Nice! I’m reminded of the ones in the grocery store that had little plastic capsules with a toy or trinket inside. The capsules wouldn’t pass a choking hazard test, but they made great stocking stuffers for Christmas.
Aaawww man!!! The old acorn bubble gum machine !!! I remember these back in my day. Late 60s early 70s. The small local grocer had one, but also beside the gum it had small trinkets that maybe you would get with the gum. But sometimes...you put your money in,and nothing would come out. 😅😅 aahhh the good old days😊
Little insider tip: The coin unit can be disassembled even further! Simply block the gear and turn the handle... This way you can exchange the coin disc for one with a different value! You can still buy these in all coins and currencies worldwide! By the way, there is also another lock missing: it is normally located above the lock that controls the width of the coin and is there to check the diameter. These machines are still manufactured today and you can always buy them at trade fairs! The price without the base is under $100 and you can choose which coin value you have to insert at no extra cost!
I'll need to look into that...I use a garnet-based media which is ideal for rust/paint removal and leaves a good finish for the powder coating to bite into, but I can understand where that might be too aggressive for some soft metals. Thanks!
When I was a little girl (and, yes, I can remember back that far), I got gumballs from a machine just like this at the grocery store. It was such a nice treat after dealing with aisle after aisle of waiting for Mom to make a decision about what to get!
You'll never see any gunball machines in drug stores and grocery stores anymore. It's hard to believe that everybody has stopped carrying around these contraptions.
Well done sir! I'm starting to learn about sand blasting...I noticed you did the small pieces but used a wire brush for the rest. Was that because certain metals shouldn't be blasted, size issue or were you just showing multiple ways to clean it up? Dominic Chineas from the tv show "the repair shop" does an experiment with electrolysis to remove rust. I wonder if that would assist with you removing the post easier. You certainly persevered! In the end it turned out great! Where did you get the replacement gasket?
I did the metal base with the angle grinder wire wheel mainly because it was too big for my BarrelBlaster, but it was faster, too -- I don't have the largest compressor, so it would have taken a lot of effort (and compressor recharging) to do that much cleaning with my sandblaster. I watch The Repair Shop, as well...poor Dom and Will always seem to get stuck with the worst of the worse! :^) I've done electrolysis before with just a battery charger and baking soda, but the object still needed some wire brushing at the end. I've used EvapoRust in many videos (like the ACME Post Drill) and it is amazing stuff. I just didn't have any, so used the Rustoleum product, which was just OK. As for the gasket, I got lucky that this gumball machine came with some other broken pieces/parts in a box and there was a gasket in there that actually fit. Thanks much for watching.
@AsYouWereRestorations gotta like it when they come with the spare parts! I love watching Will work wonders with wood! Try saying that 5 times fast...bahaha. I enjoy watching all of them of course but he's a favourite along with Suzie. I'm a Jill of all trades...lol.
I find it hard to believe that anyone but the manufacturer made money off these things. I wonder what they cost new. Must have taken many years to turn a profit.
I'm sure you are correct, yet there were so many out there! And for reference, I put about 900 gumballs in this one at the end of the video, so call a full one around 1,000 gumballs...that is only $10 when you sell all of them @ 1cent each! After paying for the gumballs, I would guess the profit could only be $6 or $7.
@@AsYouWereRestorations In 1965 I could buy a full meal with a drink (and free water) at Denny's for $1.45. Pennies were worth something back then. You often saw these machines mounted in a group of 4 to 6, selling different products as well as gumballs. And (speaking as a kid at the time) it wasn't unusual to put 3 or 4 cents in, cranking the handle each time, before dumping all the goodies out into your hot sticky little hand.
So what I found was a comparable machine that held 1000 gumballs in 1950s cost $18 it cost $4 to fill. So each 1000 gumballs raised $10 making $6 profit taking 3 fills to turn a profit. In todays money I wouldn’t know
@@nitpickersheadliceremoval3805 In the 1950s you could get a decent meal at a Dennys-like restaurant for about a buck. So $6 profit could feed you for half a week if you were frugal. If you had a good route with, say, 24 of these machines, and you sold 100 gumballs per month in all of them, you would be able to pay the mortgage on a decent family house, and have money left over.
Del 1960? Chissà quanti bambini hanno stressato genitori o nonni passando davanti al distributore e chissà dove sono adesso questi bambini, oramai cresciuti, che un tempo giravano la manopola con le loro manine
Blessed my entire life running into gumball machines everywhere I’ve travelled. Just makes me smile every time
Bravo! So nice to see someone really restore an old thing rather than "restore" it into some paisley-painted thing that never was.
Nice! I’m reminded of the ones in the grocery store that had little plastic capsules with a toy or trinket inside. The capsules wouldn’t pass a choking hazard test, but they made great stocking stuffers for Christmas.
Beautiful restoration job you did on the gumball machine. It looks much better than before and it works like a charm too. Excellent work as usual.
Thanks much for watching, this one was fun and deserved to be back in action for another 50 years!
Great restoration 👍👍
Got a lot of gumballs out of those when I was a kid back in the 60's.
Great restoration..well done
Aaawww man!!! The old acorn bubble gum machine !!! I remember these back in my day. Late 60s early 70s. The small local grocer had one, but also beside the gum it had small trinkets that maybe you would get with the gum. But sometimes...you put your money in,and nothing would come out. 😅😅 aahhh the good old days😊
Nice job!
First time I've seen one restored with its stand. Outstanding job!
Many thanks, I thought the stand was pretty special when I first saw it (even covered in rust).
The skillful hands of an artist!
Thanks so much for the great comment!
Little insider tip:
The coin unit can be disassembled even further! Simply block the gear and turn the handle...
This way you can exchange the coin disc for one with a different value! You can still buy these in all coins and currencies worldwide!
By the way, there is also another lock missing: it is normally located above the lock that controls the width of the coin and is there to check the diameter.
These machines are still manufactured today and you can always buy them at trade fairs! The price without the base is under $100 and you can choose which coin value you have to insert at no extra cost!
Dope AF results, @AsYouWereRestorations! Perfect for any candy store owner!!
Looks great ❤
simply brilliant
That kind of casting I sandblast with lime. Leaves a real nice finish to work with.
I'll need to look into that...I use a garnet-based media which is ideal for rust/paint removal and leaves a good finish for the powder coating to bite into, but I can understand where that might be too aggressive for some soft metals. Thanks!
Awesome job on the gumball machine.
Many thanks for watching!
When I was a little girl (and, yes, I can remember back that far), I got gumballs from a machine just like this at the grocery store. It was such a nice treat after dealing with aisle after aisle of waiting for Mom to make a decision about what to get!
Funny how objects can bring back such memories. Thanks for sharing your story
It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!!
I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up
I also subscribed to your channel
Thanks for the thumbs up and welcome to the channel!
@@AsYouWereRestorations You're welcome
You'll never see any gunball machines in drug stores and grocery stores anymore. It's hard to believe that everybody has stopped carrying around these contraptions.
Nice job. Originally the Oak Acorns were finished in a hammertone paint. Also the handle assembly and dispensing door were chrome or nickel plated.
Yes, I need a nickel plating kit as one of my next investments! Thanks,
Coin assembly and dispenser flap were either nickel chrome plated. Could have used some automotive filler on the gouge on the top.
Yes, I need a nickel plating kit as one of my next investments! Thanks,
Did you replace the 1¢ sticker in the glass? The final shot makes it look like there's a sticker without holes and wear & tear.
No, that was the original 1¢ sticker. I do believe adding the gumballs helped to mask some of the wear and tear. Thanks!
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Well done sir! I'm starting to learn about sand blasting...I noticed you did the small pieces but used a wire brush for the rest. Was that because certain metals shouldn't be blasted, size issue or were you just showing multiple ways to clean it up? Dominic Chineas from the tv show "the repair shop" does an experiment with electrolysis to remove rust. I wonder if that would assist with you removing the post easier. You certainly persevered!
In the end it turned out great! Where did you get the replacement gasket?
I did the metal base with the angle grinder wire wheel mainly because it was too big for my BarrelBlaster, but it was faster, too -- I don't have the largest compressor, so it would have taken a lot of effort (and compressor recharging) to do that much cleaning with my sandblaster.
I watch The Repair Shop, as well...poor Dom and Will always seem to get stuck with the worst of the worse! :^) I've done electrolysis before with just a battery charger and baking soda, but the object still needed some wire brushing at the end. I've used EvapoRust in many videos (like the ACME Post Drill) and it is amazing stuff. I just didn't have any, so used the Rustoleum product, which was just OK.
As for the gasket, I got lucky that this gumball machine came with some other broken pieces/parts in a box and there was a gasket in there that actually fit.
Thanks much for watching.
@AsYouWereRestorations gotta like it when they come with the spare parts! I love watching Will work wonders with wood! Try saying that 5 times fast...bahaha. I enjoy watching all of them of course but he's a favourite along with Suzie. I'm a Jill of all trades...lol.
sweeeeet... xxc
I find it hard to believe that anyone but the manufacturer made money off these things. I wonder what they cost new. Must have taken many years to turn a profit.
I'm sure you are correct, yet there were so many out there! And for reference, I put about 900 gumballs in this one at the end of the video, so call a full one around 1,000 gumballs...that is only $10 when you sell all of them @ 1cent each! After paying for the gumballs, I would guess the profit could only be $6 or $7.
@@AsYouWereRestorations In 1965 I could buy a full meal with a drink (and free water) at Denny's for $1.45. Pennies were worth something back then.
You often saw these machines mounted in a group of 4 to 6, selling different products as well as gumballs. And (speaking as a kid at the time) it wasn't unusual to put 3 or 4 cents in, cranking the handle each time, before dumping all the goodies out into your hot sticky little hand.
So what I found was a comparable machine that held 1000 gumballs in 1950s cost $18 it cost $4 to fill. So each 1000 gumballs raised $10 making $6 profit taking 3 fills to turn a profit. In todays money I wouldn’t know
@@nitpickersheadliceremoval3805 In the 1950s you could get a decent meal at a Dennys-like restaurant for about a buck. So $6 profit could feed you for half a week if you were frugal. If you had a good route with, say, 24 of these machines, and you sold 100 gumballs per month in all of them, you would be able to pay the mortgage on a decent family house, and have money left over.
I remember penny candy. And they were "value" sized. Not this preshrunk stuff the have now .
Del 1960? Chissà quanti bambini hanno stressato genitori o nonni passando davanti al distributore e chissà dove sono adesso questi bambini, oramai cresciuti, che un tempo giravano la manopola con le loro manine
Yes, what a great way to think about it...how many small hands have touched this machine and where are they all now?? Thanks for watching
@@AsYouWereRestorations Thank you for publishing it
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Maybe one day you’ll be grown up enough to restore every square inch of a project like all the other REAL restoration channels.
Base design is absolutely not Art Deco.