Coin blockers

ShaunDBurch

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I have been immersed in this hobby/sickness for about 15 years now....and loving every minute of it! :)

The only thing that makes it better is when I'm doing something in the hobby with my kids.

Over the past few years, I've had clients ask about keeping people from putting coins into their machines. This is typically a request from businesses that are running games on free play. Most of the time they don't even have coin mechs. Even though it says "free play" all over, people still put coins in, so they end up with quarters all over the bottom of the cabinets. Even worse, if they DO happen to have coin mechs...people jam them up and make a big mess.

I know there are solutions out there, so this is nothing ground breaking. Just a fun project with my daughter. She's been doing a lot of 3D printing lately, and here's what she came up with. For this project we decided to tackle the two most common coin entries I see out there. It's very easy to install....you don't have to modify anything...and easy to revert back if needed. I was really happy with the results. Proud Papa :)
 

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Those are great! I was just thinking about modeling up something similar as I need to block off one slot in one of my games.

Any chance you can share the 3D printing model/.stl for these?
 
If people are dumb enough to put coins into a freeplay game they deserve to lose them.

I like the slot blockout but I would be sad to loose the red lighted reject button.
 
What does the back of the coin insert assembly look like?

How are those panel blockers held into place?

What's keeping someone from pushing them inside and jamming everything up?
 
Who would want to stop getting free money from people who foolishly put quarters in games on free play?
Business wise it's a pain for them. If they have coin mechs, kids jam them up. If they don't, the quarters fall all over the inside. Not a big deal but they do need to be cleaned up from time to time. Also, when people finally notice they are free, they bug the manager to get their money back. Just a time suck that no fast food business wants to deal with.
 
Those are great! I was just thinking about modeling up something similar as I need to block off one slot in one of my games.

Any chance you can share the 3D printing model/.stl for these?
I will check with my daughter. I have no clue when it comes to the 3D printing stuff
 
If people are dumb enough to put coins into a freeplay game they deserve to lose them.

I like the slot blockout but I would be sad to loose the red lighted reject button.
Agreed. Just easier and cheaper to not have to deal with it at all from a business perspective. In one case it was a casino that has a game room in their hotel. They had coin mechs and dollar readers on every game. As mentioned, kids seem to jam coin mechs up on the regular. I think I pulled 7 bucks worth of quarters out one time. Since it's technically part of their strict money intake operation, they can't call people from the cage every time a coin mech jams up. Also, since they are bigger games with bigger prices, quarters didn't make much sense for them. Allowed them to ditch the change machine as well.

Yep, you definitely lose a little ambience there.

I've definitely had to adjust my attitude on games when working with businesses that have them on site as a fun thing for their customers. They really don't care about the games themselves.
 
What does the back of the coin insert assembly look like?

How are those panel blockers held into place?

What's keeping someone from pushing them inside and jamming everything up?
It's just flat. The one on the left is a single piece, so I showed the front and back of that one.

You remove the coin acceptor from the front of the coin door, pull the buttons out, insert the plate or the two pieces, and screw it back together. The single square has a tab on the back to lock it into the coin slot. It's also beveled a bit so it snap on to the red, plastic section. I think she did a great job.

For the single square, you can still push it in a bit, but the extra space makes for very slight travel. The coin blocker with the two pieces is pretty slick. They lock together when you screw it back on, so you can't push the button in at all. Obviously if someone wants to work at it hard enough...they can screw it up. Same issues you could have without the blocker.
 
I have been immersed in this hobby/sickness for about 15 years now....and loving every minute of it! :)

The only thing that makes it better is when I'm doing something in the hobby with my kids.

Over the past few years, I've had clients ask about keeping people from putting coins into their machines. This is typically a request from businesses that are running games on free play. Most of the time they don't even have coin mechs. Even though it says "free play" all over, people still put coins in, so they end up with quarters all over the bottom of the cabinets. Even worse, if they DO happen to have coin mechs...people jam them up and make a big mess.

I know there are solutions out there, so this is nothing ground breaking. Just a fun project with my daughter. She's been doing a lot of 3D printing lately, and here's what she came up with. For this project we decided to tackle the two most common coin entries I see out there. It's very easy to install....you don't have to modify anything...and easy to revert back if needed. I was really happy with the results. Proud Papa :)
What a silly idea! The tried and true operator solution is to force a few screws into the coin slot. Oversized, so it smashes up the plastic, is the preferred method. 😄😉
 
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