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Thanks Bats. I remember these. What I also remember is that they rarely lined up very well. Thanks Ike
Really?!, lined up? Im lost,
Heres a couple pix, during cleaning, adjusting and testing,
I was asked in email how these work so here goes,
The hopper is removed it sits on that circle base to the right rear and holds about 800-1000 tokens, i never counted exact, in tubes that turn you can see the red token in one pic and gold in next, i am holding the hammer down with key down in the gold pic normally at rest the hammer is off the key, it rests on a spring loaded plunger on its pivot end you can see in first pic, it how you adjust force,
When you pull the left handle a few things happen,
A finger moves under the key plate into a notch to assure the key is lined up with hammer and correct spot on token,
Because there is a hair of slop between the pointer and number plate, and some people might not have the point right on the number,
It also turns the chuck holding the token to the next space right before it drops the hammer,
I have seem many issues with these but got lost as to "out of line",
The letter is forced to be correct on the token, the hammer will miss it if its not,
If the token isnt in the chuck just right it wont type correctly and will likely jam not depense,
So when you get yours in the mail see if it looks lined up to you
The only varation can come from key to key.which isnt much,
This ine has thin fonts but some have thick fonts, later machines replaced the "Mc" with "-"
When done typing one pulls the right handle, it pulls the slide under the hopper that would have the next token pushing the typed token out and the new token goes into the chuck,
One flaw was if the machine ran dry of tokens the customer got cheated as no token would be there to push their typed token out,
And to cheat even worse, nothing stopped the machine from taking money even if it was empty of tokens,
At rest pulling neither handle does nothing they are loose, you pay your quarter it trips a battery powered solenoid that then engaged both handles, pull the right handle first and get an untyped token....and it disengages the handles....
Bats very nice and thanks for a view inside. I think back then that the machines were probably beat up and not very well maintained. Who is going to care if a 12 year olds token isn’t correct. I also think that you needed to pull down on the handle consistently to get the same strike depth.
I throw nothing away. I ran across some of these a year or two ago but I can’t remember what I did with them. I will search and look for them.
Thanks again for making these. Mine is going in the ash tray as part of the time capsule of the car. I am putting in some pinball machine tokens I have as well. For those of you wondering in some arcades you exchanged you money for tokens that then operated the machines. Probably to get around some gambling laws I would bet. The arcade around here still used them a few years ago. Ike
Your welcome
In the holiday spiirt I just wanted to offer a litttle something to those wanting it but leave out the "look at me, and my rules" bs.
Im happy they are enjoyed.
Tokens are just cool to me a few years back i bought a lot at bulk prices, 1000s,
All kinds of game room tokens but what got cooler to me was unexpected all the other types mixed in
Transit, carwash, parking, guardian angel, brothel and joke ones.
I believe game rooms used tokens for a variety of reasons like worth, tokens back then were not worth 25 cents each, they could give you 5 or 6 for a buck, and you had no reason not to play them all since they were odd sized for that room,
Tokens started getting phased out because between the metal and manufacturing, one token is worth more than 25 cents now, but most game rooms do not have 25 cent games any more either,
Not to mention collectible tokens worth even more.
The typer hammer,
When i first met one of these i was really young on daytona boardwalk, i mistakenly assumed like a slot machine if i pulled the arm harder it would in this case stamp better,
This is not the case, i was scolded albeit kindly by an attendant to go slowly with it,
If you look at first pic the large pin on hammers head as you pull the handle a cam with a ratchet turns and lifts the hammer at the peak the hammer drops off the finger on the cam and stamps,
Yanking the handle slot machine style doesnt really change stamp impression depth at all thats controlled by the spring loaded hamner rest, you cant yank it so hard as to make the hammer go any higher than it will on a slow pull,
In other words i do not believe it will allow you to pull the handle too fast. And the hammer can only hit as hard as the spring stop allows, in this case it was adjusted way too "heavy" one has to find the goldilocks zone, too light letters look worn.
These were a german invention after the turn of the century,
Very over engineered, bought by harvard standard,
The first ones only charged a dime
Bats, been meaning to post this, I guess better late than never!!!!
Just like as if I made it at the arcade 46 years ago when the car was new. I would have dropped it right into the ash tray then. The change is from 1972 as well!!!! Thanks again Ike
Last edited by general ike; Feb 8, 2019 at 06:43 PM.
