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Title: Adapting Table
Post by: captainbleigh on September 23, 2010, 01:26:20 AM

I'm trying to get a table on behalf of my high school. We need a coin op table but I found a tornado twister II for 500 and I was wondering if it were easier to buy this one and adapt it so it is coin op? If so how would I do it?

Title: Re: Adapting Table
Post by: snake eyes on September 23, 2010, 08:17:57 AM

Twister is a piece of **ap. The sidewalls are not nearly as thick as a coin-op so you will see major differences in the play. Also twister's have really low grade rod bearings, and probly the most noticeable is the weight of the table. I would hold out,,, $500?? wouldn't give $100 for a twister.


Snake

Title: Re: Adapting Table
Post by: snake eyes on September 23, 2010, 08:22:30 AM

Also you can't make a twister into a coin-op. It's made for home use. No internal components to modify it.
Save your $$ I see brown marble coin-op's all over where I live for $300-$400.


Snake

Title: Re: Adapting Table
Post by: papafoos on September 23, 2010, 09:44:02 AM

Be patient.  Check your closest craigslist.  Here's an example.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/tag/1968213481.html

There's only one picture so you can't get a real sense of condition.  This is just to show you what is out there.  Don't waste your time converting the twister.