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Good question, it only runs in short bursts under very little load, so it is well within the spec for this motor.

I have had a few people asking for pictures of the mech, so here we go.

The the shape of the front of the cabinet is designed to add interest to the machine and also help to hide door for the cash box and the cover for the speaker and lighting
Hear are a couple more photos, hope they help.

Well done Stuart, another one under your belt, so what is next? Thank you !WORSHIPFULL! As for future projects? I keep saying this is the last one :oops: But you never know, once I am well rested from this project and the boredom starts to set in once again :oops: something new might spark my ...

After four months of working on this machine I thought it time to post about it on here :cool: It is my mini laughing sailor machine, it is built on the lines of the full sized machine, it works on old penny and has an adjustable timer, currently set at about 50 seconds, just like his big brother it ...

I thought I might just do a little update on Jerry's post from 2010, was it really that long ago!! !OMFG! The machines in Jerry's post were once in my collection of EM machines, sadly long gone, another machine from the same family has surfaced on Ebay, I am sure most of you will have seen it by now ...

In the photo it does look like Elvis, but is in fact Export.

That's uncanny. How did you do that? and it was a Hillman, not a Ford.
You truly have the gift of second sight.
Let's try another one. What am I holding in my hand??

From appearance it uses a method used in the '70s or earlier based on light pipes. As you say it's an engraved acrylic sheet with LEDs shone from underneath. Back in the early 1970s when I was running the mobile discos, we experimented with a system like this for the light box in front of the ...

Called into Bygone times near Chorley, Lancashire today to see Darren Hesketh collection, Darren no longer has any machines here anymore, I was told that he had moved out earlier in the year. I called over to see him last year, unfortunately his arcade was in quite a mess at the time, I believe ...