BusyChild04
New member
Hi. I'm new here. I've always had a fascination with claw machines. All types. Ever since I was a kid. After spending $10 every time I see one I decided that it was time to start collecting them. Been lurking and salivating at some collections I've seen on here. Amazing stuff you guys are doing.
Living in south Texas its kinda hard for me to find machines. Or maybe I'm not looking correctly. But Ive finally managed to find this Greyhound Skill Crane. The guy sold me 2. One that works and one that doesnt. The one that doesn't has most mechanisms and is missing a few parts. The one that works is joystick. The other is button. Here is the one I got. I couldn't go for a fancy one. Being a teacher I'm always on some kind of budget.
(And please excuse the decorations. I decided to put my New England Patriots Cheerleader calender in the back)
Everything works...kinda. The bill collector spits out the bills. But thats not too much of a priority for me. But also for the past 24 hours it's been having the problem of it not wanting to move left when the joystick is moved. It moved in every other direction correctly but left. Sometimes it moves to the left fine, sometimes it slightly moves, sometimes doesn't move to the left at all. It returns to the home position correctly. The one that doesn't work used to have the joystick and this one had the buttons. All he did was switch them. Any idea of what it could be? Do i need a new joystick? Also any advice/tips I should know about these machines. Do's and dont's. I appreciate any help and advice on this issue or claw machine/arcade machine collecting.
Living in south Texas its kinda hard for me to find machines. Or maybe I'm not looking correctly. But Ive finally managed to find this Greyhound Skill Crane. The guy sold me 2. One that works and one that doesnt. The one that doesn't has most mechanisms and is missing a few parts. The one that works is joystick. The other is button. Here is the one I got. I couldn't go for a fancy one. Being a teacher I'm always on some kind of budget.
(And please excuse the decorations. I decided to put my New England Patriots Cheerleader calender in the back)
Everything works...kinda. The bill collector spits out the bills. But thats not too much of a priority for me. But also for the past 24 hours it's been having the problem of it not wanting to move left when the joystick is moved. It moved in every other direction correctly but left. Sometimes it moves to the left fine, sometimes it slightly moves, sometimes doesn't move to the left at all. It returns to the home position correctly. The one that doesn't work used to have the joystick and this one had the buttons. All he did was switch them. Any idea of what it could be? Do i need a new joystick? Also any advice/tips I should know about these machines. Do's and dont's. I appreciate any help and advice on this issue or claw machine/arcade machine collecting.