Allwin replica for an RAF museum

[classicgambler]

Thanks for that. What metal is that, by the way? And also, I have signed that petition the other day but I will do it again though.

[slotalot]

What metal is that by the way?

If you mean the track... it is chrome plated brass. The groove is to keep the ball away from the glass and backflash.

[classicgambler]

Oh, OK - cool. Is there anywhere I can get any of this stuff from? And also, I have posted the petition on my facebook wall for you.

[slotalot]

You can get allwin parts from Jerry, just follow the link [url]http://www.allwinspares.co.uk/[/url]
Thanks for the facebook post.

[badpenny]

................ the cabinet was in our bathroom before I dismantled it, and the wife

You dismantled your wife!?

Is that the same as screwing the *!@+ off them?

[classicgambler]

................ the cabinet was in our bathroom before I dismantled it, and the wife

You dismantled your wife!?

Is that the same as screwing the *!@+ off them?

although it would have been my pleasure

[classicgambler]

Well, I have varnished the cabinet and the door, put the bits back on the door, and now the glass is in. You might not be able to see it, but it is there. It's coming on now - I'm just waiting for the ball track to turn up, maybe Tuesday or Wednesday, before completion.

[slotalot]

Hi Leslie, it is starting to look like the real thing now
I have just been looking at your new facebook slot machine group [url]http://www.facebook.com/groups/289907117793253/[/url] well done
And thanks for the "like" on our page.. [url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Penny-Pet ... 5220464908[/url]

just had to edit this, I forgot the [XURL][/XURL] again!!!

[classicgambler]

thanks for that yer it still has a few items to go on though but getting there

as for the facebook group yes its a new one for anyone to join there is only a couple of things in there already so if you would like to join then why not pop over

[url]https://www.facebook.com/groups/289907117793253/[/url]
I have edited your as well

[classicgambler]

Another update for you guys. What I have done is added the top and bottom fancy panels to the cabinet and varnished that also. I have added the thumb stop and the ball flicker too and attached the door back on and I was a bit like 'Oooo, I wonder what it would look like now?'
So the backflash is done. Like I said, just waiting now for the ball track to turn up. So what do you all think on my first attempt?

[classicgambler]

Oh, and the two shelves that are in there - I have cut them down to half the size. Can anyone spot the old penny?

[JC]

So where did you get the ball track from?............just curious.

[classicgambler]

A friend of mine who sorts out the metal work at the museum has kindly offered to make them for me for a pint and made out of brass and then coated with a chrome spray. I am trying to do it as cheap as possible at the moment.

[badpenny]

I'm reminded of a slottie who years ago having been on the original Jorvik Centre experience where they started by taking you backwards through time tried to buy the A.M.I. “Continental” Jukebox on display.
When they came to rebuild the ride they got back to him asking if he still wanted it.
After hurtling around raising cash and getting a van he turned up to find it was a mock up made out of egg cases and polystyrene or some such.

If you are reading this and it's your story I apologise if I've mangled it!

I wonder how long before somebody sends a photo of the rare, never seen before allwin he's spotted at the RAF museum down in Cornwall and a whole new thread starts up pondering who's stable it sprang from?

[classicgambler]

I wonder how long before somebody sends a photo of the rare, never seen before allwin he's spotted at the RAF museum down in Cornwall and a whole new thread starts up pondering who's stable it sprang from?

The one I am making is only a replica and cannot be used. There are no internal organs to it and it cannot play. It is only for a show-piece that will be put on a wall in an exhibited pub that was in the late '30s and early '40s. Well, at least if any one does take a photo of it and say "have you guys seen this - it is a rare machine", I can or we can say "ah, I know this one - it was made by one of our members as a shelf piece and a none worker".

[classicgambler]

a mock up made out of egg cases and polystyrene or some such.

and to be frank it is NOT made out of any of the above products. I have paid out some money for this to be built and put some effort and time to make this.

[badpenny]

Which is why it looks the part, quality will always out!

[classicgambler]

Ooooo my ball track has finally arrived - now it's time to finish this project off. Please watch this space

[classicgambler]

Well, here is the ball track on. I used those split pins that were advised to me, and they work a treat but, before I go ahead and put the backflash on, is this the sort that they would have played back in the late '30s and early '40s? I have used the Cresta Run version with the side win holes. Anyway, here is the finished backflash.

[classicgambler]

Oh, I almost forgot the holes - the three of them. Better do them now, before I forget.