Mills Cowboy Slot Machine

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Get the best deals on Mills Slot Machine when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. Free shipping on many items Browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Description: Wonderful Richard Delong carved wood Cowboy with Mills High Top slot machine and Indian with War Eagle slot machine in double mint condition. The late Richard Delong carved both real looking figures from Bass wood with glass eyes. Cowboy figure comes complete with gun belt and holster of heavy leather and Indian with leather, headdress and beads from a real Western reservation. 1929 Mills Liberty Bell Slot Machine - 100% Original! Ending Dec 16 at 6:09PM PST 3d 23h Local Pickup. Antique 10 Cent Mills Extraordinary Slot.

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Hand Carved Character Slots

  • Carved from Kiln Dried Bass Wood
  • Life size heads with realistic carved wrinkles
    Approx. Dimensions: 6' high, 24' wide, 18' deep.
  • Working Slot Machine
  • Can be shipped via UPS
    Shipped in multiple boxes and some easy assembly required
  • Price: SOLD
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  • Scroll down to learn how a character slot is made.


Mills Cowboy Slot Machine Game


Mills Wooden Cowboy Slot Machine

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Mills Cowboy Slot Machine

History of the
Character Slot

Character slots came into being in the early 1950s when Frank Polk carved 92 life size statues of cowboys and eastern characters to hold slot machines. As the price of an original Polk character slot machine rose beyond the reach of even the most ardent collector, a few other artists started to carve character slots in 1977.

There are probably only a couple hundred of the wood carved character slots in existence, and therefore, they are quite rare and hard to find.

Making a
Character Slot

The process of making a hand carved character slot takes a great deal of artistry and little bit of production line efficiency. It all starts with several large blocks of wood. The individual blocks are glued and pressed together to create the necessary thickness. Patterns, similar to those that are used to make a suit of clothes, are used to cut the wood into roughly shaped legs and arms.

These legs and arms are then further carved by chainsaws and chisels and sanded to create the realistic human looking model. The arms and legs even have realistic carved wrinkes in them. The legs are proportioned to the style of the slot machine selected to create added realism.

The most difficult and time consuming part is the careful carving required to create the head and face. Each head is hand carved with a full head of hair and glass eyes, if requested.

After all the body parts are carved, they are assembled together. A fully restored slot machine is placed on the legs and last, but not least, our newly created friend is dressed up in authentic buckskin, cowboy hat, headdress, or whatever is necessary to recreate the image you are trying to replicate. Genuine hand-tooled holsters are specially made for the different cowboys. As difficult and time consuming as the wood carving is, just imagine how difficult and time consuming it is to find a full Indian headdress or stitch up a buckskin outfit. The end result of these weeks of effort is a unique, truly one of a kind, collector's piece.



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Mills Cowboy Slot Machine

Only one known! 100% original 25 cent Horseshoe Club vintage slot machine. The Horseshoe Casino was located 128 Fremont, Las Vegas across from Golden Nugget Casino. See postcards of horseshoe club casino located across Golden nugget casino. The casino opened in the early 50’s. Benny Binion who changed its name to The Horseshoe in 1951. The name changed to Joe W. Brown’s Horseshoe from 1958 to 1962. This is a one of a kind original machine from this las Vegas Casino and in good working condition. You may not find another complete original from the HorseShoe Casino. This custom Mills slot machine has unique metal side trim, original award custom Horseshoe Club marquee, original lower metal trim, original Merv Griffin key tag, coin box, nice wooden sides, and the original mills back door. Please view all photos. A rare one of a kind machine for your gameroom. We professionally box for safe traveling.