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Title: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i need
Post by: mrclean on May 20, 2008, 11:51:06 pm: I'm thinking about adding a coin door to my cab, currently I have my side buttons as the coin buttons, so firstly what's the best way to cut my cab, is this part from happs all i need? http://www.happcontrols.com/coindoors/40005500.htm and can i splice my current / pinball coin button or can i add yet another 5, and 6 ?
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3007/87151898uf1.jpg)

i don't have any "buttons" hooked up to my u360's can i add a coin door to that ? and how do i do it haha
Title: Re: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i
Post by: vitalsfading on May 21, 2008, 12:07:31 am: well you could make up a template trace the inside of the door cut it out and get the sander out to make final adjustments for the web page it looks like it includes the coin mech and the bulds for the coin returns so you should be set probably going to need a coin box, if you are goin to use it to except coins
Title: Re: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i need
Post by: mrclean on May 21, 2008, 12:18:34 am: Yeah it has the cutout right on the happ page , so i suppose i can "gulp" cut before getting it
Title: Re: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i
Post by: vitalsfading on May 21, 2008, 01:52:54 pm: I probably wouldn't do that just because your printer may print it out at a slight different scale
Title: Re: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i
Post by: ivwshane on May 21, 2008, 02:05:31 pm: Just get the dimensions, figure out where on the front panel you want it to go, measure carefully, then use something round (a glue bottle, I used plumbers tape) and draw the round corners.

Cut just a little outside the line and do a test fit (the design of the coin door will allow for small imperfections but try to keep them under 1/4 of an inch). You will then like need to make some small adjustments.

It's not as hard as you think, just be sure to measure twice (I used the dimensions off of the page you posted).
Title: Re: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i
Post by: javeryh on May 21, 2008, 02:15:45 pm: There is a ton of play with these doors. Just plot the measurements of the cutout on your panel and use a jigsaw to cut it out as close to the line as possible. Any imperfections in your cut will be hidden by the lip around the edge of the coin door. As for wiring, there are two microswitches which you can run in parallel to the coin buttons that you already have on your CP.
Title: Re: Adding a coin door, how to cut my existing cab and is this happs part all i need
Post by: mrclean on May 22, 2008, 02:53:30 pm: All my buttons are already daisy chained to eachother the top two metal pieces where the quick disconnects go into one i think is ground, the other is source.. whats the third / unused one for? Also any way i can do this off my U360 stick ??