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- Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:33 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Universal Products Inc. Gold Mine - very long shot
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1514
Re: Gold Mine - very long shot
I seem to remember using DIL ICs (dual inline integrated circuits) back in the 1960s. They were very simple by today's standards - some were simply reed relays or a few OP amps in a plastic package. Your photo shows a ribbon cable which I don't remember until much later, although that could be becau...
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: SEGA Continental MK10
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2816
Re: End-float SEGA continental reels.
Special - it looks like you shifted when you shouldn't have.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:56 pm
- Forum: Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Painting tips
- Replies: 40
- Views: 17020
Re: Painting tips
Masking tape the letters and carefully cut them to shape with a scalpel. I have done a couple of machines like that.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:53 pm
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: Grab a bargain
- Replies: 4
- Views: 869
Re: Grab a bargain
He only gets an 80% approval rating which says a lot.
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Electroplating (chrome, nickel etc.)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 55134
Re: Electroplating (chrome, nickel etc.)
BTW in the video he recommends adding salt (sodium chloride) to the electrolyte. I would try it without at first because this action can give off chlorine gas (used in WW1 to kill people!). If better conductivity is needed, then sodium carbonate (washing soda) is a safer choice.
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:54 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Electroplating (chrome, nickel etc.)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 55134
Re: Re-chroming price hike
The nickel finish looks dull though. No idea if a brightening agent can be used. Just buffing the nickel makes it look shiny. It does have a golden tinge though. Of course anything pre 1930s was probably nickel plated rather than chromed anyway. I have never used the acid - just a degreaser and tha...
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Electroplating (chrome, nickel etc.)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 55134
Re: Re-chroming price hike
No need for a fancy kit, just have a look at this video.
It works well for me and he is amusing.
It works well for me and he is amusing.
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: American Execution working model
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9240
Re: American Execution working model
Slotalot - What a shame to lose such a talent as you begin your search for the eternal youth machine. Love the innards of your 'execution' with the laced wiring. I haven't seen that since I was starting my electronics apprenticeship quite a few decades ago!
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 2:34 pm
- Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
- Topic: Great photo of slot machine great, Pat Buckley
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1128
Re: Great photo of slot machine great, Pat Buckley
Thanks for the link to the Palette software - it works really well. As a member of a local history group, I have spent hours colourising old photos manually that this software does in seconds. The only drawback I can see is the relatively low resolution pictures that it produces.
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:59 pm
- Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
- Topic: Great photo of slot machine great, Pat Buckley
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1128
Re: great photo of a slot machine great
I too use Paintshop Pro - Photoshop is just too expensive and there is an annual fee. Paintshop can do everything I need but, as coppinpr says, it has a long history of being a bit unstable when pushed.
- Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:32 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Horse Racing Game (Jeu de Course)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5441
Re: Horse Racing Game (Jeu de Course)
It reminds me of the man who owned the axe used by George Washington for his nefarious deeds. It was original apart from the 3 new handles and 2 new heads.
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:41 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Horse Racing Game (Jeu de Course)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5441
Re: Horse Racing Game
This guy (or homme) sure likes his cold bluing. I have used it as well, with great success. It's a quick and easy rust preventer for steel parts. He does frighten me a bit with his blow torch though. Lovely job but might be a little over-restored for some tastes. I thought I had better comment becau...
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:59 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Jennings Governor jackpot and reel symbol queries
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8912
Re: Jennings Governor jackpot and reel symbol queries
I thought I would have a look on Abebooks to see if the book was available there. Now I know why you say at a reasonable cost - sellers want from £77 plus £28 for postage from the US. I hope you find a better deal.
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 9:46 pm
- Forum: See it Operate!
- Topic: Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels
- Replies: 280
- Views: 171118
Re: Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels
Yep it's started again here too. Perhaps it was just a glitch and I'm paranoid.
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 8:13 pm
- Forum: See it Operate!
- Topic: Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels
- Replies: 280
- Views: 171118
Re: Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels
Would you believe that the one minute clip from the 'Farewell my lovely' has been pulled for copyright reasons? It only showed a short scene where Robert Mitchum was in a penny arcade. Copyright restrictions have gone mad it seems.
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:38 pm
- Forum: See it Operate!
- Topic: Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels
- Replies: 280
- Views: 171118
Re: Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels
Here's a short clip of Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlow in 'Farewell my Lovely' when he visits a Penny Arcade after the usual shoot out. I like the look of that baseball game.
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:55 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Rare and Unusual Coin-op
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2480
Re: Rare and Unusual Coin-op
Is that Schrödinger's cat? You don't know if it's alive or dead, or maybe even both.
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:10 am
- Forum: Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Service, repair & restore Beromat, Novomat etc.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 19122
Re: Beromat Mech - Question
One thing I’d say though, were all Beromats as stingy on payouts as mine? I stuck 100 pennies through it and never hit a ten win once. Must have had a low payout percentage, which I’m surprised would pass UK avg. percentage payout. Maybe in Germany things weren’t the same. As treefrog says, the poo...
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:44 pm
- Forum: Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Service, repair & restore Beromat, Novomat etc.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 19122
Re: Beromat Mech - Question
Take your courage in both hands and strip it down and clean it. They really aren't so bad to work on (usually) but if something is broken it's as well to know before it causes more damage.
- Thu Aug 18, 2022 2:02 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Collections tend to expand to fill all available space
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3817
Re: Collections tend to expand to fill all available space
I could spend my whole holiday there - just sleeping on the floor! What a shame you are so very far away. Such a games room is just a fantasy to us poor limeys.