Irving Kaye Silver Shadow Pool table, coin mech help

[StreetzKing]

Irving Kaye Silver Shadow Pool table, coin mech help

got myself a Silver shadow yesterday, from the 1970's. its in amazing shape for the age. however previous owner pulled the coin mech, which im pissed about since the pictures I received shown it. If I want to replace this, is it just the mech, or is there more to it? as of now the balls just revert to the opening on the one end, I dont see how they would even lock themselves in the window on the side of the table if there was a mech or not. Any ideas?

 

[StreetzKing]

I know its the standard 4 bolt mechanism that all tables use. Like those sticker vending machines. My question is how do pool table mechanisms work after the actual mechanism??

Sent from X

 

[Longshot]

If you haven't got this project done by now, have you tried talking to Stephen at www.irvingkaye.com?

 

[StreetzKing]

If you haven't got this project done by now, have you tried talking to Stephen at www.irvingkaye.com?

nope i havent, i thought about it and i think its gonna probably be expensive and im debating if I actually want to, yeah it would be awesome but i been playing about 5 hours a day ya know? lol ill send em an email and see what they say about cost and then go from there, thanks for the help!

 

[KenLayton]

In general, most pool tables regardless of brand/model use a "push chute" style of coin chute.

Available from most coin op parts distributors:

http://www.competitiveproducts.com/list.php?id=168

http://www.amusementsplus.com/index.php?pr=Category&cat=36&sub=72

http://na.suzohapp.com/amusement/billiards/chute.htm

https://www.esdcard.com/Mechanical/Default.aspx

 

[StreetzKing]

yeah i know thats involved, but i dont know what else. there has to be something to release the balls and keep them locked in, i dont think that is all thats required?

 

[KenLayton]

At one time we had a couple if Irving Kaye coin op tables on our route back as late as 1982 or 83. Then we sold off all our oddball tables and bought only Valley pool tables.

If I remember correctly, the Irving Kaye, just like many other brands, used an extension bracket bolted to the end of the push chute to activate the ball drop.

 

[StreetzKing]

ah alright ill look out for that, i sent them an email so well see. thanks for the help ken!

http://www.classicbilliards.net/html/coinopparts.cfm

anything like those extentions? im not sure which one i would need though

 

[KenLayton]

That link shows the Valley and Dynamo extensions. I think the Irving Kaye used some kind of L bracket bolted to the coin slide.

We used several brands of coin op pool tables when I first started working for that one operator back in 1976:

Irving Kaye

Fisher

American Shuffleboard

Valley

By far the best was the Valley so we sold all the others and bought nothing but Valley brand tables. That we we could standardize our parts stock.

 

[StreetzKing]

got my email response from stephen. I was told to try to post pictures online because he wasnt sure lol