by atticbrowser
Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:22 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

Thank you all for your very helpful advice. I began by looking for possible points where the mechanism could be binding. The only possibility I could identify was where the horizontal brake lever travels through the slot at the far left. There does seem to be contact between the lever and the lower ...
by atticbrowser
Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:44 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

Ah I see what you mean! I hadn’t spotted that brief moment of spinning before it stops. OK work clothes on again tomorrow and I’ll try to track it down. Thank you.
by atticbrowser
Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:59 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

OK. I’ve spent a happy hour in the back garden squirting copious amounts of Pro Gas releasing fluid in to the clock, governor and all the joints that seem implicated in the movement of the brake arm. I repeatedly triggered the mechanism to ensure I was reaching all the parts. No change. I then spray...
by atticbrowser
Sun Mar 10, 2019 6:58 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Re: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

Thank you very much BP. I will do as you suggest and report back (although possibly not by 8.30 tomorrow morning.)
Is there a useful ‘exploded diagram’ type thing somewhere that shows and labels all the parts of a machine? If not, what does a clock governor look like please?
by atticbrowser
Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:22 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning
Replies: 19
Views: 9611

Jubilee Riviera won’t stop spinning

I acquired this rather untidy machine from a friend in the pinball community. I collected it in the summer telling myself ‘that’ll make a nice project for the quiet winter months.’ Well spring is on the horizon and I still don’t have it working. The machine does most things correctly I think. It acc...