Soda Machine/Acquisition
From Makers Local 256
Machines
- $300
- 5 drink
- 1 price
- Coin only
- Can only
- The manufacture is out of business,
- Accomplishes #1 of our requirements
- This machine
- $450
- 6 different drinks
- 1 price
- Has older dollar reader
- Can only
- Accomplishes #1, #2 and #3 but only for $1 bills, #4 would be easily done though sensors I think
- I believe it is actually this machine http://rldn.net/8A8
- It had it's drink buttons across the top, near eye level arranged 2 down by 3 across, not like that machine --Brimstone 13:39, 29 July 2010 (CDT)
- $800 + a receipt for donation of $200
- 9 drink
- Multiple price
- 10oz - 20oz
- can or bottle
- dollar reader
- DEX control (meaning easily do all of our requirements)
Thoughts
- Machine #2 would be good for us. We would need to do some hacking on it, like adding sensors to detect when a can is vended, possibly a new bill validator that takes higher bills. Machines 1 and 2 are big, ugly, but cheap. Machine 3 is only about 5 years old already has the sensors and everything in it for meeting our requirements, but costs twice as much.
- One of the hackerspaces on the finances email list mentioned that drink sales made up a good chunk of their income. This would be a great investment, with or without hacks. --Omegix 13:05, 17 September 2010 (CDT)
Donations
- $800 Machine
- Kinsey - $200 - sent
- Mog - $150 - sent
- Matt - $50 - sent
- Justin - $50 - sent
- Tim - $50 - sent
- Nathan - $50 - sent
- Jeff - $50 - sent
- Phil - $200 - sent
Total: $800
