Vendo Coin Changer - Merry Christmas to ME!

[Jim]

Tom,
Is the coin block/receiver made from wood...?

[tkaz]

It's not wood Jim, some kind of material I'm not familiar with, it's layered kind of fiberglass looking.  Sure does look like wood now that you say that!

[MaineT]

It's not wood Jim, some kind of material I'm not familiar with, it's layered kind of fiberglass looking.  Sure does look like wood now that you say that!

Is it like this? We used to have Phenolic block material on the airplanes. It always looked sort of like wood, and it was very light.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Pc-aviation-aircraft-Junk-Scrap-Phenolic-Block-spacers-1-3-4-thick-/110777517782

[tkaz]

yep, that's it, Phenolic...that word wouldn't come to mind when I was thinking of it

[MaineT]

As long as you weren't thinking of phallic!!!

[jbrumett]

Tom,

What did you use to polish the internals?

That looks awesome man...good job

Jeff

[tkaz]

The inside was a little bit of an experiment...I started with oven cleaner to get the initial layer of grime off, then pulled what I could off and soaked in carb cleaner for a few days. Then a fine wire wheel on a drill, followed by #00 steel wool with some chrome polish mixed in.  To finish it off, I used one of those foam automotive wheel polishing cones with the chrome polish, which brought that mirror shine to the coin hopper.