How do you change a coin mechanism on a pool table?

How do you change a coin mechanism on a pool table?

Slide Change:

1. Remove any actuating bracket attached to the end of the slide.
2. Remove slide back-stop and return spring.
3. Pull out slide.
4. To enter new slide, turn mechanism onto its left-hand slide and push slide in.
5. Replace slide stop and return spring. Remember to use LOCTITE on side stop screws.

How does a coin operated pool table work?

At coin-operated pool tables, players deposit money that allows the table to release the balls from a storage area under the playing surface. As players sink each ball, they return to the collection area until more money is inserted. When the cue ball is sunk, it doesn’t go to the same depository.

How big are coin operated pool tables?

The most common sized regulation tables are as follows: Bar Size 7ft – (Playfield: 39″ X 78″) commonly called (Bar Size) as this is common to most coin-operated tables played in pubs and bars. Standard 8ft – (Playfield: 44″ X 88″) This is the most common size sold in the USA for homes and private residences.

How do I change my pool table to free play?

4 – To set the table to Free Play, all you need to do is simply ‘blank off’ the lanes that aren’t already covered. 5 – Once all lanes are covered, then users of your pool table will only need to push in the mechanism every time they want to start a new game.

Why do cue balls have red dots?

The six red dots on the cue ball allow you to see the spin of the cue ball. Unsurpassed in quality, each ball is made with Aramith’s unique phenolic resin making them among the sturdiest and most impact resistant balls on the market.

Why is the white ball smaller in pool?

The reason for this difference isn’t anything majorly important. It is mainly to allow coin operated tables to separate the cue ball from the rest of the object balls. Despite many tournaments not using coin operated tables, the sizes of these balls are also used in English pool tournaments.

Why does the cue ball go to a different hole?

There’s a layer of iron underneath the cue ball that gets nudged and pulled by a strong magnet inside the pool table, putting it onto a completely different track than the rest of the balls in pool. That track is the one that spits out the cue ball.

How does a magnetic cue ball work?

Magnetic cue balls that go into a pocket are separated from numbered balls by a magnetic detector. As the magnetic ball passes this detector, the magnet triggers a deflecting device that separates the cue ball and, again, sends it into the opening on the side of the table.