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Thread: Looking for memories...
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29th Jul 2018, 10:51 AM #1Senior Member
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Looking for memories...
This has been at a local antique dealer for close on a year. I finally gave in, and she reduced the non-negotiable price. I guess we are both happy..
I'd really love a picture or hint as to what it may have looked like.., or what it was..
It will become a project of some sort, whether metal or wood or both, plus some electronics
(posted in wwf and madmodder but I still have no idea what it is..)
Russ
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29th Jul 2018, 10:55 AM #2Senior Member
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I guess it is some sort of arcade / gambling machine, the centre row of numbers rotates on a drum to change the 'odds'.
There is a row of lights 1-4 presumably one of which lights up to show the winner - or maybe 1 of 4 players.
Anyone ever seen anything like it? I understand from the seller there was also a horse racing version.
Russ
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30th Jul 2018, 02:07 PM #3Most Valued Member
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cant be for gambling..no where to put your money in..lol
hurry up and pull it apart so we can see inside it
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31st Jul 2018, 11:36 PM #4Senior Member
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I should have explained that I just have this display part.
The body is the mystery.
Inside the display is a large drum, which has rows of 'the odds'. It is stepped around by a large solenoid. Haven't worked out if it is a 'stepper', or runs while power is applied. Probably a stepper, 1 step per pulse.
The end of the drum has a row of contacts and what may be slip rings which presumably functions to change the cross-connects between a row of contacts thereby determining the outcome of the event, or somehow setting some 'seed' of a random outcome.
There is a row of 4 globes (Philips Holland) behind the 1-4 windows, plus a couple of globes to illuminate the odds display.
I'm guessing 1930-1950 but have no evidence of that.
Russ
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