DIY machine

[Kimmer]

Hi everybody

I wanted a vendingmachine too but they are very hard to find in Scandinavia, so to make a long story short, I built my own machine....well kind of. Take a look. I bought an old ugly brown colored machine from the 80`s
restored it and added extra parts such as the round-top. I had a welder build it for me. The vents are regular vents mounted on brick-walls outside bathrooms. The coindoor is a stainless steel servingtray from an industrial kitchen.

The chrome-feet on the machines are from a industrial meat-cutting machine. The chrome trim between the white and green paint are from a Autoparts Shop and normally for cars but it worked fine here too.
The aluminium kick-plate at the bottom of the machine are an aluminium profile for doorways.

I am working on a new one half the size of the 7up-model. It is going to be a Coca-Cola machine in the end, i hope. The 7up i got for free, i was working in a bank at the time and they decided to change to a newer model and i could have it if i took it home with me that afternoon. Lucky. I saw the "Coca-Cola" machine in an add, selling it for about 500.- danish kroners, that would be 91.-US dollars. Picked it up the same day.

Kimmer

[Crazzy Canuck]

Now Kimmer that is just too cool. That took alot of injinuity(sp) and looks great.

[Kilroy]

 

Wow,  I love it.

And Welcome

[Cokemachinesandmore]

that looks original, did you do the work yourself?

[MoonDawg]

        That is just too cool! 


        You just came up with a great idea for all these square top machines we have over here that just don't get the attention they deserve. I am going to use your idea to make caps for some of mine (if you don't mind).

        And welcome to the group!

[RetroMe]

 :Oo:WOW

That doesn't even look like the same machine. One helluva job and something to be pround of. Absolutely Amazing!!!

[Kimmer]

Thanks, I wanted to keep the expences to a minimum, so i have been trying to find  products which is easy to change at a low cost. Nuts, bolts, vents, aluminium carpet profile from local hardware store. The stainless steel tray, which is converted to a coindoor is from the kitchen at a hotel and conference center nearby Copenhagen. I cut the edges off the tray and drilled holes for the hinges, bezel and buttons, it worked fine. The tricky part was the "round-top", i had an idea of how it should look like. I made a drawing and contacted the welder to see if it was possible at all.

I always wanted a soda-machine at home, i think the idea came from the movie "Big" with Tom Hanks, he had a Pepsi machine in his appartment..



        

[loman4ec]

What a fantastic idea! You did a great job! Welcome to the site. I hope you stay around and join in on the discussions. Do you have a before picture of the Coke machine you are building? Do you do your own paint work? It looks fantastic! I bet you could make some good money selling those machines.

[Kimmer]

Hi and thank you.

This is before-pictures of the Coca-Cola machine.

Kimmer

[bubba]

Very creative.. I love it... nice job and welcome to the forum.