barrysfarm
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Rowe Change Machine > Quarter Dispensing Robot Butler
Some of you are going to hate this, hopefully some of you like it.
Ever since I got my first upright machine, i've wanted some way to dispense quarters. Before this, I have just kept a bunch in a cup. I prefer to have my games on quarter play instead of free play. It just feels more *real* to me. I don't know why.
When I saw this non-working machine on ebay for a low low price (from a Klover), I jumped at it. I figured, "It's got a test button, at the very least I'll be able to hook that up to a switch". Which was partially true. The seller even offered to deliver it on his way thru town (Thanks 7146aaron, I really, really appreciate it!... I'm sure to buy more from you in the future).
It sat in my garage for a few months while we moved into and remodeled our house, until about 4 weeks ago. Fixing it wasn't too bad. I troubleshooted it with a few other members, and replaced a few caps and a voltage regulator, but I got it so that it would spit out quarters on demand.
I'm not exactly sure why I decided to turn it into a robot. I think my girlfriend said something like "It's like a change spewing robot".... and the idea rattled around in my brain for a bit. One weekend I stripped it, sanded (to the metal) and primed it. It took a few different color paints to get it to look right. I designed the artwork in illustrator, and had a friend (who own's a vinyl sign shop) cut the pieces. I finished applying them tonight.
I'm really ridiculously happy with the results. I know it's not original. I would never do this with an actual game. It's just supposed to be a bit of fun.
Some of you are going to hate this, hopefully some of you like it.
Ever since I got my first upright machine, i've wanted some way to dispense quarters. Before this, I have just kept a bunch in a cup. I prefer to have my games on quarter play instead of free play. It just feels more *real* to me. I don't know why.
When I saw this non-working machine on ebay for a low low price (from a Klover), I jumped at it. I figured, "It's got a test button, at the very least I'll be able to hook that up to a switch". Which was partially true. The seller even offered to deliver it on his way thru town (Thanks 7146aaron, I really, really appreciate it!... I'm sure to buy more from you in the future).
It sat in my garage for a few months while we moved into and remodeled our house, until about 4 weeks ago. Fixing it wasn't too bad. I troubleshooted it with a few other members, and replaced a few caps and a voltage regulator, but I got it so that it would spit out quarters on demand.
I'm not exactly sure why I decided to turn it into a robot. I think my girlfriend said something like "It's like a change spewing robot".... and the idea rattled around in my brain for a bit. One weekend I stripped it, sanded (to the metal) and primed it. It took a few different color paints to get it to look right. I designed the artwork in illustrator, and had a friend (who own's a vinyl sign shop) cut the pieces. I finished applying them tonight.
I'm really ridiculously happy with the results. I know it's not original. I would never do this with an actual game. It's just supposed to be a bit of fun.
