Shefras "Time limit" for sale
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Shefras "Time limit" for sale
A nice Shefras "Time limit" in fully working condition has just been listed for sale at the www.penny-arcade.info site market place
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I noticed this at the Saturday auction of Bentlys in Kent, did it not sell or selling on quickly do you know. I know the estimate was 450 to 500, so did not follow
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I note that the listing says that the cabinet is varnished oak. In fact, the cabinet is a softwood and the front is oak faced plywood.
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I checked with the seller about his description and he admits hes no wood expert,hes had a closer look and now says front is faced but sides,top and bottom are solid and dovetailed, Im no wood expert either but is that really teak
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Reason I said it's oak is that I think it was my machine long ago. If so, when I got it, it was a bit beat up and I decided to oak veneer the front. As far as I know, these machines were always painted cabinets. I've followed the machine's progress over the years as it has re-appeared for sale a number of times and in a number of auctions (from different sellers). I got it from the USA, so it has become a well travelled machine!I don't think it's oak faced. Looks more like teak perhaps.
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The quality of the cabinets always lets those down. The one below sold a year ago at the Elephant for £440 and is the nicest finish I have seen on these, although with the quarter sawn oak fleck, I wonder if that was original as well. One of the mistakes people seem to make on these is put heavy varnish on to try and get a finish due to the rough surface, but ends up looking terrible.
I do recall seeing one I thought past in blue and though it looked nice, can’t find the picture. So was paint finish standard?
Also I have seen written that Amusement Mart was the maker of these which is the same company as Shefras (Mr PM) is that right? I have a Payola, same plain Jane rough plywood front......
I do recall seeing one I thought past in blue and though it looked nice, can’t find the picture. So was paint finish standard?
Also I have seen written that Amusement Mart was the maker of these which is the same company as Shefras (Mr PM) is that right? I have a Payola, same plain Jane rough plywood front......
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The one Treefrog, mentions was definitely mine; I was assuming that the first posted picture in this thread was of the same machine. As I said, I sold mine many years ago (as I acquired a Beat the clock) and it was superfluous. So it seems that there are at least two veneered machines out there.
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I imagine then that nobody has re-veneered that first cabinet shown, that will just be the original surface of the paint stripped plywood.
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I think that's probably right. The one Widget put in the Museum is also unpainted veneer, but may have been painted originally, of course.
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Yes. See Morris Shefras
Years ago I bought a couple of these late, unrestored Shefras allwins which were in ply cabinets with nice original oak veneers, so they did make them (one was a Payola). I assume they opted for paint as a further money saving measure at some point.
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