Hi Jeff, I have just bought a barn find of one of these. Would you be able to assist me with pictures and measurements? I don't suppose you know where I would get a new front glass from? Thanks Nigel You could try "Flohmarkt" at german "Automateum.de" forum. But it could take a ...

In the age of covid its not so easy.....
Up to 1500 Euro for good condition , last machine (project) was sold (from collector to collector) for 650 Euro.

Just check out position 128....high quality replica

https://www.automateum.de/t1043f10-Verk ... ionen.html
https://files.homepagemodules.de/b65151 ... UayuAd.pdf
https://files.homepagemodules.de/b65151 ... QTECPa.pdf

I´ve start to fix the steam formed veneer. Thickness is 0,9mm i use gelatin as adhesive thats nothing else than cleaned ember glue. The process needs heat so i use fitted aluminium half shells to press the veneer on the base after glueing. While pressing i warm up the shells for a very short time wi...

There should be a group of 3 relay units...
-Payout
-Reset
-Anti cheat

One is missing

Much thanks for the picture! :cool: I've got a lot of help from USA some time ago. Special thanks to CoinOpCollectorForum.com. Meanwhile i rebuild the payout system to max 20 coins payout. It was reduced to max. 10 coins payout when it was converted for German post war market. I cast the missing sli...

Currently I'm doing tests with steam to shape the veneer before glueing. Its a very diffcult job. The grain direction is 90 degrees offset to the base

Thanks for the information :D Youre right, its not easy to get really god veneer these days. Here were a small company in my neigbourhood which delivers the veneer for Rolls Royce :cool: The price was high, but i could check every sheet before buying. I used this type of material for the Zeppelin ve...

Excellent work, TF!

Witch type of filler and what kind of glue (for fixing veneer) did you use on the Caille project?
What thickness have the veneer?

A lot of Merkur parts are Mills or 1 to 1 copied from Mills. The clock is modified to "produce" the 15 seconds runtime per play according to german law.
Here some test documents for exchange appeared:
https://www.automateum.de/t1297f10-Orig ... R-RRD.html