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Issue: 1977 December 035

Coin Slot Magazine - #035 - 1977 - December [International Arcade Museum]
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FEBRUARY 4TH & 5TH, 1978
WORLD'S GREATEST COLLECTION
OF ARCADE, MUSIC, GAMBLING
& VENDING COIN OPERATED MACHINES
ALL MACHINES — PRE-1940
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
FRONTIER HOTEL •
AMERICANA ROOM
FEATURING: 10 rare, old, antique, restored upright slot machines, including
Mills Duplex, Callle floor model and counter model roulettes, Caille musical i
double, Mills cricket, musical Chicago, etc.
8 restored, mint condition fancy carved wooden barber chairs. 2 magnificent turn of the cen
tury ornate wooden, marble and onyx ice cream back bars, over 100 rare, restored 3 reel
slot machines. 8 old machines still in shipping crates, never used. Over 100 counter model
trade stimulators, some cast iron models, many unique vending machines including Happy
Jap. Smllen Sam. Baker Boy. and others. Wurimzer and Rockoia Jukeboxes. Edison and Vic
tor phonographs. Mills electric piano. Regina Subiima piano. 15 polished, restored brass cash
registers, peanut and popcorn roasters by Creators. Holcumb & Holke and Kingray. Large
floor model Evans Big 6 wheel. 2 small ornate Evans Carnival wheels one with odds changer.
4 wooden carved roulette tables w/wheels. chips, chairs, etc.. faro layout and case keepers,
old wood Keno gooses, and other old gambling items, old punchboards. early pinball back
glass. Bakers Pacers horse race console. Paces reels, many floor model arcade machines
including mutoscopes, quartoscopes. fortune telling palm reader, diggers, card machines,
pinballs and many more. Advertising signs, trays, movie posters, leaded glass windows,
country store showcases and cabinets, a rare unique cabinet style folding bathtub w/self
contained water heater, plus hundreds of other highly desirable collectors items.
PREVIEW DATE FEB. 3rd, 12 NOON TO 8 P.M.
Plan now to attend this event of the year for coin machine collectors.
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Coin Slot Magazine - #035 - 1977 - December [International Arcade Museum]
WATLING ROL-A-TOP
TOTAL RESTORATION
by Ben Romano
After hearing numerous stories on how to properly restore Watling Rol-
A-Tops, I decided to learn how Watling originally created their beautiful
Rol-A-Tops.
After doing considerable research on the subject and
recently completing several Rol-A-Top restorations, I have finally
learned the art of restoring Rol-A-Tops to mint condition.
For the sake of simplicity, I am only going to discuss the cosmetic
preparation of the Rol-ATop metal castings. The wood cabinet and
mechanism restoration will therefore be bypassed in this article.
Hopefully along the way I can pass on a few trade secrets to you to
make the restoration easier. The Rol-ATop that I will be discussing
here is an early model with a coin head, coin front casting with a re
movable horn-of-plenty.
Before I move on, let me pass on my first tip. The secret to a successful
restoration is to do everything you can possibly do yourself. Most
platers are somewhat unfamiliar with slot machine castings, so always
strip the castings myself and tell the platers what I want done to avoid
any possible foul-ups. Some palters use harsh chemicals to clean and
strip off old plating which could attack and severly damage the alu
minum casting. So if you don't know your plater very well and how he
does things, don't take unnecessary chances.
A fellow California
collector had his castings etched beyond repair because of this. The
last time I heard from him the poor guy was still looking for castings.
Armed with this knowledge, let's get to work.
Many people disagree on how the casting was originally finished. Some
believe the coin front and horn-of-plenty were plated, and still others
believe they were painted. In actuality, the coin front and horn-of-plen
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