BALLY ONE ARMED BANDIT RESTORE

[arcadoz]

Great work! I have purely mechanical machines and an electronic one but didn't know there were EM machines as well.
Kudos for taking on and restoring this one.

[ddstoys]

Decided it take the day off from pinballs and do some more work on my Bandit.

   I now have it working to the point of inserting 1 to 5 coins pulling the handle and away it goes pays out on most winning combos but not all and not always exact coins.

  I stripped down the hopper everything has now been stripped and cleaned painted where necesarry.  Only part i have not done is the Payout unit i felt this was best left to a day when i have a clear head and plenty of time.

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[Caveoftreasures]

is there nothing Daniel cant fix.     nope, he can fix anything and everything ! well done mate. its looking amazing ! 

[millsy]

Coming along nicely Daniel
Whats the ping pong ball do ?

[ddstoys]

It looks like an old practice golf ball lol.     It tells the game when the hoped is full so it diverts the in coming coins to the cashbox under the machine.   

  It hangs there and as the hopper fills it is pushed up by the coins until it activates the switch.    Basic but clever I thought

[ktm450]

Nice work mate, plenty of elbow grease needed there 

[faza]

Looks brilliant you have inspired me to restore mine.
Looks like you can still by new reel strips although your ones look pretty good.
http://squiresandcorrie.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=57&products_id=1149&osCsid=n4djsuha8kr3emhv9qofknvgo2

[63wizz]

Thanks for the link, they have a belly glass for my machine which was smashed 23 years ago, will have to send an email for a postage quote.

Ian

[faza]

No problem here's another good link I stumbled across
http://rwatts.cdyn.com/Machines/download_area.html

[Olivia_jason]

i hate pokies, but these old one arm bandits are cool. i wonder how much money that little bastard has taken, what great peice of history you have right there

[63wizz]

i hate pokies, but these old one arm bandits are cool. i wonder how much money that little bastard has taken, what great peice of history you have right there

THANKS more fantastic one arm bandit links

Ian

[thefasteddy69]

Hey Daniel, It looks fantastic mate. Just showed the kids & my wife the progress you have made so far. They are blown away as the before photos probably do not really show how bad it was before you got going. Good work big fella

[ddstoys]

Well here’s a blast from the past showed a customer this machine and a coin got stuck in the mech next thing you know the e tire machines in a million pieces all over the pool table.   
   I have exactly zero time, zero money and even less space but there’s no turning back now


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