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INTRODUCTION
Candy Vending Machine
You have probably seen vending machines that sell all sorts of things, from soda
and snacks to electronics. Most vending machines exist in public places, and
dispense goods without needing a store clerk to sell them. The money that enters
the vending machine remains there until a vending machine technician comes to
collect the money.
With this kit, you can build a mechanical vending machine that dispenses
candy or other small prizes. Your machine requires no electricity or electronics
— just simple machines and the power of your hand. You are both the customer
and the technician! Your coins are automatically sorted and saved in the bank at
the back of the machine. The best part? Change up the pegboard to create
endless combinations of stunts and tricks. And you can learn cool engineering
and physics concepts along the way.
RaNDOMIZER:
WILL YOUR
COIN GO LEFT
OR RIGHT?
BELL:
MaKES a COOL
SOUND WHEN a
COiN HiTS iT. THE
BELLS CaN BE
USED aS TaRGETS.
COIN SORTER:
SORTS THE
COINS
aCCORDING TO
SIZE.
pRIZE DOOR:
WILL ONLY OpEN
WHEN THERE IS a
COIN IN THE
SLOT. GO aHEaD,
TRY IT!
pRIZE DOOR BUTTON:
pUSH TO RELEaSE
THE CaNDY!
CaNDY:
YUM! SODa BOTTLE GUMMY CaNDiES!
YOU CaN aLSO LOaD IN YOUR
2
FaVORITE SMaLL CaNDIES OR pRIZES.
COIN SLOT:
pLaCE THE COIN
HERE TO STaRT.
COIN WHEEL:
THE COIN WILL MOVE INTO ONE OF FOUR
SLOTS IN THE COIN WHEEL, WHICH
DETERMINES WHERE THE COIN WILL
ENTER THE pEGBOaRD aREa.
pEGBOaRD aREa:
CREaTE ENDLESS COMBiNaTiONS OF
TRiCKS, STUNTS, aND TRapS.
SpINNER:
SpINS WHEN a
COIN HITS IT.
COIN TRap:
WaTCH OUT, YOUR
COIN COULD GET
STUCK!
LOCK:
OpENS aND CLOSES
THE pRiZE WiNDOW
FOR LOaDiNG pRiZES.
FEET:
pUT THESE ON IF YOU WaNT YOUR
MaCHINE TO REST ON a SURFaCE, OR
REMOVE THEM IF YOU WaNT TO HaNG
THE MaCHINE ON a WaLL.
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