Hi Bill,

Have found the best way is paint stripper used outdoors (those fumes can't be doing much for your lungs and brain).

Always wear a mask for the fumes, even outside....

Works well, sometimes you need to use 2 coats of the stuff, then hand sand down to the timber.

Hope this helps 

What game are you preparing?

Want to trade your Flyning Circus yet?  !*!Thanks for that tony ,I havnt really thought about using paint stripper /I used to use that gear years ago ,but it was stripping paint off car bodies.The machine i am working on is called LuLu an early 1950,s ,williams.....I also have another oldie I have been working on called Palisades ,these williams are great old machines ,& are good to play, I dont own that flying circus , LuLu has one of the woodrails removed ,(are they glued on? or are they screwed from underneath? thanks for your help...bill