Mini Gumball Machine (with a small mason jar)

[bill.m.davis]

You can get a better idea of the innards from the original, over here:

Gumball Machine and Pikachu (Valentine's Day Boxes 2023)

This year for Valentine’s Day my daughter wanted to do a “Gumball Machine Box”. So my wife bought a plastic fish bowl and turned it upside-down. She planned to tape it to the box and fill it with little colorful pom-poms. Then I open my dumb mouth and said, “why don’t I just make it work and we can put real gumballs in it?” Here was the result (and it does actually work): [IMG_4005] The mechanism that catches the balls is simply a gear that rotates and has room to hold six balls. [IMG_400…

There are a few pics of the insides.

And this includes a model of the internal gear mechanism:

Gumball Machine and Pikachu (Valentine's Day Boxes 2023)

This idea of a mini gumball machine using a mason jar might work. [3D Model - Mini Gumball Machine] I will attempt to address some issues experienced with the original. Sometimes the gumballs get into a position where they won’t fall into the holes, so I am adding an “agitator” to keep the balls moving until they fall in. If I can get this working, I will try to create detailed instructions and submit it to the catalog.