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I was browsing E-Bay listings yesterday evening and this one caught my eye.  Did some offerring and counter-offering back and forth and voila!  :happydrinkers: I now am the proud owner of a Candyette candy vendor.  :happydrinkers:  Looks like a fun item to have in the game room!  I have been watching this type of candy vendor on E-Bay and the last three similar ones--Star Hershey Vendors went for:

$316.49--Excellent Condition
$171.50--Complete but finish was pretty scratched up and was missing black turn handle
$140.37--Good finish but missing top and needed new locks--no keys

I went a little higher on this item than I wanted to ($145) but it looks almost brand new with only a few minor scratches.  How did I do?  I will probably put Snickers Bars in it!

Here are some pics.

Tim  :drinking:

A few more pictures:

and a few more:

Excellent find.

Congrats!

Watch out with those sort of vending machines.... They are even more addictive than Soda Machines...
I should know I have about 40 of the blighters...

I think "the boy done good" with the price you got it for... Congrats

Dave 

I think it's a great way to start off the year.
  Way to go Tim!!

You can't go wrong. You just have to hang it up and your done. No restoration needed. I need to find machines like that.

Nice find!!!  Thanks for sharing!!

 I    LIKE   It !!!!!          Great Find !!!!



                                                 Ltransam

That's great looking. I think you did alright on the price.

I would have paid that much for one.  I like smaller stuff like that.

Good buy!

Marvin

The Candyette arrived yesterday.  It is in great shape just as pictured.  This E-Bay seller gets A+++ for the shipping job.  :happydrinkers: The machine was wrapped in a wool blanket--which once laundered will become property of my 2 greyhounds.  Then it was double wrapped in bubble wrap and double boxed in thick cardboard.  The box was almost completely wrapped in packing tape then reinforced with duct tape!  I would have posted this yesterday but I just finished unwrapping it! :biggrin:

The machine works--although I can see why a lot of those machines are missing the knob.  That spring on the turning mech is awfully tight.  :Oo:

Only problem that I am having is with the coin-mech.  It is rejecting nickels more often than it accepts them.  I am guessing that an adjustment is in order due to the new nickels being lighter than the old ones.  Anybody out there ever worked on one of these before?  :help: I thought I would ask before taking anything apart.

THANKS!

 :drinking: Tim  :drinking:

Tim,

I was going through my Candyette tonight and I found these two pieces of aluminum wrapped up in some old May, 28, 1948 newspaper.  Any idea what these are used for and where they would go???

Also, the keys were supposively misplaced from the owner.  When I was moving the machne around I noticed a small rubber band sticking out of the bottom trya area.  I pulled it, and out popped two keys.  I love it when I don't have to drill it out.  The keys were those center cut groove keys.  Definately originals.

Mine is nice too, but I think yours is a bit nicer.  Anything that old with minor scratches is a miracle.

Larry

Larry,

Good to hear that the keys re-appeared.  :happydrinkers: That is always nice.

I just checked my Candyette and I didn't remember those pieces being in mine but I do have them.  :glare: They were loose in the machine in the coin area.  I looked my machine over and I can't tell what they are for  :Oo: or where they go but I have been able to get mine to work without these pieces.  I have not tried them yet but I think the fun-size Kit Kats will work well in this machine.

I will keep looking to see if I can figure out where those pieces go.  Let me know if you figure it out.  Based on the fact that the pieces in your machine were wrapped in 1948 newspaper--I am guessing that the original owner couldn't figure out what they were for either!  :biggrin:

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Post or send me a picture of the rejector and I can help.

I figured out an easy way to fix the coin problem.  A small piece of tape cured the problem so the machine will accept all nickels or anyting else that will fit in the slot.  If slugs or washers start showing up in the coin box I will know that the culprits will be my boys! :laugh:

I will have to post a pic later for a correct fix but this works for now!  :biggrin:

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Larry

are they the weights (like Brian's machine) Go ontop of the product to hold it down and to trigger a mech when the machine is empty....

My machines knock a bar down that's attached to the coin entry so that the slot is covered after the last chocolate bar....

Dave

Dave,

Not the weights.  There is a single weight that sits on top of the candy bars and slides down the center track (see Larry's second picture) until it hits the coin slot and prevents the machine from accepting anymore coins.  The two pieces of aluminum are very light so they would not serve well as weights but they have to have some use in the machine.

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

They are too light to be a weight and most weights have a ratcheting piece on them.  

The other thing that makes me think that they wern't used to let you know when the machine is empty, is because the nickle fits in a slot and the nickle pushes the candy bar out when the knob is turned dispensing the candy.  If that piece is used to block the nickle, there is no way for that nickle to be returned, making a customer angry enough to attack the machine.  

The machine does have a rejector.  When the last candy bar is dispensed a bar raises up which interferes with the coins path and sends it out the side.

I am puzzled what the purpose is for this piece.  Hopefully, someone out there has one of these machines with those pieces in use.  As Tim mentioned they are not needed for vending, but companies just don't throw in extra parts for nothing.  Just curious. 8)

I don't have a single weight in mine.  I have a depth adjustment and widthe adjustment for the candy bars, but no weight.

Here's a poor atempt of photoshop.

Here are a few more pictures that might help with the mystery parts.

Larry--I would think that it should be easy to fabricate the weight.  I can send you measurements and better photos if that would help.

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Tim,

I had a chance today to look and see if I had the weight.  I checked and it was not there.  Then when I was putting on the door, I noticed the weight stuck inside the coin mech.  This machine had parts rattling all over when I bought it.  I thought something was broken.  Fortunately, all the parts are there and nothing was broken.  They were just misplaced a little.

Thanks for the offer on the dimensions.  I was just about to write you for them.

Larry

On a finishing note.  At least this is one machine I didn't have to repair.  Here's a picture.  Close to your condition, give or take a scratch.

Larry,

Excellent!  :happydrinkers: Let me know if you find a candy bar that works well in this machine.  I have tried a few and have had varying success.  Back when these babies were made most candy bars were wrapped on a cardboard tray and that gave the nickel something firm to press against as it was ejecting the candy bar.  I tried granola bars and they were too soft. :down:

Anyway--glad to hear you ended up with a complete machine and it is in great shape!

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Tim,

Chuckles work great!!  They are from that era and they still are packaged with the cardboard bottom.  I found they vend better when you remove the adjustible side guides (The wrappers don't fold under like they use to.  They stick out and hang up on the bars) and make the width one adjustment larger than tight. 

They vend perfectly.

Larry

Larry,

Excellent!  I was with my boys at a bowling alley the other day and noticed that they had Chuckles in the vending machine.  I commented on how that was a great "old school" candy.

I will have to get some for my machine.  Thanks for the info!

Tim