Coin-op arcade mechanisms explained

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Coin-op arcade mechanisms explained

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Dug writes –

The Sands Mechanical Museum has a section of their site called “Mechanisms Explained” in which they have documented, photographed, animated, and described how a variety of arcade machine mechanisms work. A great references source.

Neat little animations reveal the seldom seen inner-works, interesting stuff – Sands Mechanical Museum [via Dug’s blog]

2 thoughts on “Coin-op arcade mechanisms explained

  1. gear head says:

    Thanks for posting this, you don’t see too many old school motion control and counter mechanisms any more. It’s given me a couple of ideas for a project.

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