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- Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Paint stripping
- Replies: 7
- Views: 841
Re: Stripper not working (ooo err!)
Acetone and fine wire wool. If the spray paint is really stubborn, melt it with spray lacquer and wipe it off quickly with acetone on a cloth.
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:17 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Australian Beauty on Parade mech identified
- Replies: 5
- Views: 786
Re: Identification help needed please
Aha, thank you Gameswat. Yep it’s a 220v motor. I have the eyepieces too… Not sure If I want to attempt a rebuild though. Trying to downsize not upsize.
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:12 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Australian Beauty on Parade mech identified
- Replies: 5
- Views: 786
Australian Beauty on Parade mech identified
Just wondering if anyone knows what machine this is from? It’s been sitting in the shed for years and is all I have of it.
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:50 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Octagon Mutoscope Marquee
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2450
Octagon Mutoscope Marquee
Looks like a copy, I found 3 of them…
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:08 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Ahrens / Shefras Punchballs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11345
Re: Ahrens / Shefras Punchballs
Beautiful artwork on my old Ahrens punchball.
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:15 am
- Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
- Topic: Sweetmeat & Nestlé's vendors
- Replies: 85
- Views: 43134
Nestle Chocolate Vendor
Topic moved & merged - Site Admin. I’ve been looking around the internet but I can’t seem to find another Nestle machine that has the same apex top as mine and the removable milk sign. Just wondering if it might have been made for the Australian market, or just an older version, or have I just ...
- Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Palm reading fortune tellers
- Replies: 44
- Views: 27825
Re: Palm reading fortune tellers
I’ve got a few thousand original palm cards that I’m due to put on fleabay soon. I think the text was similar across all of the card dispensing machines.
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:27 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Mutoscope Electric Traveling Crane Motor
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10717
Re: Mutoscope Electric Traveling Crane Motor
These motors are similar.
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:01 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Rare early fortune teller needs identifying
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1934
Re: Rare early fortune teller needs identifying
An earlier version with the drawer mechs attached to the wooden case.
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:20 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Rare early fortune teller needs identifying
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1934
Re: Rare early fortune teller needs identifying
I’ve got similar machines but not the enamel plaque. Here’s a cabinet for one. The drawer mechs sit in the slots with the coin entries above.
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 10:30 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Gipsy Fortune Sleuth
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8815
Re: Gipsy Fortune Sleuth
I’ve got a couple more, although I don’t play the Predicta. I find it a bit creepy.
- Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:50 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Gipsy Fortune Sleuth
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8815
Re: Gipsy Fortune Sleuth
Lovely machines. Never fails of jams.
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 3:40 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: A proper stack of allwins & sundry
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1437
A proper stack of allwins & sundry
So, I’m figuring that I’ll get round to these one day, although it’s probably more likely to be my kids...
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:42 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: No Thanks
- Replies: 50
- Views: 38496
Re: No Thanks
For years I have explained that.... I have long exceeded my life expectancy. I live in a 1200 sq.ft. retirement home. My dentures are falling out. I am holding out by a string. Despite all this, I just received the attached machine offering from a long-time machine picker.......... ROGER I need one...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:33 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: R&W Grand National
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7434
- Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:59 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: R&W Grand National
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7434
R&W Grand National
Playworn, needs a little tinkering with Mech is complete and working, scenery, marquee and bits of the cabinet there. I’m toying with the idea of replacing the horses with something else...
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:10 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: UK early pinball coin slide mechanism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 734
Re: UK early pinball coin slide mechanism
I’ve got a Rainbo with that same vertical slide here in Australia.
- Mon May 23, 2022 9:41 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Ahrens Marathon Cycle Race
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7478
Re: Ahrens Marathon Cycle Race
I recently purchased a marathon bike race in the US. It came from an operator and unfortunately some of the original coin gear was removed so that it could be operated on US coin. I'm interested in getting this machine operating correctly back on English penny. Is there anyone out there who may hav...
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:35 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Penny Parlour - the end of the beginning
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1646
Re: The end of the beginning
It's great that you're opening your wonderful collection to the public. I've added your museum to the Archive/Locations . Thanks pm, one day I hope to get them all out, I’ve got at least another 50 in various states of decay, all pulled from the back of old Showmens sheds etc. A collector once said...
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:22 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Penny Parlour - the end of the beginning
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1646
Re: Penny Parlour - the end of the beginning
Instagram is a good place @ thepennyparlour but Im still working on the content