Large coin mech (non change giver)

[TheGarbageHunter]

Collecture,

I did not have time to longon last night, will take a close look at the dime finger today, measure it and compare it to yours. Just from what I can remember, My coin Mech is stamped on the right side with: set to vend at .10 cents, so it has to take dimes. On thing that looks very obvious is that your dime arm looks longer than mine. We will soon findout.


MoonDawg, my mech also has that same spring, it was attached to the body of the mech, I moved to the same position as the one found on Collecture's mech. Did not help.

Thanks guys and will post later this afternoon.

[TheGarbageHunter]

Well Collecture we have found the problem. I knew looking at yours that my dime finger looked a bit small. Measuring it confirmed my greatest fear. The dime finger has been cut and filed. It measured from the point where the finger starts straight: 2 inches. The total length of the finger from the round end to the point: 2 1/2 inches. Well short of the 2 and 15/16 inches. Darn, someone possibly wanted to make this a free vend machine and filed down the dime finger and placed nickle slugs into it (via Steve). Well I have several options. I like having thing correct or they eat at me.

Thanks for all your help in diagnosing this problem.

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[collecture]

Well - at least we figured it out! Like I said - people do some  '>  up things to these machines. Doesn't look like an hard piece to fabricate. You might be able to cut it straight and weld an extension on it???

I still like nickel Cokes! '>

[Creighton]

Here is what the fingers look like on my 56 change giver. Tough to measure without teardown but looks to be +/- 4 3/4". Let me know if you want me to try and fab a clone. Anybody know if these must be the exact orginal thickness of metal stock?
Thanks,
Creighton

[Creighton]

Here is a side shot of the markings on mine. Think when it says "Set for 10 cent operation" they mean 2/.05 or 1/.10. Or with a change tube .25 returning 3 /.05. Yours is the first I've seen with a "Use Correct Change" flag without the change tube.

Nasty bit of linkage from the change tube to the "Use Correct Change" flag. I'll get sorted one of these days :-) Let me know if I can help
Creighton

[collecture]

Creighton,
What finger are you measuring? I don't have my change-giver mech in front of me, but I thought the dime fingers were the same on both. Now you have got me curious - I'll have to check my change-giver!
As far as your question, I would think they should be as close to the original thickness as possible. I would think they must withstand enough force of the crank before the pawl gives way in the handle. Not that any one of us is going to abuse our machines (besides maybe Markito j/k   ), but you never know.

[Creighton]

Hey Tom,
I was HA'ssd measuring the finger on the left in the picture. Agree on thickness needs to be close as possible. I've got a scrap piece of brass that is 1mm thicker, was hoping to use that. Can't hurt to try :-)
Creighton

[vendobaldtops]

Hey Victor,  have you tried your mech with a quarter?  In one coin mech I have, someone modified it to accept quarters and it vends.  But, you can put 2 nickles in too and it works...just doesn't accept dimes.

[collecture]

It won't work with a quarter. The mech doesn't have a quarter finger like the change-givers.

[TheGarbageHunter]

I does not work with a quarter.

Thanks for the offer to help Craighten, I will seek all the help I can get when I restore the machine. (sometime in the next 1years) '>. I plan on setting up a work shop when I buy a new house at the end of the year. My current house does not have a garage simply a tuff shed and since I do not plan on staying hear I do not want to invest in building one now.

I do plan on restoring a vendo 63A in the next few months, since I am taking a bodyshop class I plan on practising my skills at school on this machine and not fenders.