First off, thanks for the advice, folks! (: I messed around with the Coke machine for a while but couldn't get the mechanical bits to work right. I am debating re-attempting it with a spring mechanism, but I think the springs I have are too long. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
(...) Yeah, I don't think springs would work. Because of the scale involved, simpler is often better. Maybe you could make the dispensing mechanism like some sort of revolving door turned on its side? That was my other idea. (...) Your ASCII art was (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)