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Re: Anyone tried to build a Coke machine?
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Fri, 2 Jul 1999 05:48:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Leanne Opaskar writes:
> I am in the process of building a train station, and decided I wanted to
> add a Coke machine. Minifigs get thirsty out here in the desert, ya
> know. (:
Cool!
> Has anyone tried to do this before? I've got a general concept -- use
> the 1x2x3 (I think) window as the 'window' on the machine, with 1x1
> rounds as the cans, on a 4x6 baseplate. The trick is now how to make it
> vend, without them all pouring out when I open the flap. I've been
> tinkering with hinges and L-frame plates (I have no clue what the
> 'official' name is for these), but they either align too closely into
> the machine so I can't pull it out or they create a gap where the can
> falls in and doesn't come out.
Maybe you can make a mechanism inside that, when it's tilted down to serve the
soda, blocks the hole above at the same time. Only when you close or lift it
back up does it receive another can. If you lay the cans on their sides, the
trick is to get them to fall without rotating heads or tails downward so it
won't jam. But if you stack them vertically, you won't have that problem if
you make the chute narrow enough, but that might mean fewer cans in the
machine.
Try playing with this in any piece configuration you can:
SIDE VIEW
o____ <--- flip lid for restocking
|air |
|soda|
|soda|
|soda|
|soda|
o--- <------ stopper
\ <---- gap for soda can
\/ <-- Serving flap/tray with lip so can doesn't roll out
(unless you want it to)
In this model, the Stopper and the flap/tray rotate as one unit pivoting
around the "o" they share. Basically what happens is that when the flap/tray
is lifted up, the stopper move enough so that the gap can accept a can. But
the tray should only be shallow enough to hold one can. Space (air) near the
top is needed so that when the stopper goes up, it doesn't push a can out the
top. This is just a very simple model.
-Tom McD.
when replying, tooth fairies don't collect spamcake left under pillows.
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> At least I've figured out how to guide them down, sorta -- I have one of
> the 1x2 flat-on-one-side pyramids hidden in there to create a slope to
> guide the can down, next to a tile so that it doesn't get caught on any studs.
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> If anyone's got ideas that would help me out, I'd appreciate 'em .. I'm
> still playing, but having a rough go. (:
>
> Thanks!
>
> ==Leanne
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> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Leanne Opaskar lopaskar@san.rr.com
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| Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) I've been doing the exact same thing over the weekend (train station and coke machine - and various other street furniture). I built my coke machine very simple (no actual dispensing), with red and white 2x2 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| I am in the process of building a train station, and decided I wanted to add a Coke machine. Minifigs get thirsty out here in the desert, ya know. (: Has anyone tried to do this before? I've got a general concept -- use the 1x2x3 (I think) window as (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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