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Restoring a 1950s Penny Slot Arcade Machine the mechanics
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A second break from steampunk; although it does involve a fabulous 70 year old mechanical games machine. Not an electron in sight! • The Easy '9' is a classic Allwin penny in the slot arcade game from the 1950s. It's completely mechanical and this one needs a lot of tender loving care. In the last video I completely dismantled the badly bowed hardwood cabinet before indulging in a session of sanding, planing, adding extra thin bits of wood and lovingly polishing it with beewax - I do love wood! I then reassembled it almost back to its original glory. • Now it's time to sort out the mechanics. I have to say, just like roast dinners, I do like to keep the best bits for last (Yorkshire Puddings and mechanics). • These machines are ever so clever. The player provides the penny and motive power and then gravity does the rest. Allwin produced a vast range of games machines all based on the mechanics within the Easy '9' , which makes you appreciate the brilliance of the design. • The first problem is nothing happens if you win - not a good feature to encourage the insertion of pennys! It turned out the issue was caused by a sheet of 1950s plastic that had, as all the other plastic has done, warped. So to replace it with a piece of laser cut 2mm Acrylic. Use a ruler...naaa, scan it. Even though it was transparent, most interestingly it had a red hue to it that faded wherever the plastic had not been in contact with the wooden panel. • Then there's the most amazingly cunning anti-theft device - a ratchet, pawl and spring. Something that would be so simple to achieve these days with elecmatronicals, has been achieved so brilliantly with a simple mechanism. The winning coin dispenser is also brilliant - simple and effective - amazing what can be achieved with a bit of bent metal. • I apologise for continuing to expound the virtues of the design... but then there's the mechanism that catches the spent ball and releases it using the weight of a penny using an escapement, similar to clock escapements. • It took ages to work out the purpose of another 'stiff' mechanism. Finally I worked out it allowed the proprietor to control whether you got another go along with your returned coin having won! • Having solved a variety of other mechanical problems, I finally got it working perfectly. • I've so enjoyed this project. It's so special to have the opportunity to get an old machine working again. Old machines definately have a personality and deserve lots of tender loving care! • As always, information on all my inventions can be found at https://steamhead.co.uk/
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