Exacta German One Arm Bandit

[badpenny]

I agree TF

[pennymachines]

...having recently offended the Pennymachines Robot it won't play with me

You're doing it on purpose. You know her preferred pronoun.

She suggests jumping back to 2013 for a touch of déjà vu, starting with this question:

...I noticed this evening that the third reel has had extra 5s stuck on top of the original reel. Anyone know what it will say under them?

[rippyspennyarcade]

Many thanks for all the information. That loose part is probably the Tilt Device that you all talk about. I have decided for now to stick a 5 over the FREE SPIEL. It can always be corrected at a later date if a part becomes available. I will be making a video of the EXACTA machine today. You can all view the video on this site later.
Cheers

[treefrog]

Not sure I understand the point of the tilt device as these machines were meant to be wall mounted of course if you were a cruise operator they would have been a nightmare on ships

[badpenny]

...having recently offended the Pennymachines Robot it won't play with me

You're doing it on purpose. You know her preferred pronoun.

She suggests jumping back to 2013 for a touch of déjà vu, starting with this question:

...I noticed this evening that the third reel has had extra 5s stuck on top of the original reel. Anyone know what it will say under them?

Errr, ....... that's all very well, but how are you at Canasta? Hmmm????

[treefrog]

I have checked and don’t have the parts for the free spin, also any original strips.

Seen your video posted by coin-op (below) and reel one needs adjusting. There is drag and it stops too quickly. Should be an easy fix. Probably just move the reel stop back, undoing the screw slightly...

[rippyspennyarcade]

Thanks Treefrog. I have no idea at all, but I see what you mean. When you get a chance, could you post a picture for me just where this screw is located. I dare not mess about when not knowing.
Cheers

[treefrog]

Ignore me, I have realised that there are two types of reel re-spin on Gunter Wulff machines, one just flicks the reel a few spaces (the most common) and one that has a lever that holds back the reel stop, this allows the re-spin button when depressed to provide a full spinning reel on reel one. The stopping of reel one early on this type is intentional. So all OK, the dragging noise you would need to look at, but does not seem to affect play..... I continue to learn something new on these machines.

[badpenny]

The free spin (when there's a symbol on reel 3) is a disc on reel 3 that a hammer falls into. This gives a free play on the machine not just one reel.
This rotates a thin axle (which can be seen in the video) which runs across the bottom of the casting where the coin drops into the tube, it ends in line with the cut out in the casting that gives access to the base of the trigger which catches against the coin in the gate when you pull the handle down.
When that axle rotates it turns a lever that is tightened onto it to swivel until it blocks the base of the trigger which finds the coin. This fools the mech into thinking there's a coin waiting to be played. Hence free spin, or free go or free play, whichever name you want to give it.
I'm sure that was all clear as mud, so tomorrow I'll see what I can find pictorially to post.
Rob's case doesn't have a window in the front glass to display "tilt" so either it never had that function or the mech was originally in a different case.

BP

[badpenny]

...having recently offended the Pennymachines Robot it won't play with me

You're doing it on purpose. You know her preferred pronoun.

Thanks Mr P. I've no idea what's up with me. I simply can't be left unobserved these days. You should see what happens if I suddenly find myself unsupervised. It's stimulatingly scary, and the opportunities seem endless. I feel kind of like an unattended fire hose on full bore.

[badpenny]

I've just searched my GW manual and of course it doesn't have an exploded view of any of the variations, merely the bog standard variety.

So swapping out the reel symbol was clearly the best thing to do.

[rippyspennyarcade]

Thanks Badpenny , I felt it was the best option also, Would have been something different with the FREE PLAY, but none of my friends will know when they are playing on Exacta

[tallstory]

Because of the strict rules covering gambling machines in Germany at the time, many Beromats were reworked after a couple of years. As they changed things, there were often bits left over from its previous life which no longer had any use other than to confuse us! One of mine had a springy thing (technical term) which located on nothing and a 2d payout that didn't work. To solve the latter problem, they simply pasted a losing number over that reel position - just like you decided to do. I decided to file out the notch to make it payout, as you can see in the photo. Obviously making your replay work would be much harder to achieve.

[rippyspennyarcade]

Thank you tallstory, that picture you posted did make sense and I now realise after seeing your picture I have made the RIGHT decision, Cheers