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Pimp my Coin Mech
« on: September 29, 2005, 09:37:35 pm »
Ok, I have this pretty bag of BYOAC tokens and these brand new mechs. The problem is these mechs are set up to take 1.075 tokens and the BYOAC are .984.

I've managed to explore them, but I'm missing what I need to do to make them work. Can someone far more knowledgeable about mechs give me guidance?

I have 3 pics. There is a hinged part on the mech that I can open up and get inside.

Help me BYOAC, you're my only hope.

I've tried to mark where the coin goes in and where I think it should go.


Open a little


Open a little wider


Thanks.

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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2005, 11:52:36 pm »
*sniff*

Anyone?

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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2005, 04:17:57 pm »
those are the plastic coin mechs. It will accept only what the size(s) when purchased. Not adjustable to accept any other size. You can probably do something like my Ultimate All in one Coin Mech (check my www, how to build one) but the mechs I used were the metal ones.

Maybe when i run out of my metal ones (a few pairs left), I'll look into modding the plastic ones cause I have some of it.
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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2005, 10:18:26 am »
Bummer.

Thanks for the info, though.

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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2005, 11:11:34 am »
I have a couple of those. I sort of modded them to accept any coin. All I actually did was cut a drinking straw to the corrct length (about 2.5 inches iirc). Then I opened the part up that hinges, and stuck the straw in there so it will divert the token away from the coin return slot and toward the switch. I had to fiddle with it a bit to get the straw in the correct place. Kind of a bodge, but it does the job.

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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2005, 12:30:01 pm »
I have a couple of those that I converted to take .984 tokens. It was set for quarters when I got it. All I did was shave the plastic peg that blocked the coin from coin down the chute until the token was accepted. I bet if you made that pin thicker then you could possibly down convert the mech.The pin is not shown in your photos because it's on the hinged part of the mech. You can see the back of the pin though. It is part of the second movable piece of plastic from the left. It's the one that sits above the screw in your first photo.

On the other side of that plastic is a little peg sticking through a hole that allows some movement. It will only move if the coin is small enough to slide through when it is at it's furthest back.

Just add some tape around it until the coin just barely gets through it.

I hope it works for you...



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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2005, 10:32:21 am »
Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate it. My fall back was to remove the mech and make a little chute out of posterboard to guide it on to the switch, but it misses all the chink-chink noise of a mech.

I'll soldier on, thanks for the guidance.

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Re: Pimp my Coin Mech
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2005, 02:04:29 pm »

---smurfette--- betta have my tokens.