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Title: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: tkaz on July 19, 2013, 09:21:36 am
Just a random thought this morning...has anyone built a punch to make Vendo 80/144 (others?) doors into manual vend 56/81/110 large doors?  I thought I remember someone mentioning it on this forum at some point, but it seems like it might be worth the tooling cost.


Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: collecture on July 19, 2013, 09:24:19 am
The 80 door is not as deep as the 56/81/110.


Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: tkaz on July 19, 2013, 10:58:41 am
Welp, that explains that...I've never seen an 80 in person, so I didn't realized it wasn't as deep


Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: 90grad on July 19, 2013, 12:25:31 pm
Didn't the 80 also have a recessed portion in the middle of the main door where all coin mech is?  Seems to me I recall something like that.


Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: collecture on July 19, 2013, 02:11:50 pm
Didn't the 80 also have a recessed portion in the middle of the main door where all coin mech is?  Seems to me I recall something like that.
Yes. That is why it is not the same depth.


Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: Smallblock on July 21, 2013, 06:27:03 am
Here is a coindoor with same depth as a v56/110/81 That would need a punch tool to make the crankhandle hole.

http://fresno.craigslist.org/clt/3875343501.html (http://fresno.craigslist.org/clt/3875343501.html)



Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: collecture on July 21, 2013, 10:44:56 am
Here is a coindoor with same depth as a v56/110/81 That would need a punch tool to make the crankhandle hole.

However, the coin return cup is too far to the left for a mechanical mech.


Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: Kilroy on July 21, 2013, 12:07:48 pm
$500 for a transitional VMC 81? I'd be all over it if it weren't cross country



Title: Re: Vendo 80 door made into a Vendo 81
Post by: Smallblock on July 21, 2013, 03:23:36 pm
However, the coin return cup is too far to the left for a mechanical mech.
oops! i had never see that before :oops: But if i really need a coindoor one day i would try to find one of these and then reweld the coinreturn in another position.

$500 for a transitional VMC 81? I'd be all over it if it weren't cross country


Yes me to. Anyhow it's a 56 if it makes any sense.