Where have you seen them? Across the country indicates manufacturing, while in a single area could indicate a spirited individual with a CNC machine, some glue and some time.
Consider the coin door in the 4th image from the left.
No door lock installed, just a massive hasp for a Master or other brand lock. That isn't a pro cabinet, that's a hack cabinet.
The coin bucket looks like a bin you get for holding stuff from a hardware store.
I have yet to run into a cabinet that doesn't have a marking on it as to who made it. I know you have seen a LOT LOT more cabinets than me, but I still think this looks home hacked. Even the wood is wrong.
Where have you seen them? Across the country indicates manufacturing, while in a single area could indicate a spirited individual with a CNC machine, some glue and some time.
These have been around for years, I have more pics of them and i just uploaded a few more that someone else PM'd me which they lifted from FB Marketplace. They do have stamped model or serials on them. Just no idea what they mean.
These still have all the signs of being made at least semi-professionally. If i had to guess, by someone who made 8-liners
Consider the coin door in the 4th image from the left.
No door lock installed, just a massive hasp for a Master or other brand lock. That isn't a pro cabinet, that's a hack cabinet.
The coin bucket looks like a bin you get for holding stuff from a hardware store.
I have yet to run into a cabinet that doesn't have a marking on it as to who made it. I know you have seen a LOT LOT more cabinets than me, but I still think this looks home hacked. Even the wood is wrong.
That bottom coin bucket design is lifted straight from the 8-liner playbook. Same that ghetto speaker setup of stacking scrap behind a speaker hole on the side of the cabinet.
Still more indicative that these are unlikely home-made.
These have been around for years, I have more pics of them and i just uploaded a few more that someone else PM'd me which they lifted from FB Marketplace. They do have stamped model or serials on them. Just no idea what they mean.
These still have all the signs of being made at least semi-professionally. If i had to guess, by someone who made 8-liners
I've only seen one pic with a serial of some kind. The MR likely stands for Mr. Do on this one tho.
Shoe-string/fly-by-night is likely. Just like 8-liner operations. That's the way it is in states that don't allow them at least; make a quick crude run of cabs, distribute them, lay low, make more later.
There's lots of construction that wreaks of 8-liner. Notice that all of the batons holding together the front and back are particle board scrap with the only sign of real wood is holding the base in. Most cabinet makers that knew (or cared) about the abuse arcade cabinets took compared to 8-liners rarely did this. They know that pin nails and staples will never hold up to the expansion of particle board so they never bothered. These guys did it anyway. I've seen quite a few 8-liners built like this.
The speaker: Seen that mounting setup on 8-liners as well but notice that not all of the models shown here have a speaker on the side(?)
The bucket area is completely contained and sealed. It also has a second/false bottom like many 8-liners as a mode of security.
The pad-lock hasps at the bottom is another 8-liner mode of security.
