Author Topic: New Product! Replacement Coin Mech "Any Coin Mech"! (Read 19841 times)

Arcadenut · « **on:** April 28, 2011, 12:30:18 pm »

Introducing the "Any Coin Mech"!

This has been designed to be a direct replacement for existing coin mechs, here are the features:

Drop in Replacement for Existing Coin mechs
Takes any size coin. Your games can take anything from .984 tokens down to dimes.
No adjustments ever!
No more Coin Jams!
Tested on Atari, Bally/Midway, Gottlieb, Stern, Taito, Williams, Sega, and more!
Uses existing Coin Mech Screws (NOT Included)
Made from Steel and Zinc Coated to last!
Made in the USA!

Update: 1/26/2012

SOLD OUT

Pricing* (does not include shipping) is as follows:

$13 each.

* - Does not include coin mech screws . Bob Roberts carries these (Pack of 4 New Coin Mech Mounting Studs) if you need them.

PayPal is accepted.

Email me to order.

Brien King
Email: spammehere@arcaderestoration.com Website: http://www.arcaderestoration.com

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2011, 12:53:46 pm »

That's a pretty cool product!

WindDrake · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2011, 01:24:49 pm »

Ok, I've got to admit, that's pretty nice!

Arcadenut · « **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2011, 10:15:38 pm »

Thanks!

It was fun designing and testing it. I needed something for my games because I was tired of dealing with Token jams, coin rejections, etc... This solves all those problems.

Arcadenut · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2011, 06:30:47 pm »

Updated the Pricing. If interested, email me.

mgb · « **Reply #5 on:** May 08, 2011, 07:55:14 pm »

very good idea

yotsuya · « **Reply #6 on:** May 08, 2011, 08:12:04 pm »

I'm committed for two, in case anyone was wondering about taking the plunge.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:05:09 pm »

How did I miss this? Bumping for awesomeness.

yotsuya · « **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:09:06 pm »

I agree. Can't wait to pick mine up!

Kevin Mullins · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:19:11 pm »

Bumping for "can't stand dark pictures".

yotsuya · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2011, 02:35:46 pm »

I just got mine yesterday, and it works great! It's a perfect replacement fit, and it takes all my tokens with no issues (I threw a dime and a few pennies in as well, but I'm not really planning on using those!). Brien's a great guy, and if you are looking for something like this, it's worth picking up. I had some issues with some quarter mechs I converted over for tokens, which is why these appealed to me. Brien was good enough to let me pick them up since we live in the same city, and I got to check out his home arcade, one I had seen in GameRoom (along with the famous Robotron Mini Jukebox).

Thanks for the mechs and the fun time, Brien!

Time Pilot · « **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2011, 11:03:52 am »

Got mine the other day and tried them out yesterday. They work great in my Happ coin door. I did have a little trouble with dimes, but that seemed due to the weight of the dime not being able to trip the switch in the coin door- not the mech. I may try putting a tiny fishing weight or something on the tripwire to reduce the amount of weight required for a trigger. Any other ideas out there?

The best thing though is that this mech does not jam at all. I modified my previous mechs, but they would still jam occasionally- and that is a pain when people are playing. This won't jam!

I also modified one of these new ones, and now it accepts coins up to US Half Dollar size without issue. I have a bunch of foreign coins that I use with the machine and some of them are quite large.

Well done! Very simple and trouble free. Most pleased!

TP

Arcadenut · « **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2011, 05:20:07 pm »

Glad you guys like them

yotsuya · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2011, 07:29:38 pm »

Yup. I'm already thinking of ordering another set for an unused coin door I have, just to have them for future use. It'd also be a nice excuse to check out your home arcade again!

TopJimmyCooks · « **Reply #14 on:** June 13, 2011, 11:16:27 pm »

Alright, forgive me for being original arcade ignorant - please enlighten me. I understand the purpose of the all coin mech, most mech's are carefully set up for the size coin they are supposed to register. does this thing have a switch in it somewhere? any coin you put in triggers the switch? I don't see it in the picture. This replaces the entire coin mech inside the coin door? it just looks like sheet metal. Maybe a pic of one installed?

-signed "befuddled, but ready to learn"

Thanks.

Arcadenut · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2011, 11:31:15 pm »

Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on June 13, 2011, 11:16:27 pm

Alright, forgive me for being original arcade ignorant - please enlighten me. I understand the purpose of the all coin mech, most mech's are carefully set up for the size coin they are supposed to register. does this thing have a switch in it somewhere? any coin you put in triggers the switch? I don't see it in the picture. This replaces the entire coin mech inside the coin door? it just looks like sheet metal. Maybe a pic of one installed?

-signed "befuddled, but ready to learn"

Thanks.

If you take a look at this thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=22251.0

You'll see that a lot of people get real coin mechs and spend a lot of time modifying them to take different size coins/tokens.

Even with these modifications you still have problems with coins always being rejected, or jamming inside the mechanism.

Since I own 45 games, (25 in the game room at any given time), I got tired of unjamming games, having to keep tweaking mechs to get them to accept tokens, etc... So after talking with a friend about the problems, I sat down and designed up the replacement you see above.

They are made from Steel and are Laser cut. They are zinc coated to prevent rust/corrosion.

Now when someone puts a token in one of my games, it works every time. No jams, no rejects.

Nephasth · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2011, 11:36:24 pm »

Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on June 13, 2011, 11:16:27 pm

Alright, forgive me for being original arcade ignorant - please enlighten me. I understand the purpose of the all coin mech, most mech's are carefully set up for the size coin they are supposed to register. does this thing have a switch in it somewhere? any coin you put in triggers the switch? I don't see it in the picture. This replaces the entire coin mech inside the coin door? it just looks like sheet metal. Maybe a pic of one installed?

-signed "befuddled, but ready to learn"

Thanks.

Coin mechs sit above the switch. If the right coin passes through the mech, it drops down a chute that trips the switch. If a wrong coin goes through the mech, it drops through a chute that lands it in the coin return. These "Any Coin Mechs" drop all coins to trip the switch and fall into the coin bucket. (You probably already knew that though). Most coin mechs look similiar to these and mount to brackets that are mounted to the coin door. The switches are mounted seperately to the same brackets, just under where the coin mech mounts.

yotsuya · « **Reply #17 on:** June 14, 2011, 12:29:06 am »

Here's a photo of them mounted in my cab:

As you can see, they install like a regular coin mech. Your switches still need to be there, but now you don't have any more rejects/jamming.

jimmy2x2x · « **Reply #18 on:** June 14, 2011, 03:34:54 am »

So you could take a piece of wood, route out a channel the width of your largest coin, depth of your largest coin, line up the channel for coin entry/exit and fix a cover over the channel?

Nephasth · « **Reply #19 on:** June 14, 2011, 07:17:20 am »

Quote from: jimmy2x2x on June 14, 2011, 03:34:54 am

So you could take a piece of wood, route out a channel the width of your largest coin, depth of your largest coin, line up the channel for coin entry/exit and fix a cover over the channel?

You could also go the toilet paper roll route:

But I think the "Any Coin Mechs" are a much better way of achieving this.

yotsuya · « **Reply #20 on:** June 14, 2011, 11:02:24 am »

Quote from: jimmy2x2x on June 14, 2011, 03:34:54 am

So you could take a piece of wood, route out a channel the width of your largest coin, depth of your largest coin, line up the channel for coin entry/exit and fix a cover over the channel?

Actually, Brien did some prototypes that were similar to this (he showed them to me), but he told me the problem was that the coins were falling too fast to register credits on the switches. By adding the platform/ridges, it slows the rate of the coin, allowing it to be correctly read. It also gives it a more 'mechy' feel as you hear the coins moving through the device.

TopJimmyCooks · « **Reply #21 on:** June 14, 2011, 12:51:50 pm »

Ok, looks like a good solution. I'll keep this in mind if I ever do anything with coin mechs. Thanks for the installed pictures.

jimmy2x2x · « **Reply #22 on:** June 14, 2011, 01:20:45 pm »

Quote from: yotsuya on June 14, 2011, 11:02:24 am

Quote from: jimmy2x2x on June 14, 2011, 03:34:54 am
So you could take a piece of wood, route out a channel the width of your largest coin, depth of your largest coin, line up the channel for coin entry/exit and fix a cover over the channel?

Actually, Brien did some prototypes that were similar to this (he showed them to me), but he told me the problem was that the coins were falling too fast to register credits on the switches. By adding the platform/ridges, it slows the rate of the coin, allowing it to be correctly read. It also gives it a more 'mechy' feel as you hear the coins moving through the device.

Thanks for the reply, it looks like an elegant well thought out design

GameGeezer · « **Reply #23 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:03:38 pm »

brill! I was wondering recently if something like this existed. I'll be ordering one to use in Coin-II on my MAME system (while Coin-I remains on US Quarters/100Yen coins). That way I can use both tokens and quarters/100Yen slugs, etc without letting everyone know what's going on. (When I'm not in a good mood, I may make visitors use their own quarters...)

I have a pile of .900 tokens somewhere, as well as old Namcot tokens so this is a perfect, all-round solution.

Does it still have a magnet, or will washers/steel slugs trigger it as well? -GG

Arcadenut · « **Reply #24 on:** June 16, 2011, 12:23:52 am »

Quote from: GameGeezer on June 15, 2011, 11:03:38 pm

Does it still have a magnet, or will washers/steel slugs trigger it as well? -GG

No magnets. Basically, if it's round and fits in the coin slot, it will make it through

Woodshop Flunky · « **Reply #25 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:46:14 pm »

I just received two... and they are tip top! They installed in a snap and seem to work very well.

yotsuya · « **Reply #26 on:** July 25, 2011, 12:14:58 am »

Just wanted to give Brien another plug for this great product. I picked up another set from him today for a new project and they work flawlessly. If you've been looking for something like this, it's definitely worth buying them from him.

Gaaargh · « **Reply #27 on:** November 23, 2011, 10:48:36 am »

Is there a chance there will be another run of these?

Arcadenut · « **Reply #28 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:57:51 am »

Quote from: Gaaargh on November 23, 2011, 10:48:36 am

Is there a chance there will be another run of these?

Yes. I just put in an order for 100 more of these, which 55 are already spoken for. So if you want some, please let me know.

smalltownguy · « **Reply #29 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:00:15 pm »

Quote from: Nephasth on June 14, 2011, 07:17:20 am

Quote from: jimmy2x2x on June 14, 2011, 03:34:54 am
So you could take a piece of wood, route out a channel the width of your largest coin, depth of your largest coin, line up the channel for coin entry/exit and fix a cover over the channel?

You could also go the toilet paper roll route:

But I think the "Any Coin Mechs" are a much better way of achieving this.

Hah, that's the Ms Pac cab that I worked on last fall. Pretty crappy solution, if you ask me

I'm in for more of these, when they're available...

BobA · « **Reply #30 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:18:10 pm »

Quote from: Arcadenut on November 23, 2011, 11:57:51 am

Quote from: Gaaargh on November 23, 2011, 10:48:36 am
Is there a chance there will be another run of these?

Yes. I just put in an order for 100 more of these, which 55 are already spoken for. So if you want some, please let me know.

Can you give us the pricing again? Thanks the info is not available in the original post anymore.

Arcadenut · « **Reply #31 on:** November 23, 2011, 07:40:36 pm »

Quote from: BobA on November 23, 2011, 01:18:10 pm

Quote from: Arcadenut on November 23, 2011, 11:57:51 am
Quote from: Gaaargh on November 23, 2011, 10:48:36 am
Is there a chance there will be another run of these?

Yes. I just put in an order for 100 more of these, which 55 are already spoken for. So if you want some, please let me know.

Pricing will be $13 each + Shipping.

Can you give us the pricing again? Thanks the info is not available in the original post anymore.

Necro · « **Reply #32 on:** December 10, 2011, 08:46:35 am »

Not sure if any of this run are still available. I'd like to grab 2 if they are.

ARTIFACT · « **Reply #33 on:** December 12, 2011, 01:21:45 am »

I may also be interested for 2

Necro · « **Reply #34 on:** December 12, 2011, 11:37:01 am »

I'm not sure if the email in the first post even works. I've emailed him there a few times and no reply...it might just be a spamcatcher...who knows.

upprc04 · « **Reply #35 on:** December 12, 2011, 08:41:50 pm »

I was able to get ahold of him via PM. It was several weeks ago though. Any updates on when they will be ready Arcadenut?

Arcadenut · « **Reply #36 on:** December 15, 2011, 09:56:14 pm »

Ok, they will be ready after the 28th. I should have enough to cover everyone that has emailed me.

Gaaargh · « **Reply #37 on:** December 16, 2011, 09:52:35 am »

Great news!

Necro · « **Reply #38 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:50:49 pm »

At what email address? I didn't get any response when I tried....definitely want 2.

Arcadenut · « **Reply #39 on:** January 01, 2012, 04:12:53 pm »

Happy New Year!

Ok, I have them in now, and I will be PM and emailing this week with details on how to order.

I just got back from Vacation, so it's going to take a day or two to get settled back in.


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