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I am looking for an original watling handle for cycling the mechanism when it is taken out of the slot machine case. It is made of solid metal and has a small screw that tightens the tool to stop it slipping. I have attached a photo of an original tool. It is engraved "compliments of Watling MFG Co". If anyone has this tool for sale or knows somebody who has one for sale please can you send me a PM

I know that you can get a reproduction copy of the tool but it is cast in aluminum which is much lighter than the original tool and also it does not have the threaded screw. Any help greatly appreciated. I have attached a photo.
Thanks, Lol

Lol wrote:I am looking for an original watling handle for cycling the mechanism when it is taken out of the slot machine case. It is made of solid metal and has a small screw that tightens the tool to stop it slipping. I have attached a photo of an original tool. It is engraved "compliments of Watling MFG Co". If anyone has this tool for sale or knows somebody who has one for sale please can you send me a PM

I know that you can get a reproduction copy of the tool but it is cast in aluminum which is much lighter than the original tool and also it does not have the threaded screw. Any help greatly appreciated. I have attached a photo.
Thanks, Lol

Yes, and the repro that is on eBay now, is grossly overpriced.

I will look through my stuff, I am almost positive I have an original too!!!
feel free to email me at mrslot1@aol.com

thanks Dave

The last original that came up was sold by T. Krahl before his passing. I missed it by 20 min. ravis scravis grr grr grrr. In the last 40 yrs I have been doing this it's only the 3rd original I know of. I have one of the first repro handles that came out in the 80's and it was only $20 bucks then. Not like the $165 someone has listed on Ebay.

I do have an original handle for the Watling.

If interested call me on Tuesday 305-947-7744.

Thanks

Hi Toydoc
Please can I reserve this.
Thanks, Lol

Hi Mr Mechanic
I have a friend who has two originals (not for sale). One is tapped & threaded and the other is not. I would think that all the operators had originals as well as the factory which would have had many. I recently purchased a cast iron handle that was a pattern for the repro aluminium ones that Dave Berten sells. (Thank you for your help with this Dave). Whilst not an original it is in between as it is nice and heavy as it is made from cast iron. The reproduction is also thinner in width and flat on one side unlike the original which protrudes from the body on each side. Also the original has perfect lettering.

The aluminium reproduction works fine and does what it is supposed to do. Dave sells these for the very reasonable price of $18.00 and has a good supply. The one currently for sale on ebay at $165 is also an aluminium repro. I am still trying to purchase an original handle.
Lol (short for Laurence and not to be confused with LOL)

I have included a photo showing the original Watling tool on the left and the reproduction on the right. As you can see the reproduction is thinner in width and flat on one side unlike the original which protrudes from the body on each side. The threaded screw has been taken out of the tool. Although the repro is flat on one side it functions perfectly well and does a good job.
Lol

Unfortunately Toydoc could not locate his original Watling tool. So back to searching again. If anyone has an original for sale or knows of one for sale then please can you send me a PM.
Thanks, Lol

Hi All
I am still searching for an original Watling tool for cycling the mechanism. If you have or know of one for sale please can you send me a PM. I can pay by PayPal and have a U.S. shipping address.
Thanks, Lol