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Title: NovaGem CDR pushbottons mounted on a coin door?
Post by: eds1275 on July 14, 2010, 03:38:05 pm

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=295&zenid=9005605e2d1867ea7842d7a54464edd1 (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=295&zenid=9005605e2d1867ea7842d7a54464edd1)
These are really, REALLY cool. Definitely worth the asking price! I have a pretty badass coin door like this one except my reject buttons are red and it took a lot of fine hammer work to make it look like it does [it looks perfect - the inside flange is a bit warped but it's inside so you cant see it and it makes the door stay nice and tightly shut].
(http://www.thebasementscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/coin_door_1.jpg)

Anywho, my door has been stripped of all electronics and rear junk except the spring part that pushes the button back to you. Has anyone swapped out the coin insert/reject part on a real coin door for the NovaGem? I'm gonna go rip apart my coin door right now and see if I can attach a microswitch to it.

Title: Re: NovaGem CDR pushbottons mounted on a coin door?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 14, 2010, 03:58:15 pm

I just rigged up a microswitch behind the reject. Works great.

Title: Re: NovaGem CDR pushbottons mounted on a coin door?
Post by: severdhed on July 14, 2010, 04:29:28 pm

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 14, 2010, 03:58:15 pm

I just rigged up a microswitch behind the reject. Works great.

yeah, same here

Title: Re: NovaGem CDR pushbottons mounted on a coin door?
Post by: BobA on July 14, 2010, 04:56:29 pm

I think the nova gem cdr is a bit too large to make work in most coin doors without alot of metal nibbling and filing.   Better off just rigging a microswitch to your existing reject button as GV and SH have recommended.

Title: Re: NovaGem CDR pushbottons mounted on a coin door?
Post by: RandyT on July 14, 2010, 05:56:00 pm

Personally, I prefer the large, easily pressable button face of the NovaGem-CDR.  Maybe it's me, but I personally hate the coin eject buttons on coin doors.  I always seem to rake my fingers on the sharp edges or bust my fingernail on them.  But that may be due to the fact that I usually stabbed at them angrily after the mech ripped me off for a quarter.  ;D

Some have converted coin doors successfully in the past.  It just depends on what's underneath the current reject button and one's skill in adapting to it.

RandyT

Title: Re: NovaGem CDR pushbottons mounted on a coin door?
Post by: severdhed on July 14, 2010, 06:00:41 pm

i think those buttons are awesome, the problem is I'm cheap.  so when i can add a few switches behind my reject buttons for free, i just cant bring myself to spend the money on them.  Although the reject buttons on my midway coin door are very stiff and difficult for small kids to push.  i have been considering these buttons for on my new 4player project, but there are no purple and orange options to match my TMNT theme.