Latest Vending Machine

[davethebirdman]

Thanks to the Ginger Prince, another member this side of the world, I took possesion of my latest US Vending machine last night.

I have been fiddling with it today to try and get it to work. I'm having a little problem with the coins. It takes 25c and 10c.
However the coins are having difficulty working their way through the slug rejector. It might just need a bit of a clean.

When I pulled the rejector out it had Canadian written on the side. Are the quarters and 10c pieces in Canada a different weight to those ascross the border?

Anyone know anything about this machine. It looks to have been mounted on the wall and the cowboy on the front is just something the last owner added.
I'm assuming it would have been a mirror..

All complete apart from a couple of weights..

Cheers

Dave

[tkaz]

Nice looking machine!

Yes, the Canadian coins are smaller than the US coins, which probably is causing the issue:
Canadian Quarter: 4.40g 23.88mm
US Quarter: 5.670g 24.26 mm

Canadian Dime: 1.75g 18.03mm
US Dime: 2.268g 17.91mm

[mznb1u]

Looks like a Rowe to me Dave!  Very nice little machine.  Let me know if you need any Canadian coins.  Being in Michigan we run across them on a regular basis.  I would round up some dimes and quarters and send them your way because they will not work in the US machines.

  Tim

[davethebirdman]

Thanks Chaps...

Tim - will be in touch if I cna't figure out how to get it working properly. It's the weight that seems to be the issue.

Will check internet for Rowe vendors now..

Dave

[Kilroy]

I knew my V39 was a local ( Michigan)machine because it had an additional warning near the coin slot  - Do Not Use Canadian Coins

I'm going to recreate that decal for my next machine .


And I too will gladly save my coins for you Dave. The merchants here have a nasty habit of slipping you the coins in change, but Gosh forbid if you try passing Canadian change to them

[Seven181]

It's a Rowe. I have a six pull. Look almost the same. Nice machine! My coin mech took some work too!

Brian

[rayg]

Dave ....Sweet  machine, that red really pops in your room,  I aways like when you post pics so we can see your other cool stuff!  with that said couldn't but help but notice in the picture  you have a very nice Mills High Top slot machine and a  Seeburg 3W1 wallbox. The good stuff ! I got the poor man's version.... a Bally E series 1208 slot machine and a AMI-Rowes WRA wallbox. ...... I wish I had yours

Ray

PS I'll send you my Canadian Coins as well!

[davethebirdman]

Brian

that machine of yours looks lovely. I'm now motivated to get a stand and sort this old girl out.

Thanks for the offers of Canadian coins. I've managed to strip the slug rejector down a bit and now it seems to work fine on US coinage.
I have a great big bag full of nickles dimes and quarters.

Even Mrs B likes this one.. Result.

[aristocrat]

picked daves cigarette machine up when i collected some slots




also collected from dave another slot he had kindly picked up for

me the previous week.


heres a pix of one of the slots i picked up, its not working and will

take me considerably longer to get it working than it took dave to

sort out his cigarette machine but will get there in the end............

[rayg]

Nice slot ! what's the make,model & year