Quick Question on Coin Door

[CoryBee]

Does this coin door look like it has a working coin mech? Can't tell, looks like it has wires coming from where the mech should be. Thanks for your guys inputs.  

[Well Fed Games]

It is missing both coin mechs (which you could buy later). Also it is just the top door of an over-under door, you could make it work but usually there is a frame and a 2nd door that contains the coin box.

[GregD]

That thing has been on ebay forever.  Don't pay a lot for it.  It is missing the frame so you will have to cut that hinge off.  You will have to do some extensive fabrication to get that thing to swing open.  But if the price is right and you don't need the door to open then go for it.

[CoryBee]

Oh snap thanks guys, didn't even notice that it was missing the back. The ebay listing is, well, not very detailed. Almost bought it too.

[Mysterioii]

Anyone know if there are frames available for these (as a single door, not an over/under)?  I picked a similar one up really cheap on the buy/sell/trade recently on an impulse and didn't do my research.  Mine *does* have the mechs but it's just the top door and no frame.  I could modify it to get it to work but if frames are available anyplace I'd rather go that route. 

[phyrosis]

ok, i took a quick pic of one of my coin mech, without the security box to hold coins just to show you the diffrence.



see how there is the metal coin mechanisms there, it will then register the coin and drop it down through that ugly looking tan box, and drop it into the coin box below. underneath the tan box is the coin return slot, that part with the sticker there is the cheater catcher, it grabs anything that is not a authorized weight and size. this one was pulled from a old cabinet at a arcade. door and all

Mysterioii, frames alone are hard to come by, it would be better to custom fabricate one from wood or heavy steel.

[paigeoliver]

You can install them without the frames in a home project as long as you cut carefully. However ideally you should get the frame with the door (for some reason loose doors are way more common than loose frames).

I have some spare mechs, so I could sell you a set if the door you get is missing them.

[phyrosis]

However ideally you should get the frame with the door (for some reason loose doors are way more common than loose frames).

this is because when people take it apart to salvage they get rammy and break the frame off to get the door out.

[paigeoliver]

Actually i think it is operator thinking, they unscrew the door from the frame because all the fixy parts are attached to the door.

[phyrosis]

seen both, personally i like to work on them while they are in the frame, and removing the frame and all from a cabinet is very easy.