Reel Mechanism Restoration (Slot Machine Part 3) 

Link to Patreon post explaining the inner workings of this machine: www.patreon.com/posts/47454715

Honestly the most wondrous restore I've ever watched. I can only stare in admiration at your patience and skill!

I always wondered how those mechanical machines knew when to payout and trigger jackpots. Now I know it was just some of the most clever engineering I have ever seen. Thanks for showing the detail of how everything works!

Excellent - but I hope you are going to post a final video of the reassembly.

Wonderful! A video explaining how it works in the description. I have always wanted to know how to make one myself, and nowhere online could I find anything but "here's how to win big at the slots!" Thank you. Of course, my workshop is not yet ready, so I'll have to wait to watch it. But I'm excited!

Anyone else find it really satisfying when screws are busted loose after untold years, like 1:40?

The most satisfying restoration yet!!!!! Awesome job!!!

0:48 That sound.. with a flathead nonetheless. Epic.

You did a great job. I watched all three videos in awe and amazement.

Just watched all three videos, that was amazing and absolutely captivating to watch. I have to admit, not having any knowledge in this area, I don't know why some parts are sandblasted and other parts are just washed, I would have thought you would have sandblasted all the metal to get off all the imperfections and rust. Also I thought bluing preserved against rust, so was confused why the blued components also got anti corrosion treatment. Well done though, your restoration is a thing of beauty.

I am impressed with your mechanical skills and appreciative of your abiding patience! Be well and keep posting your work....it's inspirational (to me, anyway).

WHOA. What a difference the paper made. OMG!!

Wow absolutely amazing work I have been blown away by the detail

Yes, waited forever for this vid !

Ni esas maravillas de la ingeniería, ni esa estatura de hombres de ciencias se dan en estos tiempos.

Excited for next time!

Huge applause for great work

Amazing 🤩 WORK!!!🔥🔥 (would love to see it all assembled in a part 4.*) 😃

Congratulations. Impressive results has me thinking about doing my own.

Really good content again - thank you for that!:-) Greetings from Germany!

Very impressive work! Thanks for sharing with us!

Bravissimo!!!.. eccezionale!!

Looking good can't wait to see it finished Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Two fish are sitting in a bowl, one says to the other 'Hey Man, you know how to drive this thing?'

Wonderful! Maybe I could disassemble such a machine, but reassemble? No chance! I admire you and all other restaurators for doing this and I have no idea how you can do that.

Well Done

lovely job!

I wish I could say you did a good job but it was way over my pay grade, Very talented I loved the video 👍

super cool series. up there with best have seen

I figured youd end it with using it with everything together and ...surprise, surprise, surprise... you won the jackpot!

Nice 👍

The Golden Gate Casino in Las Vegas - the oldest casino in operation in Vegas, dating back to 1906 - should give you a million dollars for completing this project, and making this machine probably better than the day those just like it were first installed at their casino!!!

Beautiful work & restoration. Looks and sounds great!👊👍👍

Was it my ears or did it sound like the shaft clamp threads hadn't been chased with a tap? Almost like you glass beaded them and they didn't get cleaned after that. The end result was spectacular. I've spent hours playing with Microsoft Paint, doing the same kind of image clean-up you did, total PITA when you're doing it, but oh so satisfying when it's done.

Great job man 👌👌👌

This part should have been posted as part 2 i think.

cool project 👍

will we have part 4, the final test?

when you want to correct time stains, brownishing, etc on old papers, it's sometimes easier only to play with contrast/light...

Craftsman!!

Well done. Do you have to balance the wheels? Thanks

How did you match the 80s cellophane tape / sharpie blue color? You never see that color of shiny blue on anything anymore!

That wasn't rust...... it was nicotine! Great job on the restoration!

hola que buen video

Man, you could send this to any casino or do you want to keep it for your home arcade?

Man, do you sell these restorations? I would LOVE to own a mechanical vintage slot machine like this. The restoration is gorgeous.

Where is the final result!?

No vid showing it completed?

It would be fun to design and create one of these from scratch

Harika

How do you figure out how to line up the holes so all the payouts still properly work?

one time i restrored a whole slot machine in 6 hours. AND I DIDNT EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOOM.

Ok how did you get the reel strip synced with the reel mechanism . I have no clue how you did that.

Have I missed something ?. Is there video of the machine completely reassembled.

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Wheres part 4?

Шестеренки неправильные (прямые грани), в первом выпуске гайки квадратные! Как так?

Where is the final product?

Those bolts should have been cleaned to oh, it just makes me cringe when I hear that grinding of them turning in there.

Is this reel or just fantasy...

I sometimes do get a thrill/feeling that; these episodes, weren't shown in order. It's good however still that, the mechanic put the slot machines case on last. Retaining stability is what the slot machine will do.

بيرررفكت

👍👌😁🎰

Where part 4...

1 jackpot symbol per reel, 20 stops per reel. Probability of a jackpot = 20x20x20 = 1 in 8000 spins. Once you know how many nickels a typical jackpot dump is, you can use that number, along with the paytable, and the quantity per reel of each symbol, to work out the overall "hold" of the machine. I had a Mills penny machine that had a house edge of around 30%! Contrast that with modern low-stakes Vegas slots, which hold around 15%.

Левое колесо задевает что-то при работе, весь ремонт псу под хвост(

photoshop?

Ugly... History of this machine is disappear...

A pleasure to watch. Great work in all three of these.