Sharing some new cabinet ideas - input welcome

[Drunkenclam]

Nice set of machines. Just get yourself some data counters to help break up the large white section on top

Only concern I have, but it might be because its not pictured. Is you have 3 machines but only 2 feeds.
if 2 have 2 on the saem pipe, if machine 2 is out of balls, but machine 1 is either not in use or paying out. then the balls may not be able to flow down to machine 2.

On my system (still work in progress due to kids and wife) I'm running a 2 stage lift system, where the balls flow down a 2in conduit sloping from one side of the cabinet to the other, with ramps cut in it to direct balls to each machine. At the end of the conduit, there is a tube to take the balls back to the storage tank. So that part of the system is designed to pretty much run constanlty, avoiding stops and starts and balls jamming.

I say 2 stage as I have 2 different storage areas with 2 different capacity lifters.
The bottom lifter is rated at 550 balls per min. and will take the waste balls from the 3 machines plus the ball counter and lift them to the main tank located directly behind the machines.
The main tank then uses 2 more lifters (so 1100 balls per min) to lift the balls to the top of the chute to feed the machines.

This way limits the amount of weight I have to have above head high.
Also even when all 3 machines are in use. That is still less than 300 balls per min being feed into the bottom tank.