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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: iamnaeth on July 27, 2007, 11:23:46 am
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I'm having a little trouble figuring out how this coin door mechanism A) fits in the coin door and B) can send a trigger saying a coin passed through. I order a Happs over/under coin door from ebay and since I didn't read the listing thoroughly enough, it came without coin mechs. I ordered some mechs from someone on this forum and I seem to be too dumb to figure it out....either that or I have the wrong mech. So without further ado (adieu?):
Picture 1: The coin door without any mech in it....you may notice the return bin is missing from one of the sides....that's be cause I took it it out in effort to fit the mech in.
Picture 2: A blurry picture (sorry) of my mech.
Picture 3: The coin door with the mech in place on the side without the return bin. Like I said before, it was the only way I could get it to fit.
Picture 4: This is a side view trying to show that the return bin is in the way. What you're seeing is the return bin on the other side of the mech in place.
Picture 5: Just another picture.
So....what am I doing wrong? Do I need to order new mechs? If so, what should I order to be able to handle all change (I wanna use it like a piggy box) and tokens (ordered some BYOAC tokens).
Thanks!
Nathan
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See in your last picture, on the right, the "arc" shaped cut out hole? There should be a wire and microswitch mounted on the other side of that. Coin falls out of the mech and hits the switch wire on its way down to th ecoin box.
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Ahh, that makes sense about the microswitch. Any clues why it won't fit? Is that the wrong type of mech?
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I can't tell for certain, but It almost looks like those mechs will fit. The plastic should go under the spots for the connecting screws.
Line up the arrows in my drawing.
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http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=19200
As far as All-in one mechs- check out the above thread.
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That's where I thought that it should go however, the mech is completely flush with the door. It can't get under those screws. Is the mech just too wide?
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Just flex the bracket a bit. It'll fit.
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Been following this with curiosity.
Any update? Did you figure it out? If you want I can post some pics of one of my doors. Also, might be a good idea to post the measurements of those mechs just to make sure. It does appear that they should fit, but maybe something is off a bit. Do you happen to know which happs door it is?
The other thread has really good info to mod them to accept all coins, just a matter of getting them to fit.
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I'll let you know this evening. I'm heading over to my dad's workshop to continue work on the arcade today. I'll have to look into flexing the brackets but I still don't think there is enough room. If I recall, they'd need to bend ~1/8" which seems like a lot to me. I'll measure the mech to see if it the typical width. As for moding it to accept all coins, that was already done when I bought them. Coins just slide right through, I need to make sure the microswitch will trigger though.