Picked up a Decent Vendo 80..

[Larry]

How does it work? 

[Slapshot42]

How does it work? 

Works great!

[Larry]

I new that was coming.  lol  

I mean if I put a coin in how does it vend.  Magical fairys on Coke drop the bottle when they get a coin or does the bottle drop from some motorized mechanism.  No shelves like a Cavalier where gravity and a solenoid let the machine dispense a bottle.  Just curious about the mechanical and electrical part of the vending.

I am also glad it "works great" though.  

[jholmgren]

I new that was coming.  lol 

I mean if I put a coin in how does it vend.  Magical fairys on Coke drop the bottle when they get a coin or does the bottle drop from some motorized mechanism.  No shelves like a Cavalier where gravity and a solenoid let the machine dispense a bottle.  Just curious about the mechanical and electrical part of the vending.

I am also glad it "works great" though. 

Larry - the bottles are stacked up in three columns.  There are rollers across the bottom of the columns that roll sideways just enough each time it vends to drop one bottle from a particular stack.  Pretty neat bit of engineering.  Reminds me a little bit of a cam shaft in a car.

Jim

[Larry]

OK thanks.

Do the new Coke bottles work?  I bought some Coke bottles for my VMC72 and they do not work in the machine.  Coke narrowed their bottles so my machine is useless unless I make some sort of adapter for the machine. 

The 72 has a carriage that tilts left with one vend, center with another, then right with another vend.  You cord the bottles on top of each other and they rest against each other and sit on what I call a rocker ear.  The left side bottle comes out then the right side bottle (dual chute machine).  Since the bottles are too narrow now, they just fall through.  Just curious if the 80 has a similar issue.

[MoonDawg]

Do the new Coke bottles work?  I bought some Coke bottles for my VMC72 and they do not work in the machine.  Coke narrowed their bottles so my machine is useless unless I make some sort of adapter for the machine. 

        To adapt these stacks to the new narrow bottles, the width of the column must also be reduced, but only at the lowest point where the bottles are waiting to be released. Velcro strips on each side of the 4 columns work fine for me.

[Larry]

Thanks for the tip.

[jholmgren]

Agree with Glen - I made 'shims' from some corrugated plastic for my V80.  It will vend the new bottles fine. 

Funtronics also sells a shim kit for the 80.

I had the same issue with my 33 - it would jam on the new bottles but vended the old ones like a champ.

[Slapshot42]

If you look carefully you will see this one has already been shimmed...

[georgescustompaint]

Looks like a nice clean machine. Well worth the price. Very nice