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Vendo 56 bottle door
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October 22, 2004, 05:03:04 pm »
Hi, recently purchased and am restoring a Coca Cola Vendo 56 machine (old round top red & white). Of course these machines have the solid bottle door but most of the machines I see restored online have a glass bottle door. My question is who sells these glass bottle doors or are people cutting the solid door and putting in glass (can't imagine this working very well?)
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Jeff
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October 23, 2004, 12:39:02 pm »
Hey Jeff, it works very well. Drill 1/4" holes in each corner of each cutout area to give a nice radius. With a jigsaw remove the cutout areas, grind and file smooth.
Discard the plastic inside liner and cut 4 pieces of 7/8" to 1"wide channel to surround 3 pieces of glass and their sponge separators.( I had 7/8" stainless steel channel specially bent for this. Let me know if you need some.)
I even have a 2" dia. hole punched through the center of the door and install a Vendo 81 medallion.
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October 24, 2004, 01:32:07 am »
Thanks MoonDawg!
I've been considering the same. Any advice on which jigsaw blade and best way to punch the center?
Have a V-63 door that I'll just cut down the glass and channel to use with the V-56 skin. Sound reasonable?
Creighton
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October 28, 2004, 12:39:38 pm »
Thanks for the help.
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