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Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:28 pm
by slotalot
HELP!!!
I am working on a Crompton's TIP-EM-OFF wall machine, I found this machine under a gooseberry bush
... well it was on Badpenny's compost heap, if you really want to know
. as a result, the slugs and bugs, have buggered off with some of the bits, or to put it another way, some of the tippers. I have made a nice new case for the machine, but what I could do with now, is a photo of said tippers in situ, so I can work out which are missing and what goes where
, Then I can try and re-make the missing parts and finish the machine. I will post a photo once it is finished.
Any help will be welcomed
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:02 pm
by badpenny
Yes I'm still giving them away .....
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:52 pm
by pennymachines
Hi Stuart - in case you hadn't spotted it, you might get some idea about the arrangement of the tippers from the enlarged picture of a
Crompton Tip-Em-Off in my Arena article on
Portable Penny Pushers - Page 4. It's the same scheme as the
Jamieson See-Saw, next to it.
Looking at your picture, I think you might have examples of all the required shapes. Basically, they're arranged so there are no visible gaps when the tippers are un-tilted. The symmetrical "V" (in the top of your picture) sits atop the apex of the "Tip-Em-Off" sign. The other end of each counterweighted piece is a horizontal coin-catching flap, whereas the un-weighted bits are the gap fillers. I don't have one to play with at present, I'm afraid, but maybe you could puzzle it out
trial-and-error by making some cardboard copies of the bits you have.
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:21 pm
by slotalot
Hi Dave
,
Thanks for that, I thought I had seen a photo on the forum, never thought to look in the Arena
..
armed with this knowledge, I will nip back down to the shed, and see if the penny drops..
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:15 pm
by slotalot
PennyMachines wrote: whereas the un-weighted bits are the gap fillers.
Thanks for the above words of wisdom, as soon as I read them it all made sense
, and you were right in saying I had examples of all the required shapes. I have been and had some stainless sheet cut, and have now remade all the missing bits
And I would also like to thank Badpenny for sending all his "rubbish" up to Yorkshire for recycling, and helping to keep me out from under the wife's feet
. I think this is going to be machine No2 in my grandson's collection, so I will have to find room for it low down on the wall so he can reach it
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:15 pm
by JC
Nice job, Stuart
And you did it all in 4 days? Perhaps you could knock-up a few for me? I'll send you a list.
Jerry
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:29 pm
by slotalot
Hi Jerry, glad you like it
...it took me about 8 days on and off to work through it, but it's been stuck under my bench for for the last 4 months. I just needed to get it done and make some room, in case I come home from the auction with an other car load of waifs and strays
If not you will just have to send me your list...lol
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:18 pm
by pennymachines
Fantastic work again Stuart. From compost to showroom in four months - amazing!
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:04 pm
by badpenny
How dare you Mr P there is no compost in my garden I'll have you know .....Doggy doo-doos, junk, Harley Davidson, specialist rubbish? Without doubt, but compost? ..... Definitely not
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:54 pm
by treefrog
Hi Stuart,
Nice job, I have a similar machine, with one of the weighted tippers missing. As a matter of interest, where did you source the stainless steel from with the right thickness. I may need to remake the weight out of either large nuts or possibly lead. Also what did you make the case out of?
Many thanks for your help.
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:33 pm
by raj
I acquired my stainless from the wife's microwave oven, which I persuaded her was past its best !
Another good source is the local dumpit site: park up near the metal bank & hijack the incoming goodies before they hit the skip, avoiding the day-glo security thugs and banks of cameras. I have rescued a few sheets of zinc-plated steel from the back of washing machines which are great for rebuilding rusty Clock parts etc.
Try your local scrapyard, they never turn down folding money for anything!
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:40 pm
by slotalot
Hi tree-frog,
, I am lucky to know the owner of a stainless steel fabrication company. I was an apprentice with him over 35 years ago, so I just pop in and raid his offcuts bin.
I made the missing weights out of a stack of 5 or 6 halfpennies with a copper rivet through the middle. They work out at just about the same size and weight as the originals. I used halfpennies because I have 100s of them and no halfpenny machines
.
As for the case, I managed to rescue the original back and the original front door, the rest I made from 18mm MDF, and finished it with a paint splatter finish and a clear top coat Why MDF?..... because I had lots of it at the time. I also added my own top flash just to finish it off.
And as raj was saying, you could try the local tip, sorry "Recycle Center", where I have been scrounging for the last 40 years, but since the Spaniards took over last year, they have made it a hanging offense to remove anything from the site, which kind of goes against there prime directive of Recycling???
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:49 pm
by treefrog
Thanks,
I did wonder about the top flash, as I had not seen this on any others, it looks good and improves from the plain boxey finish
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:53 am
by slotalot
Thanks, glad you like it
check your emails
Regards Stuart.
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:06 pm
by treefrog
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:58 am
by slotalot
Glad I could
help.
Tip em Off photograph
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:58 pm
by JC
Topic moved & merged - Site Admin.
Does anyone have a Cromptons Tip em Off that they could photograph for me please? I need a high res picture, as I want to have the graphics printed. I'll be happy to post in Resources once I've prepared ready for printing.
Thanks
Jerry
Re: Tip em Off photograph
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 4:08 pm
by slotalot
Hi Jerry, just found this on my hard drive, not sure if it is good enough to print from
..... but it might help
you can flip the triangle photo for r/h side image.
Re: Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 7:35 pm
by JC
Thanks Stuart, yes that's what I need - but much bigger. If anyone has a machine that they could photo those two pieces of artwork for me, it would be much appreciated.