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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: TheGameAh on July 17, 2003, 11:30:45 am
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Hey guys. I'm looking for help on coin doors. To be specific, I'm looking at the a coin door on Ebay, new for $50 bucks starting bid. But when you get a coin door, does it come complete? Does it come with mounting hardware? I've heard terms thrown around like mechs, etc. Could someone give me some basic coin door lessons? I just don't want to buy a coin door and find out I need to buy something else to make it work.
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Here's what I gather so far...
Coin doors come with the slot where the coin goes in, and the trip wire that triggers the switch, and a place where if the coins fall there they come out the return. But there's nothing in between the in-slot and the trip wire unless there's a coin mech installed. The coin mech chooses to accept or reject a coin, and guides it to the trip-wire. The brackets for mounting coin mechs are pretty standard so most mechs fit most doors.
Whether the door comes with the mechs or not depends... Happ ships their coin doors with quarter acceptor mechs, and will swap out for the mech of your choice if you call them and ask. If the guy on eBay doesn't say the mechs are in there, better assume they're not until he tells you differently.
I don't know about mounting hardware though, the coin doors get mounted in a variety of materials so you probably have to go buy the appropriate screws / bolts / duct tape for your cab. That probably also depends a lot on who you're buying from.
Oh yeah and there are little transparent inserts to make the lighted coin-reject buttons display different things, like "Insert 25 cents" or "Insert Tokens".
My 4-player door will have custom inserts that say 'M' 'A' 'M' 'E' on 'em. :)
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Make sure it comes with it's "frame"...
The frame is the part that actually mounts to your front panel.
Then the door is hinged to that.
The "Mechs" are the guts of what makes the coin door work.
Without the "mechs" your coin door is just a door.
You can rig your own coin mechs if you want.
There have been a few posts talking about using anything from
duct tape to plexi glass.
If you rig your own, you'll need a switch in the path of the coin
to register the coin.
You'll also want something to catch the coins.
You can use anything from an original coin box to a tuperware container.
Good luck & let us know what you end up doing.
It's always fun to see unique solutions.
~ tmasman
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How about coin door sizes? I realize all cabinets are different sized, so I imagine the coin doors are too. Are there any horror stories about buying a coin door and finding it's one inch too narrow or something like that?
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An advise:
Make your cab first without the hole for the coindoor, then buy a used coindoor, restore it and drill the hole just fine to insert it! ;D
PS: If you're thinking about lightning up your coindoor, use LEDS instead of normal bulbs! Bulbs have short living time, heat up and have less power then the LEDS!
You can check more about this in this site:
http://www.retroblast.com/lazer.html
Hope this helps!
Allways representin' fow da communitie... ;D
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How about coin door sizes? I realize all cabinets are different sized, so I imagine the coin doors are too. Are there any horror stories about buying a coin door and finding it's one inch too narrow or something like that?
Coin doors are fairly standard, depending on the type of door you're looking for.
There's the over/under door (which seems to be very popular here, based on how many I've sold to you all), Williams style (which I prefer, I think they look much sharper than the over/unders). I've got some stainless steel doors that came off older games (some pins, and I think a Defender door) but I haven't measured them. They all look about the same size, I never measured them.