Jennings Galaxy

[pennywise]

The Galaxy is not the most sought after Jennings for sure but has to be a bargain at £200. They sometimes had florescent award card and a neon/black light tube to show it off.

So i couldnt find a f6 t4 black light bulb, smallest was f6 t5 so i had to cut into the casting to make it slightly bigger and WOW you were right coppinpr, talk about glow even the reels pop out, cant wait to start building it back up again.

[dutchboy]

Wow that looks nice pennywise! Such a shame it’s a keeper for you, otherwise you could have send it this way over that bit of water.

[malcymal]

The Silver Jubilee is a very reliable machine. I've got one identical and it's interesting to see the factory engineer's label as I've got one in mine too; mine is blue also. I shall go see what serial number mine is. On some small detail, the diamonds on the right with the fruit symbols in should start at the bottom with a cherry then orange, then plum, then bell, then escalate to the melon/bar. You have a grape on there which is not actually on the reels.

This machine did not come with lights fitted, however if you want to illuminate the reels and the 'Jubilee' wording at the top you can locate a simple light at the head of machine inside; the rear casing can be easily drilled through for mains cable. I've got one of these in mine, just search for White Switched Pygmy E14 SES Fitting LPGWS2M. You could also consider a simple LED light setup too. I went for the pygmy purely as it's very old tech and I thought it more inline with something from 1963. I just flick on the mains at the wall and it lights up a treat, no earthing to worry about.

p.s. It is likely, if you take off the payout tray, you will find a lot of 6d coins sitting underneath resting against the wooden casing; I think the securing bolts are underneath the base. I found around 50 under mine and a lot were pre 1945 silver content. I shall find a photo of mine illuminated and get the serial number details too when I get home. Malc

[coppinpr]

If you take off the payout tray, you will find a lot of 6d coins sitting underneath resting against the wooden casing

Me too - over 200.

[malcymal]

If you find yourself with 40 pre 1945 sixpences and you don't want them, take them to a silver scrapper; I got 100 quid for £1.00 old money, so 40 X 6d = 240 old pence which is a pound. I had a mix of half crowns, shillings, sixpences. Explaining this in case you aren't an old fart like me and weren't bought up with predecimal.

[pennywise]

Wow that looks nice pennywise! Such a shame it’s a keeper for you, otherwise you could have send it this way over that bit of water.

Yea dutchboy, I think I might be keeping this one for a while anyway, unless someone offers me silly money for it. Will put a picture up when I've rebuilt it...

Malcymal, I've got two Jubilees, one with jackpot front and one without. Just bought two T5 lamps which I might install in both, but I need to tear them down first and get them powdercoated, same colour of course, then going to wrap the front right grid in chrome and paint black in between, then hopefully sell one so I can crack on with an Aristocrat I have.

[pennywise]

Can anyone give me a clue what to look for on the Esculator i think its called, you pull the handle the reels go round but where the chain is at the top it doesnt rotate round and move the coins along like it should and its the first Jennings ive done so hope the pics help, cant see owt missing might be just a spring, ideas from anyone would be great thanks.

[pennywise]

Can anyone give me a clue what to look for on the Esculator i think its called, you pull the handle the reels go round but where the chain is at the top it doesnt rotate round and move the coins along like it should and its the first Jennings ive done so hope the pics help, cant see owt missing might be just a spring, ideas from anyone would be great thanks.

[radiochrissie]

I would remove and clean the escalator of all grease then reassemble it with a very small application of thin oil on all the moving parts. It is surprising how old grease can stop parts moving fully. Basically, thoroughly clean everything and oil sparingly.

[coppinpr]

Radio is, of course, spot on; dirt and grease are usually 95% responsible. The parts that usually get jammed up most are the two cam risers at each end of the escalator. These need to rise up during the cycle so the drive for the escalator can slide back ready to move the escalator next time without allowing the chain to retreat. They come apart quite easily, if a little fiddly.
So you're saying the machine doesn't work at all? Which it shouldn't with the escalator not moving, unless there is a coin stopped right in front of the coin detector pin.

[pennywise]

Yes coppinpr, the reels spin and go through the 5 clunk cycle, albeit a bit slow, so it probably needs a good clean, and the coin is in front of the pin so like on free play with no movement from the escalator. Will try and take escalator off and degreasing it hopefully might do the trick, thanks. Let you know if it works.

[coppinpr]

If the machine is working but the escalator is not moving, there has to be a problem, albeit caused originally by dirt jamming the escalator. The escalator is driven by a connection to the main cycle, therefore if the machine is running and escalator is not, then the connection between the machine and escalator is faulty. Either it's slipping past (which will not be doing the machine any good), a part has been removed to allow the machine to work on free play, or a part has broken because pulling the handle while the escalator is jammed has forced the issue (unlikely).
I don't think it's easy to see from the photos we have. Can you track the escalator connection back to the machine cycle and photo all of that area so we can see if anything is missing.

[pennywise]

Just an update guys,
Thanks for all the info first of all. I managed to get the first cog out without taking it all apart and degreased and cleaned, BINGO free as a bird, so will clean the other anyway. The mech seems to jam a little so will give it a good clean all over and degrease everywhere. I may be getting back to you again with this one..

P.s I've come across a clip that is covering one of the payout holes in the metal reel. Is this a trick to stop it paying the jackpot? Maybe don't want to rip it out if it's supposed to be there....

[brigham]

I took FIVE of these clips (and two BUGS) off a Buckley Criss-Cross not long ago.
Each one corresponded to a pasted-on extra lemon, with a high-value payout symbol underneath.
Have a look at the symbol on the reelstrip which corresponds with the blanked-off hole; it will show evidence of tampering.

[coppinpr]

The clip was most likely added by the converter when the machine went UK. It will make the reel strips you have on the machine payout correctly. If you do remove it, you will need to also remove the reel strip patch that corresponds to it. This is easy if the patch was added on top of the old existing reel strip, but not so easy if new reel strips were added to suit the updated payouts. If all pays out correct, best left alone. If you want me to check the reel strips, give me either the symbol order or the strip code and I'll check it (almost certainly V12-92 strips, and the patch will most likely will be a cherry two down on strip C - the furthest left strip, covering a BAR).

[brigham]

If the BAR is covered by a CHERRY, then the clip will be required to close the NEW hole which was drilled to pay the CHERRY.

[aristomatic]

I hadn't seen a Jennings Galaxy type cabinet in all steel till the current one on ebay. The few that I have worked on whether called Galaxy or MkII and regardless of whether escalators fitted or not all had the same cabinet. Maybe the all steel ones were originally made for US-only, high security sites, or some other reason? The lock for the front door is also in a different location.

[badpenny]

The coin entry appears to be on the wrong corner.

BP

[oscarnl]

I am considering buying a galaxy as shown in this post. What do you think would be the going rate for such a machine?