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Title: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: SLIDER on March 08, 2014, 03:08:05 am Some before and after of this machine. The mechanicals were rusted worst then the case. :help: Took awhile to figure out how all the little rusted parts and springs were supposed to work :censored: The button selection mechanism was unbelievably complex by itself :darn: I am happy with the way it turned out and works perfectly now. I like to "Refurbish" my toys so they are presentable, working, and FUN. Its not perfect, as I have neither the time, patience, budget or the expertise as MANY of you on this site do. (Some of the machines I see on here are incredible!!!) With all the u selects surfacing I have not seen many like this one before. It was actually a gift from the wife for my 50th last year!
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: davethebirdman on March 08, 2014, 03:37:08 am That's lovely... i am desperate for one of these. You know when you hobby turns into an addiction when you are forever searching google for images etc. I remember seeing this on eBay a while back and was wondering whether you did anything with it. Did you think about having a stand fabricated??? Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Jacko1070 on March 08, 2014, 09:07:24 am That is a beautiful machine....and I like the colors you used a lot, really makes the chrome pop. Nice work!!
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Slider-Bob on March 08, 2014, 09:54:33 am That looks great! Nice job!
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Swachtelncc on March 08, 2014, 10:10:35 am Great work, nice that your wife got it for you
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: HowDueYouDue on March 08, 2014, 10:19:17 am Very nice. Congrats
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: ZiaDan on March 08, 2014, 12:21:45 pm Nice Job! Looks Great!
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: mygoose101 on March 08, 2014, 01:21:34 pm Really sharp, nice work.
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: tkaz on March 08, 2014, 03:38:47 pm Very nice, that is a really good looking machine
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: georgescustompaint on March 08, 2014, 04:39:59 pm Great looking machine. Those are hard to find !
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: kbareit on March 08, 2014, 08:43:29 pm WOW!!! :jawdrop: That came out really nice.
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: mznb1u on March 09, 2014, 06:57:40 pm Nice work!
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Jared on March 09, 2014, 07:32:22 pm beautiful machine
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Fire708 on March 09, 2014, 08:26:41 pm Very cool machine and really nice job on bringing it back.
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Funtronics on March 10, 2014, 07:18:49 am You did a great job Bob. Always great to see the before and after pictures. :happydrinkers:
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: Larry on March 10, 2014, 08:20:36 am I love those machines. I have one that I am going to do one year. I'm not sure what year. They had two similar bases. One of the bottoms went 90 degrees straight down and the other one went on a angle and the 90 degrees down. I have the straight 90. I wish I had the other one, but at least I have a stand. I have a thing for stands.
The machine turned out nice. Did you paint the inside or plate it? Was the "Candy" top piece chromed? Here's a picture of an ad, a angled base, and a straight base. I'm going to paint mine like that two toned blue one in the last picture. Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: davethebirdman on March 10, 2014, 12:09:18 pm i think I prefer the straight stand.. I'd take any stand.. Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: sc1101 on March 10, 2014, 10:31:41 pm Good choice in colors. Looking good. :happydrinkers:
Title: Re: Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!! Post by: SLIDER on March 16, 2014, 04:27:20 pm Larry,
I painted the inside of the machine, and all of the shelving units, there are twelve of them. The CANDY script was in really nice condition when I received it. So I really just polished it and it came out really good! Now the actual mechanism sides of the shelving units have a sliding piece to them and must slide free in order for the machine to work properly. I did nothing to them except sand blast, replace all the springs and basically left them alone. If I had painted the sliding mechs the paint would have gummed them up and the machine would never vend properly. So if some was doing a 100 point resto I would plate these for sure. Like I stated in a previous post the button mechanicals are the hardest thing to restore on these. It really is a jigsaw puzzle, once you figure that out the rest is pretty easy. Patience on these are an absolute. Hundreds of tiny screws, nuts and about 5 different size springs which number in the hundreds also. But well worth the work when finished as it really is a nice looking machine you just done see everyday. GOOD LUCK with yours!!! Someday I hope top find a base for mine!!! |