My grandpa passed away recently and my dad was going through

>>1035943
>figure out how to open the door without the key

If you want to do a serious restoration, it might be worth hauling this down to a locksmith, having him pick the lock and maybe removing the cylinder with the idea of putting in a new lock (with key) at some future date.

Once you get it open, some pics of the guts might get you better advice on repairs and clean-up.

I use to have one I picked up from a yardsale. I had a roomate who was an electrical engineer and he had it working off a 9 Volt battery in a few days for lights and basic triggering mechanism. there should be about 1000 steel balls with asian characters on them. You could always drill the lock out but I suspect a strong turn with a screwdriver might also get it open. I mean its not that made a little 0000 steel wool will probably remove the rust. I think its more of a formica than wood or paint.

I dont understand who Japanese could be addicted to these.

>>1035943
>Any suggestions?
I had one of these for a while years ago, my mother found it at a benefit 'yard sale' at her work.

The lighting transformer was gone but it wasn't hard to figure out despite me being 14; it was all electro-mechanical and only had like three circuits. It had normal lights that were on all the time (when there was power) and it had two sets of lights that would light up for a moment if you got a ball in one of the special pockets. There was a buzzer in there too.

When a ball would roll along a trough, it would pass under a switch that would turn the main lights off momentarily, or turn one of two special groups of lights on for a moment... And the buzzer.

I mainly remember "playing" it because the cats we had back then LOVED to watch the balls bounce around and jitter as they fell through.

Wait, are you in Southern MD?

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>>1036052
>I dont understand who Japanese could be addicted to these.
The newer ones are fancier, but the reals answer is that because money is involved. People get addicted to slot machines, too.

>>1035943
I saw one of these yesterday in henryetta oklahoma at a thrift store for $75

>>1037449
Hrmm... im 2 hours away. Would it be worth a bikeride to invest in or no?

>>1036052
>I dont understand who Japanese could be addicted to these.

Gambling is illegal in Japan

Pachinko is not "gambling" by law.
You would buy balls, you would win more balls. You trade your balls in for "prizes". You would get a prize like a teddy bear.

You would then walk across the street and sell that teddy bear to a store for a nominal sum of money. It was their workaround the gambling laws.

>>1037457
They arent worth a lot of money
They are cool to play with though.

I know someone who bought 2 in very nice shape for 75$ at a garage sale.

>>1035943
Some are very valuable.

Know that before starting any refinishing.

>>1037573
The vast majority are worth 100$ or less.
They made them in the millions, and then shipped them to the US as novelty from the 50s all the way to the 90s.

Dont get your hopes up too high

>>1037577
Fucking grandfather shills.

That was my retirement plan.

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for the metal use enamel paint , buy various grits of steel wool. oil the machine use oil. dutch oil for the wood

>>1037457
There probably not open on the weekend.

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