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Hi Malc, I think you may be mistaken as regards reel symbol alignment. I haven't worked on an Aristocrat but guess it's the same as a Sega. The reel is clamped to its spindle and moving it will alter its position with regard to the reel disc, not the reel symbol. The reel will still stop in the\same...

What exciting news! Mechanical Memories Museum is to be on the tele, and not just any old tele but national BBC prime time tele. The One Show no less is coming to town. I can see it now, all the machines and Jerry there at the helm. But wait Jerry, you need to be prepared. With all this fame and exp...

Hi Stuart, be pleased to send you what I can. I'll try and convert my scribblings this evening into an understandable circuit together with some explanatory notes and get them off to you tomorrow with a bit of luck. Richard

Hi Slotalot, I've just caught up with this thread after having computer problems this last week. I bought a Rotolite at Coventry in November and am just about getting it finished having had to work out a new circuit diagram. I'm also in the middle of writing an article about "my latest restorat...

Hi Mr Simzee, I've done three of these bandits and each time I go to reassemble the pump I have to look at the previous one to remind myself how it goes. But basically you'll find that when you pull the handle the pump linkage pushes the piston into its cylinder (undamped ). So the leather cup needs...

I'm interested in the tricks used by operators and manufacturers to stop their machines from paying out. I've heard about bandits being doctored to prevent them landing on the jackpot, you know the sort of thing, but I've just stripped down a Sega Bonanza Star and found a metal plate that looks to b...

Hi Malc, I did my Diamond 3 Star last year and that handle sleeve or boss was as you describe. What I did was make a tool out of a piece of wood with two nails driven through it and the points ground off so that the nails engage in two of the holes in the boss. Then you can twist it to undo the thin...

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. I've spent the day checking out paint and experimenting. I tried taking a picture but it didn't really show up very well. The two chips are pea sized on the centre red panel just below the escalator window. My local Dulux paint centre confirmed that it was orig...

Hi all. Does anyone have any bright ideas on how to reproduce the crinkly paint finish on a Sega bandit? Mine has a couple of chips smack in the middle at the front that I'd like to try and touch up. I've experimented with spongeing and stippling and so on but I think it will stick out like a sore t...

Dear Mr Ballymad, I have two Bally service instruction and parts catalogues for machines of 1968 and 1973 which I bought some time ago when I was gathering information from all directions about bandits. You are welcome to them if they are of any use to you, they won't be to me as this electrickery s...

I've detected what seems to be a common problem we face, that of persuading the dear wife that it will be an investment to buy the next machine and then how to get it into the house. You're not bringing that pile of "rusty scrap" or "worm eaten junk" in here. Several excuses or s...

Hi Andy, I've been reading your recent correspondance with interest as I too am currently restoring my first bandit, a Sega Diamond 3 Star. Mine is red/white and was working albeit a bit temperamentally at times so it needed an overhaul and a chance for me to get to know how it worked. I'd learnt th...

I've been following the correspondence re rotomole flushing with interest since I have recently been plagued with a troublesome mole. I have to tell you that flushing as a means of eradicating the thing is next to useless. I tried it and just got soaking wet. Neither did I have any success with gass...

Thanks for all the tips guys. I think that I'll check out the platers first to see if they can do it in situ and if not then I'm sure that a combination of freezing it, boiling it, WD40ing it and generally getting to grips with it will do the trick. I just had visions of stripping the thread and wre...

Hi guys. I need help. I've made a start on my Sega Diamond 3 Star bandit and would like to send a few of the chrome parts which are pitted for replating. The worst of these is the operating handle but how can I remove the black knob off the end? It's well and truly stuck on. Is it held on a thread o...

Hi there, it's me, one of the silent majority. Being fairly new to all this I didn't think I had anything to contribute yet but plenty to read and learn about. Will try harder in future. I've amassed a small collection of four allwins and am currently trying to work my way through my first bandit, b...