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MANUAL SETUP / PERCENTAGING
OVERVIEW
Although our crane offers the option of being
able to be set up for MANUAL or AUTOMATIC
PERCENTAGING modes, many operators pre-
fer to use the MANUAL percentaging mode for a
number of reasons.
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS
NOT APPLICABLE TO CANDY CRANES.
CANDY CRANES ARE GENERALLY SET UP
AS PAY 'TILL YOU WIN AND ARE NOR-
MALLY SET UP FOR THE SHOVEL OR
SCOOP TO GRAB AS STRONGLY AS
POSSIBLE.
When Manually percentaging your cranes, ALL
of the following factors may affect your payout:
- Claw open position
- Claw closed position
- Claw Slider positioning
- Claw shape
- Claw Strength
- Size and Texture of the Plush
- Packing of the Plush
- Type of Customer
Basic EXPERIENCE and EXPERIMENTATION
will determine the best set-up for you. Our
cranes offer all of the popular adjustment op-
tions, so you can easily set your crane up to
work just as any other cranes you may have
previously used.
The above mentioned factors are described in
greater detail below. We will review all of these
in detail, so you will know better how to set up
your game.
NOTE: IF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW ALL
OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED FACTORS
AFFECT YOUR EARNINGS, YOU MAY
PROCEED TO THE
SETUP
SECTION.
CLAW OPEN POSITION
The CLAW OPEN POSITION is determined by
how you set the adjustable washer that is
located under the solenoid plunger. This should
be adjusted so that the claw will go around one
plush prize, but will not go around more than
one. This is important so you can limit the
payout and more accurately keep track of your
prize count (if you have a prize sensor). It is
especially important to adjust the claw open
position if you use small or beanie type prizes.
If the claw opening is too large, you could pick
up multiple prizes at once very easily.
This open position can be easily changed by
ROTATING the "Saw Blade" shaped cam
washer located just under the solenoid plunger.
Loosen the Allen head bolt under the claw
assembly, rotate the washer until the claw open
position what you want, then re-tighten the Allen
bolt.
CLAW CLOSED POSITION
The CLAW CLOSED POSITION is important for
determining the OVERALL grab or
"appearance" of grab of the claw. Normally, the
claw closed position is set so that when the
solenoid in engaged, the claw appears to close
fully. For the most part, the prizes are big
enough that the tips of the claw can be set up to
be slightly apart when the solenoid is energized.
Normally you do not want the tips to bang
together as they can lock into each other if they
overlap too far, then even when the solenoid
releases, the claw tips are stuck together. For
this reason we generally recommend that you
keep about a "dime" sized space between the
claws when they are closed. Of course you can
also adjust this opening size to anything you
would like.
To adjust the claw closed position, loosen the
bottom collar on the solenoid housing, and raise
