Caille Slot restore info.

[carwarr]

Another member also told me this. I will probably do this when I get to that point. Thanks for the info.

Mitch

Jack Brink of Metal Form Products in N. Hollywood, CA sells the rebuild kit for Caille hydraulic clocks, he also rebuilds them if you are patient. The late Cailles had these tempermental (leaky) hydraulic clocks that regulate the speed of the unwinding phase of the mechanism and a lot of them were converted to mechanical clocks over the years by restorers.

[marsonion]

Your machine is definitely a Cadet. I rebuilt a leaky pump a few weeks ago and took a set of digital shots of the parts involved-- I'll post them if you're interested.
-Patrick

[carwarr]

Yes, any pics are always helpful.

Thanks.

Your machine is definitely a Cadet. I rebuilt a leaky pump a few weeks ago and took a set of digital shots of the parts involved-- I'll post them if you're interested.
-Patrick

[marsonion]

[quote="carwarr"]Yes, any pics are always helpful.

Thanks.

[marsonion]

There's plenty of confusion going around distinguishing Cadets from Doughboys, etc. Caille advertising illustrations reprinted in two of the most popular books on antique slot machines-- the Marshall Fey book and Bueschel's "Lemons, Cherries and Bell-Fruit-Gum"-- provide fairly unequivocal evidence that this is how to recognize the later (mid-to-late '30s) Caille models.

Illustration Sidebar: Unfortunately, I also have a machine similar to a Commander (and maybe it really is nominally a Commander) but the top "mohawk" trim is replaced with twin "rails." I have seen no published illustrations of this style, but at least three examples have shown up on eBay, where the sellers are often more clueless than the buyers with regard to what they've got. One eBayer called this style a "Streamliner." I've found no other reference to this-- anybody know for sure?

[carwarr]

Great info. Looks about like all the pics that I scrounged up off the internet and sorted like your info says.
Thanks

There's plenty of confusion going around distinguishing Cadets from Doughboys, etc. Caille advertising illustrations reprinted in two of the most popular books on antique slot machines-- the Marshall Fey book and Bueschel's "Lemons, Cherries and Bell-Fruit-Gum"-- provide fairly unequivocal evidence that this is how to recognize the later (mid-to-late '30s) Caille models.

Illustration Sidebar: Unfortunately, I also have a machine similar to a Commander (and maybe it really is nominally a Commander) but the top "mohawk" trim is replaced with twin "rails." I have seen no published illustrations of this style, but at least three examples have shown up on eBay, where the sellers are often more clueless than the buyers with regard to what they've got. One eBayer called this style a "Streamliner." I've found no other reference to this-- anybody know for sure?

[Droider]

Hello, I am picking up a Caille Cadet from a friend, he said that the pump is bad, did you get yours working? Do you have any mechanical pictures of the inside that I can see? Any help would be great.

Thank you,
Andrew

[marsonion]

When the fluid is low, the first few degrees of motion on the crankshaft are taken up too quickly and the escalator turns into a nickel catapult while the first reel stop clanks down after less than 1/4 turn of the reel.

I already posted pictures of the insides of the device on this thread.

PM me if you're interested in pursuing this further.

Hello, I am picking up a Caille Cadet from a friend, he said that the pump is bad, did you get yours working? Do you have any mechanical pictures of the inside that I can see? Any help would be great.

Thank you,
Andrew

[Droider]

Hello, I solved my issue with the pump and it's working pretty well, I'm now having issue with linkage. I purchased some linkage from a local parts place but don't seam to be able to get the machine to function, has anyone come across some repair literature on the caille machines?
Thank you.