I am sorry to report that Bill Whelan passed away on 12/12/2017.
You may know Bill as SlotDynasty on this forum.
He was a regular poster in this forum and always more than happy to help anyone out. He was known for his restorations including uprights.
He had almost 1500 posts and his last post was on 10/23/2017 and the post was, of course, trying to help someone out. In this case, helping someone get a key made for their machine.
I think he especially liked helping the new collectors and was also a strong advocate for not modifying machines and against selling reproductions as original machines.
His knowledge of slots and trade stimulators was huge.
I never met Bill in person but talked to him for hours on the phone. He was always a gentleman.
Bill, you will be missed.