how to put a working coin slot

[chichong]

i want to put a working coin slot to my jukebox,how can I do that?

[Barry Barcrest]

Open up the jukebox, place working coin slot inside jukebox and close jukebox. There you go, a working coin slot inside a jukebox... 

[miles2912]

It is pretty much that easy.  You need to just wire it into your kb encoder like a normal mame cab.  There are a lot of links on how to wire a coin door.  You would then just set the key mapping up in the juke software.


Don

[cscon115]

Ahhhh, A topic worth a verbose answer! Let me say - all Jukes should take coins or tokens (IMHO).

First - your must first decide should it take real quarters or tokens. I like tokens because they don't get ripped off by your kids or your drunk friends. Also I don't like having $100 in quarters tied up to power my arcade and Juke.

Tokens come in a bunch of sizes the most common size is .984 and the second most common size is .900, these two sizes make up about 75% of all token sizes. I use .900 because the .984 do not fit into a lot of my old games without cutting my old game slots and that won't do!

The cheapest tokens I have found (and I ordered 5000 of them and plan to order another 5000) were on ebay from a seller named "tokenwarehouse".

Secondly - you have to get matching "coin mechs" to work with your tokens. I have had poor luck with the all plastic happ brand (this is the first time happ let me down). The tokens were overly rejected and would stick. I picked up some metal coin mechs on ebay for 1/2 the price and would love to get more!

When you buy coin mechs - you have to get mechs that accept your coin size. They should be listed as US quarter, Canadian quarter, Mexican Peso, .900 token, .984 token, or whatever. If you have the wrong mech, the coin will just get ejected every time you try to put one in.

Thirdly - pick a door style (over / under) or (old midway) style. Here is Happ's over/under door: http://www.happcontrols.com/coindoors/40003800.htm
and here is the old midway style:  http://www.quarterarcade.com/Game.aspx/4866

Exploded views of both are found here: http://www.ksamusements.com/coin%20door%20parts.htm and I can say that I have used KSamusements in the past and have always been 100% happy with them - great outfit!

Here is a little known tip - search ebay for "coin door" in the arcade section.

Fourthly - put coin mechs in coin door. The mechs are a standard size and shape and should fit into either door. Most coin mechs have 3 holes on each side that are threaded and let you screw a stud into them for use in midway doors. The studs are removed and allow a screw to be inserted for over under doors. One of the troubles I had with the Happ coin mechs is they have a molded set of studs on each side of the coin mech - so the plastic Happs that I got only worked with midway doors. I was told they also work in HAPP brand over unders but will not fit in my Capcon 1943! BUMMER!

Fifthly - you need to cut a hole to mount your door.  This takes a set of Kahonies if you are cutting into something of great value. If you are using a midway style door you need to build a box to catch the coins. Over unders have a build in box (that is the under doors job).

Next - wire up the coin door. When the coin drops and is accepted it falls past a microswitch with a long metal arm. The switch makes a momentary contact. This contact must be wired to your juke in some way. If you are using  a computer program the contact must act like a keyboard keystroke.  This can be done with an IPAC or other keyboard hack. If it is a real juke there has to be a button or something to register a coin drop. Without knowing what you have, I have no idea how to tell you how to do that step. But... somehow there is a set of wires that need to touch together to register a coin drop - and this microswitch does that job.


Lastly - ADD THE BLING! On my computer based Juke - I used 12 volt LEDs and powered them from the computers power supply to light up the door (replacing the light bulbs). I sand blasted and powder coated the metal doors and put in custom coin drop messages inside the eject buttons and DRINK!   

I just finished my coin mechs last night - I hope to be posting some pics on Wed after work. The pre-sandblasted doors are posted in this forum and is under the topic:

Dan's arcade box juke box