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Excellent. When I was landlord of The One Tun in Goodge St W1 we had a very heavily used jukebox. I can't remember how I found it, but obtained a 45 single (CDs had only just come out) which had no recording on it. So for 20np you could buy yourself 3 minutes of silence. It was very popular. BP :co...

The 'coin reject arm' you've taken off is actually the arm that pushes coins into the overflow chute and into the cash box, when the payout tube is full.
Looks like a good project. Those Aristocrat mechs are relatively simple and built like a tank.

jingle wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 6:19 pm I bought them in one lot of the owner many moons back

I remember him telling me a collector had bought most of them. He only had a few jukes, & a load of '60s Jubilees & Aristocrats left.

It'll be worth £800-1000, when restored. They are great games to play, the aim is to fill a column with balls 'till it overflows then you win a number of pennies, depending on how many balls were in the column. You need a lot more balls, for yours. Here's one I bought a few years ago, very colourful...

Looks great

That'll give me something to watch, at work.

Welcome back. Was beginning to think it was gone for good, & all we would have is American based FB groups full of people endlessly asking how much their machine is worth...

The doorstop is original. Mine has one too.

tallstory wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:19 pm Special - it looks like you shifted when you shouldn't have.

Doh! Obviously, I meant 5mm.

Go to Halfords & get yourself some of this. Lasts for ages, & is quite effective. https://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-and-fluids/lubricating-and-penetrating-oil/halfords-release-spray-500ml-621533.html?_gl=1*1hskjpi*_up*MQ..*_ga*Njk1NzIzODQ2LjE2ODA1MzQ3MDM.*_ga_VK44BRER97*MTY4MDUzN...

%mm sounds a lot. Are you sure the frame uprights aren't bent? Usually, it just needs a washer to compensate for wear.

As Jeremy said, modern stripper is useless. You used to be able to get some called Synstrip, made by Starchem off ebay, but I don't think it's sold anymore.
One option is to soak a rag in thinners & leave it on the paint for 5 minutes, and that should soften it up enough to scrape most of it off.

I used these on my Hi Top. Polished them up and they look quite nice.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181721265361?var=48067385850

Perhaps something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194121849985?epid=2088870174&hash=item2d32905c81:g:h1gAAOSwpgZgwfjx&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoBYgtkZ1hDqALjFCweW4mw7%2Bcw2E%2BFKT3X%2Fk1j%2B%2FYb4fDGT08ewZPaptGOEjf8xR8IPfI7W4OnTbyW3TLcky%2FEn6rTdSof0xewEJEWQHQIrI3DCr921q1NNIh9E8L6g4uGYrZFw...

Looks great.

Bloody hooligans.

Wouldn't like to think what 'cop your lob' means...

I want to give this a go.
Seems quite doable, & I've got a few bits to do that would look out of place if re-chromed.

Have a look on Youtube at some of the older Colcon live streams. There was quite a bit of discussion about these type of machines, about a year ago.

The artwork is from http://www.endofthepier.com/