With the escalator removed, we can now get to a couple of pieces of glass on the front casting. They really aren’t that tough to get working correctly, but some people are lazy. You occasionally see some strange things when looking at escalators. Outside of the case, the escalator looks like this: You might want to save the middle screw for last, just to keep the escalator from swinging out of place while you are removing the screws. It’s held in place by three screws denoted by arrows in the photo above. We’ll be disassembling it later, but right now we just want to remove it from the top front casting. The escalator is essentially the part of the slot machine that accepts coins, makes sure that they are the correct denomination, rejects slugs and determines if the player is using checks. We’re going to start by removing the escalator, which is really simple. In any event, we need to disassemble all of the parts related to the case and cabinet. Generally the terms “case” and “cabinet” and interchangeable, although the wood sides and base are the actual cabinet, while the entire assembly of wood sides, base and front castings are often considered to be the case. Compared to the work we’ve already done disassembling the slot machine mechanism, the tear-down of the case and cabinet is a snap.

Mills black beauty slot machine