Stop overload quick & easy

[JamesM]

Having an unlucky game?
Does your ball lifter overload, & spill balls?
Does not winning = spilled balls rolling everywhere?

Just tape a plastic tub over the pay bin.
Cut a hole in the corner if the tub, and tape it over the top of the pay bin.
Mount the tub tilted with the hole pointed down into the pay bin.
*Your ball lifter will never overload(up to 3000 balls)
*Your big wins will payout in one big exciting dump!

[arbycoffee]

nice, but that ball holder is only stapled or small screws on, I don't think it will hold the weight ? overfill it by the weight on top might just tear it off the back of the machine ?

anyway to get the weight transfer to the frame, maybe with brakets ? plumbers straping ? twisted flat stock ?

[JamesM]

I'm moving the tub to the top of the frame,
but leaving enough room for the payout display 8-)

[arbycoffee]

that should take the weight off to hopper. COOL beans

[JamesM]

Now if only that game cabinet guy would return my emails.
I suspect he's overloaded with work.
His stuff is nice, and his prices are very fair.

[JamesM]

Yay :smt081 Gamecabinet guy finely returned my email!
I sent him my specs for the table(s) I want.
hope he can have the first one done this month.
..also started collecting parts for the ball payout display :smt025

[azlew]

This sounds great James! Keep us up to date on the new frame/cabinet that he is doing for you. Be sure to tell him that he has more than just one person that would like one.

Thanks for keeping after this James !

[Bilko44]

Looking forward to seeing the finished product, James!

[JamesM]

It's just two of his regular oak slot tables with
switched twin plug power outlets, no back side(s),
and door hinges on opposite left & right sides on doors w/o window cutouts.

I'll have a 4-8000 ball reserve inside, while the ball lifter feeds both games.
IF I can't stop and get four games, everything will be modular so adding two more cabinets is easy.
It mostly depends if more non-video mechanical designs are made. It might be a "deceased" game style.

[arbycoffee]

It's just two of his regular oak slot tablesÂ…

I'll have a 4-8000 ball reserve insideÂ…

Are those cases able to hold:

224 pounds of Balls
100 of machines

This is rough weighted :cry:

[JamesM]

I'm communicating with the guy regarding the weight.
What does 1000 balls weigh?

[arbycoffee]

4,000 balls weight 28 pounds, so 1,000 be 7lbs.

[JamesM]

I emailed him to make them withstand 300 lbs each

[arbycoffee]

Very good idea

[azlew]

I can't wait to see pics of this project !! Keep us informed James !! Thankx :!:

[azlew]

Hey James this has been mentioned before but I can't remember if it was here or not. You may want to consider adding this ball counter if you can figure it out :

http://compirate.home.mindspring.com...llcounter.html

This site also has a few other interesting things to look at :!:

[JamesM]

Thanks azlew :-)
that looks like a good way to go.
I'm sourcing parts from scratch through parts houses.
looking at larger 30mm+ displays to be inlaid into plank wood molding.
Things are kinda on hold until I get my game cabinet.
Ideally, I'd like the display to change color when the count goes from plus(wins) into debt(losses)

[azlew]

..........I'd like the display to change color when the count goes from plus(wins) into debt(losses)

Great idea !

Keep us posted as I am sure a few of us would like that kind of setup also !

[JamesM]

Even though it's costing us nothing to play-
I can see not wanting to stop just yet...must...break...even

[spooner]

What's all this talk about balls? Don't you guys know that slot machines use tokens? :lol: