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Coin Mech (two of them) mod US->CDN query
Epyx:
Hi guys,
Hoping someone can help me with these Coin mechs...the metallic one is a Coin Controls (Royton Oldham England) USA .25 mech and the other a plastic CA US .25 mech. Any idea where the magnets would be (to remove) to make these take Canadian quarters?
CheffoJeffo:
Try opening up the plastic mech ("to open squeeze") -- I just opened up one of my Canadian CA mechs and can't tell if there would be space for a magnet in there (mine has a spring), but I would expect it to be right around the area labeled "to open squeeze".
EDIT: Turns out I do have a US CA mech in my box o' mechs -- the magnet is the round cylinder at the bottom when you open the first "door".
Epyx:
You are right...little magnetic cylinder which is pretty easy to remove.
Now to figure out the metalic ones!
Thanks!
lilshawn:
the coin controls metal, is inside the square part.
the plastic one, i'm not sure... i always go with the imonex style and throw these ones out.
http://www.happ.com/cc/42118400.htm
CheffoJeffo:
The metal one looks like a Coin Mechanisms mech that I have in the box o' mechs and the magnet in that one is definitely behind the tilted rectangle near the centre. It is a pretty strong magnet in mine, so if you pull that arm out and put a Canadian quarter on it, it should stick right away. Getting it open on my mech looks to be a challenge, which is probably why it ended up in the box (and it came there from somebody else's box of unused mechs).
:cheers:
EDIT: I see lilshawn already got this one and should be ashamed of pitching such lovely mechs away and then paying $30 for a replacement! ;)