Our Glasgow Engineering Ethos
Combining traditional Scottish metalwork with solid-state digital reliability
Heavy-Gauge Timber & Steelwork
Our Bothwell Street restoration bench treats every mechanical bandit and upright cabinet as an engineering heirloom. We strip oxidised pull-handle linkages, ultrasonic-clean clockwork payout slides, and machine structural shells from 18mm moisture-resistant birch ply and melamine MDF.
Domestic 230V Turnkey Setup
Every cabinet leaves our Glasgow workshop pre-configured for effortless home enjoyment. Units arrive fully assembled with a one-touch internal Free-Play toggle and calibrated coin acceptors supplied with 100 solid brass souvenir tokens.
Direct Scottish Technical Care
Prior to dispatch, every machine completes a 24-hour thermal soak and 45-point BS 1363 PAT electrical certification. Our Glasgow engineers remain available by telephone for lifetime technical guidance and spare parts support.
Meet The Bothwell Street Bench Team
The Scottish electro-mechanical specialists behind every restoration and custom build
Malcolm MacLeod
Chief Bandit & Stepper Overhaul EngineerWith 26 years servicing Scottish club and coastal amusement arcades, Malcolm leads mechanical pull-arm rebuilds, IGT S2000 stepper reel indexing, and BS 1363 electrical safety certification.
Alistair Sinclair
Senior Firmware & PCB DiagnosticsA specialist in vintage digital synthesizers and arcade game board architectures, Alistair handles component-level logic trace debugging and multi-game firmware optimisation.
Douglas MacIntyre
Master Cabinet Joiner & FinisherDouglas ensures every wood joint, T-molding channel, and laminated side-art wrap meets tournament-grade specifications, producing cabinets that endure for generations.
Preserving Scottish & British Coin-Op History
Established in central Glasgow by veteran electro-mechanical technicians, Arcade and Bandit Repairs Ltd (Company No. SC741928) rescues, re-engineers, and custom-builds commercial amusement apparatus that would otherwise be lost to time.
From restoring 1990s Data East and Gottlieb pinball playfields to machining custom multi-game upright cabinets and supplying rare stepper motors, every project completed at 120 Bothwell Street is built to bring authentic arcade excitement into private domestic games rooms.