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« on: August 27, 2006, 10:39:33 am »

I finally found a good source of small 8 oz coke bottles about 90 miles away.  They are the red lable type.  My problem is that they are not the same size (diameter) as the embossed 8 oz bottles I was getting 3 years ago, and they fall through the shelf on my vmc 44.  They are about 1/4 inch less in diameter and that is enough - they will not load correctly.  So, I can attatch a strip of flat metal to each side of the shelf to narrow it up or wait to find the embossed bottles (which I am not sure they still make).  I hate to alter my shelf, is there another option?'<img'>?   Anyone with any ideas?  I tried to put a picture of the bottles on the site, but I am having problems loading pictures...  After a few minutes of loading - it cuts out to an error.  Any Help?'<img'>?'<img'>?'<img'>?'<img'>? '<img'>
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2006, 11:03:06 am »

HI There Bob, Glad to have you  aboard, Yes there is a problem out  there and their are people that are work on this problem it will problably be out some time next year.

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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2006, 11:10:43 am »

Moondawg modified a machine (VMC 72 I think) by simply attaching a velcro strip on each side of the column to take up the space. He said it worked quite well.

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I tried to put a picture of the bottles on the site, but I am having problems loading pictures...  After a few minutes of loading - it cuts out to an error.  Any Help?

You need to make your picture smaller in size. The picture you are trying to post exceeds the 204800 byte limit.




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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2006, 11:15:23 am »

These new bottles popped up about a year and a half ago.  If you do a search from the beginning of all open forums for smaller AND coke AND bottles you can find these threads, but really no solution.
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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2006, 09:42:28 pm »

at a 1/4 inch plexiglass to each side of the inside of the machine...   Thats what I think steve told me from Jerk Works....

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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2006, 10:35:13 pm »

That is correct, add some 1/4" plexiglass to the bottle stack and it will work.
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2006, 10:50:42 pm »

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That is correct, add some 1/4" plexiglass to the bottle stack and it will work.

You could just add it to the bottom eight inches or so of the column - couldn't you?
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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2006, 07:08:02 am »

For now, I put a 1/4 inch piece of cardboard along each side of the stack and it works fine - I will have to make sure it doesn't pick up moisture, if so I will go to plexi glass.  Thanks for the help...
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2006, 11:53:05 am »

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at a 1/4 inch plexiglass to each side of the inside of the machine...  

1/4" each side = 1/2" total width loss. which still may work, but I used 1/8" shims (velcro strips) on each side for a total of 1/4" width difference.
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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2006, 02:02:05 pm »

I tried the 1/4 plexiglass before I tore my machine apart and decided to resto the entire thing, it worked on the 20 something bottles I had.

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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2006, 07:22:49 pm »

1/4 inch plexi works fine. We did a 44 for a customer and the shims were
a great fit!

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