Staggering out of my workshop I saw it was tomorrow

[badpenny]

So what is it about other peoples’ projects and basket cases that make them so much more attractive than the ones you’ve had hanging around for years?
I do speak with a certain amount of authority here.
Those of you whom have been around at least 7 years may remember when I was so inundated with the bloody things I started giving them away free!
Click Here for the first lot
And then a bit later there was this bundle

Now this is not an advert, I’m not looking to shift any of these along, it’s just a fact that I am now down to only: -
*An early Bradley Challenger that’s been waiting 11 years for a piece of glass to be cut.
*Jennings Galaxy needing new shiny castings … which are in the box next to it.
*Bryans Bullion thick with dried grease.
*Groetchen Columbia currently dismantled for 3 years.
*Mills Extraordinarlilyordinaery needing the right handle fitting …. Which is in turn, awaiting chroming.
*Mills Bonus Hi-top awaiting new reels, which are in my sock drawer and have been for 4 years.
*Jennings Governor in filthy condition.
…….. I suspect there may be more, but without turning Queen’s Evidence I dare not admit to anything further.
So with all that happening why did I take this on …….?

I was one of the under bidders when it first came on the market months ago. So when the opportunity was repeated I had a go. Many thanks to the previous owner who helped very much in suggesting a courier and co-operated enormously.

When I first saw it advertised I doubted it had ever operated successfully on thrupenny bits. However now I've seen into its most secret crevices I've changed my opinion. The spacers match the size and thickness of a 3d coin and the marking on the Formica is clearly made by thrupenny bits sitting against it and wouldn't have occurred over night.





Apologies for the vacant dribbling, one day I'll practice what I'm going to say on videos and just maybe offer one nearly as good as Robert does.

BP

[marktol]

Thats a cool looking machine BP,

Thanks for the informative overview I shall keep my eye out for one to go on the wall at home!

Cheers,
Mark

[treefrog]

Very good BP and nice to see it working. You just need to work out how to link them altogether

[badpenny]

Very good BP and nice to see it working. You just need to work out how to link them altogether

You're right there TF. Tip catches, counter weights and levers I'm ok with, but video witchcraft is a step too far.

[widget2k4]

Excellent videos BP and so pleased to see it working well

[chris roadhog]

Very well explained Mr Bad

[moonriver]

Great video , I enjoyed watching that, I was tempted to buy the machine a few times, the only thing that was off putting was the 3d issue, but it actually works great with the edges on the coins slowing the coin down on the roll.
Had it been configured slightly differently on 1d coin it would have been good to operate, but the coins stack better with thicker coins with hard edges like the 3d piece

[badpenny]

They also make a terrific rattling noise as they roll down.

[slotsoffun]

Great Video. Love the time you spend explaining the workings, highlight for me.
Who needs smutty videos when you got these!!!

[badpenny]

So ... errr ....if you don't need your smutty videos anymore ..... can I have them?

[chris roadhog]

Has one tried a pound coin for size? could make a great moneybox

[badpenny]

I'm not that wealthy ......

[polaris]

great video BP interesting viewing. thought the same thing about pound coin don't have an old thruppence to hand to compare but is there a significant difference?

[wembleylion]

In Imperial measurements an old thruppence is 0.858" max diameter and 0.104" thick. A pound coin is 0.885" diameter and 0.120 thick. In fractions the pound coin is nearly 1 /32" larger in diameter and 1/64" thicker than the thruppenny bit.

John

[badpenny]

I have somewhere in the region of 600 thrupenny bits, it's the pound coins I lack.

I'm on my lucky street corner over the weekend near Lincoln Cathedral .... if I score lucky I'll report back.

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[badpenny]

Having just come out of Friday night's drunken stupor and realised I've missed Saturday again, I decided to check on the £1 coin theory.
The quick answer is "yes" following a modicum of alterations to coin acceptor etc.
Personally I like to keep machines the way they were. I guess this goes back to my youth, it wasn't easy getting a sex change when I was a little girl.

To understand the machine from an operator's point of view I've just shoved a quid's worth of Bristols ... oooops ... thruppennies (confused my rhyming slang there, apologies to Mr Peterson) through it. That's 80 of them.
I started with the columns about half full.
80 in resulted in 61 returned to the player.
23 were retained for the operator.
The columns were left just under half full.

It's a very entertaining machine to play as there is an amount of interaction via the button that operates the shelf and upon winning there is a clatter of various coins. Also as with a pusher the payouts come quickly.
It would have been one of those machines which as a kid you'd have toured the arcades regularly keeping an eye on it hoping to find the columns more than half full. Drop a couple of them and leave in profit.

[john t peterson]

Hey…watch out how your throw around the name "Bristol," buster.

We have it trade marked here in Bristol, Tennessee, home of the brave and the free…cup of coffee with a purchase of a donut for $2.00.

J Peterson
"It's Bristol, baby!" (Our new slogan. Catchy, eh?)

[badpenny]

Bristol City - Titty
Thruppeny bits - Tits

..... and not a doughnut in sight (what the hell is a donut? .... they're not made from do they're made from dough. )
We can still teach you a thing or three Mr P