FrankenClown Printer Friendly Version   By NUMBAT - Dec. 31, 1969 FrankenClown Gumball/Candy Dispenser 6.25 inch high x 7 inch wide (rod) x 5 inch deep Molds: Basic blocks #40 Dragon’s Inn #51 Gothic Additional #44 Floor tiles #201 Cast using hydrocal tinted with Quikrete Buff liquid pigment: Additional materials: 1” diameter hardwood dowel 2 cotter pins (1 ½ inches) thin plastic sheet - stiff Gobstoppers mini jawbreaker candies Special tools: drill press & some kind of wood saw, sandpaper I thought the mechanical idea sounded great, and came up with ‘Gumball machine’… but somehow it morphed into a clown face … hence the ‘unique’ entry. Main components - Rectangle candy hopper with plastic lined arches to allow viewing of the treats. Any thin & stiff plastic should work. I used part of a fruit tray container. A key part of hopper is the round hole for dropping candy into the dispensing tray (tongue). I used the 1” inch arch from the Dragon’s Inn mold. The hole assembly is held up by the small slanted roofline pieces from the Dragon’s Inn and Gothic Additional mold. Candy dispensing mechanism is a section of 1” dowel with a ½ inch cup hole in the center – the hole is centered under the hole in the hopper floor. Two 1/8 inch holes are near the rod ends, for inserting cotter pins to keep the rod centered (I allowed about ¼ inch play so that users can ‘jiggle’ the rod to loosen any candies jammed in the bottom of the hopper). The rod is supported by two 1 inch diameter ‘windows’ on each side of the hopper – 2 arches from Dragon’s inn. Turning the rod allows one piece of candy to fall through the hopper floor, into the cup hole and then be carried around to drop down the ramp in the base (lower face) and into the dispensing tray (tongue & lips). Ramp is made of long triangle roof line pieces and slanted floor tiles (supported by regular brick and small roofline pieces Roof is made of floor tiles, with additional tiles on the bottom side to keep the lid from sliding off the hopper. Outside painted with cheap craft acrylic – various brands. Small arches are painted to represent eyebrow, with the area under the arch being ‘eyes’. The big center arch is just for viewing the candy. Interior of hopper not painted.   0 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    You must be a registered member to post comments. You may sign-in Here.

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