Coin Slot Magazine - #035 - 1977 - December [International Arcade Museum]
the cabinet is in, they can fully restore
a cabinet. Many hours of hand sanding
are the most time consuming part of this
restoration phase.
Next all the old metal parts such as the
legs, handles, coin cup, etc. are taken
to the platers where they are to receive
an antique copper plating treatment. On
some occasions we go to the foundry
before we run to the platers. The only
time this is necessary is when we have
two identical machines and are missing parts to one of them, and there
fore need varying amounts of casting work done.
A few minutes later we are at the glass shop to drop off the glasswork
for the Star. Our round glass window that goes in front of the color
wheel is in good shape, but about half the pattern on ifs back is worn
off and some of the colors are faded. However, enough of the pattern
remains for the artists at the glass shop to use it as a guideline to create
a complete identical pattern of the old one on some special paper. Then
they apply cleaning fluid and elbow grease to remove the old pattern
off the glass. Next they superimpose the new pattern on the front of
the glass recreate it in the original spot where the old one had oeen
The finished product
through a process known as "glue-clipping".
speaks for itself as an excellent advertisement for the work they do.
Our last and final stop is to see the mechanic who works on all our slot
mechanisms.
Before beginning to disassemble the mechanism, our
mechanic draws three or four pictures of the mechanism so he will
know where all the parts go.
Then the mechanism is completely
disassembled and all the parts receive a thorough cleaning. Broken
parts are either repaired or a new one
machined. A few parts such as springs,
bolts and nuts, washers, etc. can be
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purchased at the local hardware store
if they are in need of replacement.
When the entire mechanism is in one
piece soon, it will probably work
better than new.
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