by gamblingman » Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:17 pm
I've worked on a few so far, and I have never seen a fuse box in one. Some diggers use a box in the base with the screw in round fuses, but I have never seen any in a Buckley. I will check the parts list in the coin slots guide to see if there is one listed. There is a terminal strip mounted up under the top of the cabinet behind the cam, but that is just for power sharing. I wire mine a little different. I install a double switch box in the base so you can turn the lights on separately from the motor. That means I have to run an extra wire up to the top, but the small cloth covered wire us easy to hide.
You are right on the top piece....they are very rare. I know Jim Roller told me he had one made, and it was extremely expensive.
The window on the deluxe is held into place with thin wooden shims. The glass fits in the recess on the cabinet, and just sits inside the bolts that come through for the trim. The wood shims that go on the outside of the window and under the metal trim strips, has a very slight shoulder on it that makes the window fit tight. If you don't have the wood strips, let me know and I will take a picture of them for you. They have holes for the bolts to go through. I have never seen any rubber parts on a Buckley....Bakelite yes, rubber, no.
Background on a Deluxe was a mirror in a frame. The Deluxe has two extra little square pieces of nickel plated tin that fill the voids on each side of the digger tower. They have a l shaped bend on the upper edge that fits into a groove on the bottom of the mirror frame. Any simple frame will do, I can also take a pic of that if you need to see what one looks like.
Hope that helps......
Joe