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using the ole noodle...
Huskerfan:
I recently bought a coin door for my homemade arcade machine and decided to use a bread pan for the quarter holder. It's metal so you still hear the cachink of the quarter and screws right into my front panel. And even sits at an angle to easily swoop the quarters out when you need more. My wife tried to swap out my new bread pan for her old one but I said no way!
Crowquill:
--- Quote from: Huskerfan on March 27, 2007, 10:41:42 pm ---My wife tried to swap out my new bread pan for her old one but I said no way!
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I don't know...you probably don't want to give her a(nother) reason to dislike your cab and hobby.
I could see how that could work pretty well. The quarter-hitting-metal sound is almost as good as the quarter-hitting-other-quarters noise. I put a heavy-duty ziploc bag of washers in the bottom of my coin bucket. I giggle with glee every time I hear that noise. I know hearing that for the first time was one of the crowning moments of my cab build.
Other things I tried: lock box, collectible tin (mine was too shallow), plastic Rubbermaid storage container. The thing that fit my cab the best was a plastic tub that had come filled with dog treats. It's held in with a small strip of velcro (and the weight of the washers).
RayB:
I thought he said BED PAN. Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww
deadkenndys1105:
I have a tuper ware thing with some small change at the bottom. I just love that sound. ;D
gnateye:
i use a tupperware container, and i have to agree there are a few things that make this hobby worth while and hearing that quarter dropping into a bucket of other quarters or tokens just brings you right into that arcade world......
that and that mellow red glow that the inserts make...