How to convert slot machines from tokens to quarters Slot machines for home use have been gaining in popularity due in large part to the Japanese company Pachislo selling its legal versions to American consumers. The Pachislos are dubbed. How to convert a slot machine from token to coin.
There are lots of Japanese pokies machines on sale atvarious online sites including eBay. The Japanese parlors that feature thevertical pinball machines known as pachinko usually have a section devoted topokies, or pachislo machines, which bear a passing resemblance to Vegas-style pokiesmachines. Thus a Pachislo machine is the Japanese version of the Australian pokiesmachine. These machines are available in Australia for recreational use and arereferred to as “skill stop,” meaning the player determines the location thereels stop, as opposed to the randomness of other pokies. The recreationalmachines sold mainly use tokens rather than money.
Yamasa is the third-leading supplier of pachislo machines,and in 2010 held an 8.8 percent share of all machines installed throughoutJapan. There is a one- to three-year turnaround for machines in Japaneseparlors, and old ones are often sold on the foreign market as collector’s itemseven in Australia.
To convert Pachislo to Quarters
If you have bought or think of buying one of the refurbishedmodels of Japanese pokies machines and want to convert Pachislo to Quarters thendo the following steps:
Open the Pachislo machine and locate the coin mechanism onthe door. Now disconnect the wiring of the coin mechanism by pulling the plugsapart.
Simply lift the latch to open the coin mechanism and pullthe mechanism toward you and slide it to the left to remove it from the door.
Next locate the optical sensor — this is the device thatchecks the size of the coin and is located in the coin path of the coinmechanism. By using a sharp knife to scrape the bottom of the sensor assemblyso that the box will fit lower in the coin mechanism when returned. Remove asmall bit of material and reassemble the coin mechanism, then test-fit aquarter. Repeat the process of removing small amounts of material until thequarter is accepted by the mechanism.
Reassemble the coin mechanism and reconnect it into thePachislo machine and you have a Japanese slot machine that accepts American orAustralian quarters.
You can also clean the mechanism and coin hopper while themachine is open.
Note that the quarter is only 1/32-inch smaller than thetokens used in the Pachislo machines. Also the legality of a Pachislo machineusing quarters is questionable if used in public. Consult local laws andregulations before converting the Pachislo machine to operate with moneyinstead of tokens.
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Convert Tokens to Quarters for a Yamasa
As Yamasa pachislo pokies machines usually accept metaltokens, but you can modify them to accept quarters. Again follow the simplesteps to do this
First unplug the machine from its power source. Open thedoor with the key supplied with the machine and pull it out. You may have towiggle the door or jerk it upwards to loosen the catch.
Now locate the coin mechanism on the inside of the door,just behind the coin slot on the outside of the machine. Unplug the wires,loosen the screw holding it to the door with a screwdriver and pull it out,rotating it as you do so.
Simply insert a quarter into the front of the mechanism andobserve its path as it drops through. The path should be close to one of thesides.
Also clean the mechanism with a cotton swab moistened withrubbing alcohol. Cut both ends off a plastic cable tie with a utility knife,making the cable the same length as the coin path. Glue it to the path withcontact cement so that a quarter fits comfortably between the tie and theopposite side of the path without binding or getting stuck. Let the glue set,then reattach the mechanism to the front of the machine and plug it in.
Finally close the door and lock it. The machine won’toperate until the lock mechanism is fully engaged. Plug in the machine and testit by inserting a quarter into the slot. The machine should register the coinby indicating one credit on the illuminated display on the front of themachine.
Note that each operation of the machine requires theinsertion of three quarters. If the machine doesn’t register your quarters, youmay have to make the coin path slightly smaller.
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Again remember that you need to check whether owning, operating or using a coin-operatedpachislo machine is legal in your locale or not.
You can buy all the Japanese kind of pokies machines on salefrom EBay or Alibaba or various other Australian localsites that sell these machines.