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« on: April 23, 2013, 06:41:48 pm » |
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I came across this in a local antique shop today, pretty neat little coin-op, found some info on it through a Google Books search in Popular Mechanics.
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2013, 06:53:12 pm » |
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I think that is neat!
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2013, 07:15:29 pm » |
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Pretty cool!
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2013, 08:49:01 pm » |
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Cool, Up there with the coin-op magic fingers!
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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2013, 12:34:28 am » |
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I really like that clock. I think I would be going back to the shop to keep an eye on that one.
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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2013, 04:44:02 am » |
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$175.00 is a good price for that clock (providing they work) . I have been watching them on eBay for a long time now and like everything they have been going up in price.
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tkaz
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2013, 11:12:41 am » |
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One concern I have is that there is no key with it, how hard are these lock style to pick/rekey?
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2013, 12:07:46 pm » |
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That's pretty neat. I doubt I would have used it back in the day, who wants to pay to be woke up?
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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2013, 01:25:38 pm » |
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Go back and make an offer , how many more have you seen
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2013, 07:27:01 pm » |
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On one shoulder, I have a nice money savings conscience...on the other is the SMC forums!  So I went back today to see if the clock had the key, and sure enough it was in the locked case next to it. I tested it out with a dime and the alarm came on when the clock hit the right time, had to buy it at that point! Pretty neat little item, very simple device to accept the dime, it simply moves aside a small lever that allows the plunger to pull up and set the alarm. Nothing there to reject slugs, not that people were looking to trick a $.10 item to wake them up in the morning. I'll see if I can get a video of it working. The clock face has a small amount of grime on the inside around 8 o'clock, but it should just pull off so I can clean it. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2013, 07:40:36 am » |
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Nice pickup Tom...I think it's really cool!
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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2013, 11:54:36 am » |
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I was able to clean out the rust stain on the clock face and pull out the Roy Rogers comic card this morning. I'm going to put together a small instructions card from some of the other examples I have seen on the web, I think that'll finish it off. (Got that done too!)
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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2013, 05:09:39 pm » |
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Wow ! Looks minty !  |
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« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2013, 07:25:08 pm » |
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Love it! Just need one of these now!  Tim |
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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2013, 12:28:21 pm » |
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Great instruction card.. good use of type faces... really sets it off. Nice piece. |
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« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2013, 01:53:21 pm » |
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Great Job!!
That was expensive to make back in the day.
Anyway to have it work like a regular clock?
Had never seen such a thing.
Thanks.
Creighton
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« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2013, 02:13:38 pm » |
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Creighton, it works like a regular clock when plugged in, the alarm hand is the white one that is about 6 o'clock in the photo. You set that hand to the approximate time and insert the dime to get the alarm to work.
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« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2013, 04:28:25 pm » |
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Cool!!
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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2013, 04:35:42 pm » |
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I've never seen one or heard of one before, so yeah, it's high on my cool factor. Congrats on the find
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« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2013, 08:58:53 pm » |
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really cool clock... now you'll never be late!
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1964 United Orbit shuffle bowler
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1984 Williams Laser Cue Pinball
1993 IGT Wild Cherry Slot
1996 Police Trainer
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tkaz
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« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2014, 06:07:30 pm » |
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Well, I sold the first clock I bought for more than double what I paid for it, so I couldn't resist buying another one in non-working condition. The cord was cut and the clock mechanism was for the most part seized up. I was able to pull it all apart, clean up the gears and eventually the clock starting working. Alarm kicks off just as expected. I just need to pickup a replacement gear and chain for the setting of the alarm, but that shouldn't be too hard.
Cool little clocks, I let it run all night and it kept perfect time.
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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2014, 06:24:27 pm » |
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Congrats on the profit and finding another one that works
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