Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby edgeCity » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:09 am

JHSS-1944 wrote:Nelson ... this might help explain your machine..... And explain the Chromed black cherry I saw awhile back.
this ad was in Billboard magazine June 22, 1946 !
note the artwork shows the typical half top design not the fish mouth.


Thanks, Jeff . . . interesting. I've read about how old pre-war machines were revamped after WWII to help meet demands for new slots.
A whole study in itself! You can't really ID or date your machine by it's current features, now, can you?
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby edgeCity » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:06 pm

. . . and the restoration is ON!

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Starting with the case assemblies. Definitely need new jackpot glass!

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Front lock for hand-loading the jackpot appears to be a later addition, as there is a jackpot loading chute on the inside.
Jackpot assembly may have been modified to accommodate it. Getting rid of the front lock so I may need a new jackpot as well!

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So glad Chicagoland is less than two weeks away!
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby oldslotman » Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:34 pm

Those payout slides look kinda short for a fifty cent machine. Maybe a foreign coin conversion. Looks like a pretty short stack. Don't look to be 20 coins high.
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby edgeCity » Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:35 pm

oldslotman wrote:Those payout slides look kinda short for a fifty cent machine. Maybe a foreign coin conversion. Looks like a pretty short stack. Don't look to be 20 coins high.

. . . here's a close up of the slides. That's a stack of twenty half dollars to the left:

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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby SLOT DYNASTY » Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:15 pm

The part of the platform that you have the halves stacked, is lower than where the slides are. Also, don't forget
about the safety slide. Your best test, is to load up the tube & slides, and play the machine. Stop the clock, and
set each payout line. If you have a set of English penny slides, it will start to short the payouts after the 2 Cherry.
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby JHSS-1944 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:13 am

I believe soaking the jp glass in white vinegar (sealed container) for some time ,will clean up the glass. it interacts with the glue between the glass & clears it up.
Verification on this Please ! (or it's Ammonia). sorry ,brain all mushy.......
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby oldslotman » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:17 am

There appears to be a 1/4 inch shim on top of the payout slide posts. I believe the posts themselves should be the height of the 20 coins. Slides maybe correct though with that shim in there.
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby edgeCity » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:16 am

OldSlotMan / SlotDynasty -- thanks for pointing this out. Just tested . . . ALL payouts are correct!
Jackpot dumped twenty coins, and the top slide retracted as well (foto).

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. . . Nelson
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby gsx11r » Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:20 am

JHSS-1944 wrote:I believe soaking the jp glass in white vinegar (sealed container) for some time ,will clean up the glass. it interacts with the glue between the glass & clears it up.
Verification on this Please ! (or it's Ammonia). sorry ,brain all mushy.......
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Hi Jeff
Use Acetone with the glass in a sealed container , and wait that the glue are dissolved .This take a long time but really more fast if you put the sealed container in a Ultrasonic tank (no Acetone in the ultrasonic tank :blob6: !! Water in the tank but keep the acetone in the sealed container :-" ) !
This operation separate the two glass ,but as this , you can keep the original glass . \:D/
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Re: Mills diamond 50 c. on Ebay

Postby JHSS-1944 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:45 am

Thank you Stephane ! man , I got to take a few days off from work......
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