Site slowing down and web site

[dr galaga]

Seems to be less discussion on here lately - Is soda machine collecting a warm weather hobby or are you guys to busy restoring to be on here?

I was looking through some of the pictures in the gallery and there sure are some nice machines there!  I just updated my web site (sorry, only one pop machine there (I'm from Indiana, so I can call it pop!)).  Here's the address if you would like to take a look: http://www.brentsarcade.com

Merry Christmas!

[loman4ec]

I have noticed the slow down as well. I am still here several times a day.

Yea Myself Im finished untill spring cant do much till it warms up again Cant sand cause I cant prime ASAP, Cant do body work( well I can pound out dents) but you cant use any filler. So for now it becomes indoor project time and there are manyyyyyyyyyyy. BTW Im in The North so its about 15 here today :-P

[loman4ec]

If you buy a nice torpedo heater and you can do it all year round. As soon as I get home I am starting on a vendo 110 roundtop that I bought. My first round top restoration. Yeah  '>

You Still cant paint because of the fact that tinyyyyyyy little paint particles are highly flammable ( BOOMMMMMMMM), So I could potentially do Bondo work but still cant do priming or painting because the "fog" that spraying produces is dangerous. Even If I say heated up the garage then painted then vented it of the " fog" and then reheated for it to cure. Its still a gamble. At 20 Degrees or less the garage would be cold in no time. Just remember your moving north, we arnt warm and the wind-chill, bahhhhhh that's even more annoying '>  '>

[Pat Pixley]

Well there are people out there chatting, I think there alot of new people out there that have joined asked there one question and that the last you will here for them.then you have few that stay around for the run.
Also there are the people that have been here a while
who stop by and take a look around to see what going on
and may or may not what to chat to any one.
Or there some that live north were it is very ccccoold
and don't want to freeze there *#@* off  to work on a project  till spring so there out there
buying parts, machines,old tins ,bottle openers or what ever,
I think I can safely say this site wont go away any time soon.
Pat  '>

[Eric]

I'm here about everyday. Always checking on the latest finds
or questions. I have a few questions myself I've asked or parts
I'm in need of.
What I've noticed is that round tops have slowed down and there
are more square top finds and questions.
Of course this is expected as they (round tops) are drying up. About the
only round tops you see are exchanges from one collector to
another. To find a round top today is rare. But that doesn't
stop me from looking and running want ads.
And I agree about the cold.. being from the Midwest it's a little
too cold to hunt but bring on the spring. Meanwhile I'll
just make a list of parts I needs and take a few things apart to restore.
We're not going anywhere.... just too busy admiring our finds
from this past summer! '>

Eric

[Jim]

I have to agree Eric on the fact that round-cornered machines are becoming few and far between and that the general migration to 60's square-cornered machines is inevitable...

As far as the site slowing down, I think my stats are about the same over the last year; however, as Pat stated, people are coming and going all the time... I'm actually in the process of removing members with no activity in the last year just for good database maintenance...

As long as people are still collecting old soda machines, Soda-Machines.Com will be here!

[globalcompressors]

We're still here as well. I do check in from time to time.

Eric

I've been interested in soda machines for many years but only this year found this site this year and poked around while I found my first machine, a Cavalier CC4-132G which does not cool. But it was local and got it for $35. I still need to find the time to remove the cooling system and send it to Global Compressors who gave me all the details and a good price.

This Fall I did lay down some hard earned cash to have Josh Loman restore two machines (Cav 64 and Vendo 56) as he recently posted. I felt they were good investments and would be real nice around the house - can't believe the wife doesn't want one in the "great room"! Josh does nice work and has good attention to detail at a bargain price. Yes, that's now my Frostie machine. I'll get some good pictures when I get it off the trailer tomorrow. I'm square top all the way. Round tops are just way out of my price range for a machine to enjoy and also use.