Looking for info on this machine.

[spazin]

Hey, I just aquired this machine from my mother in law. It was just sitting in her garage and she was more than happy for me to take it out of her way. It was in the family for several years belonging to my wife's grandfather then her father. Her grandfather picked it up from an arcade shop that went out of business. They messed with it a bit but never got it working fully from what I understand. I messed with it a bit and got most everything that I can figure out working but I really haven't been able to date it or find any info on the manufacturer, how much its worth, etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have higer res pics if you need.

[luckydog]

nice vintage machine

[takethecastle57]

The machine looks intact from the front but for us to completly help you we need you to post a rear view of the machine to see if all the parts are there .


You have a great start to the Dark side (Pachinko) with such a great vintage machine .

Welcome to the Addiction known as Pachi (Slots,Pachinko)

[spazin]

Hey, thanks for the quick response. Here are some pics of the back i just took. Need any others?

[Eddie]

Welcome to the Show!

WOW what a really nice machine! I like the ball mech in the back would love to see a vid of it in action.

Really different back design very cool!

[takethecastle57]

Thank you ! That is the tightest gavity-feed in such a compact form that i have ever seen ! Please post some videos of this machine in action when you can

Just awsome !!

[spazin]

Can anyone help me figure out how it really works? I have to press a lever in the back to get a ball in play. There also doesn't seem to me any ball hopper holder that would reward you with balls for the game. Any ideas? Thanks.

[takethecastle57]

The spring hose on the lower left goes into your lost ball tray in the back gonna have to either raise the machine a bit or modify the spring hose .

[spazin]

Hey,

You can't see it in the pics but the bottom board of the machine has a hole in it that the spring/hose can fit into. I dont' have the board elevated so i just leave the hose out and put the hose into a container to catch the balls. All the balls make there way to that spring unless i make it into the "points section" of the game board. When I make it in the points section the balls get caught by a lever and only move once i reach around the back and hit a button on the bottom of the mechanism. The button allows one ball to fall at a time until I have released them all. I figure the game should do more of this on its own, any thoughts?

[compirate]

Do you have that blue tray in the back full of balls?

[spazin]

nope, sure don't. If i put a ball in it right now it will go straight down to the hose...I am gonna take a pic of the mechanism with it and the plexi glass off.

[takethecastle57]

there should be a ball dump lever in the back that you have to move to stop the balls just draining out i

[compirate]

There should be some kind of lever or catch that prevents that from happening.
That's only open to empty the system in case the arcade needs to work on the machine.

Any detailed closeups of the mechanism would be good.

[spazin]

pics of the back mechanism and the lever i have to push.

[compirate]

Sometimes these things are better seen first hand (wish I was there!). I'm still not getting it, hope someone helps you figure it out!

[takethecastle57]

Ditto
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humm , that lever above the blue "tipper" tray should be pull out to fill the blue "tipper" tray

[compirate]

If your talking about that last pic, it looks like it only moves up and down.

[takethecastle57]

I think we need to see the sides snd bottom of the back top feeder tray

[spazin]

yeah it does only move up and down...wish i had a camera that did video...

[takethecastle57]

i see a little bar on the upper left hand side of the back of the flipper arm mechanisim move it left or right or the other lever i see on the right above the flipper mechanisim while dropping a few balls in the top back hopper tray