FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

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FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby Dave » Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:04 pm

I just finished up on the Royal Twin. Only took 8 months! :D

It took a while trying to find what the correct paint scheme is. From the research I have done, it appears there are two paint schemes on these machines and two styles of castings. It appears the early machines were pretty much polished and only the grooved areas and the areas around the wording on top was painted. The later machines were pretty much painted all blue.

The earlier machines had the top castings flat on the bottom where the later machines were slanted on the bottom.

The machine I bought had been in someones basement for 30+ years and it appears someone attempted to do a restoration but didn't complete it. The mechanism was pretty much all froze up and the castings had all been stripped. Fortunately, the machine was almost all complete so I didn't have to hunt down many parts.

The handle mechanism is pretty simple and very ingenious on how it locks out the mechanism from being played if no coin had been played.

Removing the mechanism from the machine is a PIA though. Not just lift and pull like virtually every other machine out there.

Here is the final result. The actual color of the paint is a lighter blue.

Royal 1.JPG
Royal 2.JPG
Royal 3.JPG
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby oldslotman » Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:13 pm

Looks great.
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby Midcoast Vintage » Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:29 pm

beautiful
this has always been one of my favorite machines.
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby CoinOpBuyer » Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:38 pm

I have never seen one of these in person. How rare are they?
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby altort » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:13 pm

Nice job, would love to see before pictures.
About a video on how the twin operates!
Would love to see on how the handle mechanism works.
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby andydotp » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:24 am

Yes, terrific job Dave and to agree with altort will you be posting a video?
Top job,
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby Dave » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:30 pm

When I find time I will try to do a video.

I am going to Boston next week for the COCA convention. First one I have ever gone to.

After that I am playing in a bunch of poker tournaments so it might not be until mid September or so.
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby markus » Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:21 am

Very good job. Congratulations. All the best for upcoming poker tournaments.
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby leospanner » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:28 am

WOW!! What a beautiful piece of furniture, and great looking slot machine as well. I have never seen one before and am so glad you've shared it with us. As a brand new user I'm looking forward to this site more than you can know. Thanks for all your great services to this hobby. Leo
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Re: FINALLY!!!! Done with the Royal Twin

Postby oldslotman » Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:45 pm

leospanner wrote:WOW!! What a beautiful piece of furniture, and great looking slot machine as well. I have never seen one before and am so glad you've shared it with us. As a brand new user I'm looking forward to this site more than you can know. Thanks for all your great services to this hobby. Leo

Welcome aboard. Great site. A lot of info here.
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