Gatorchatter Gumball Machine

[TLB]

I'd ask why you painted it Auburn colors, but we already know.





Does appear to have great quality work, though. I'll give you that.

 

[Zambo]

Is that lead-based paint? If so, I approve.

 

[oxrageous]

I'd ask why you painted it Auburn colors, but we already know.

I would think you know what the colors are for our Gators, but you've been getting quite senile.

 

[PCGatorAlum]

I think it looks cool.

 

[MissouriGator]

Nice!

 

[MJMGator]

Fix this one up next.

 

[Towels 'N Sporks]

Wow that is actually pretty badass. Nice job.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Now, go find some gumballs made around 1978 for freshness.

 

[cover2]

“Tuscarora!”

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

“Tuscarora!”

 

[soflagator]

That’s really cool, Ox. Believe it or not, I had a grandfather who was in the gum-ball and stamps business for close to half a century. I still have an old one buried away that is a 1 cent machine. Weighs about 75lbs.

As GW said, the trick now is to find classic gum balls—pure sugar, flavor gone in under 5 minutes, and green that actually means “lime”, not watermelon or commie sour apple.

So this is your best fix up to date.

 

[divits]

Playing with another man's junk again I see.

 

[oxrageous]

This isn't on par with my other restorations.....I didn't even bother to film any of it. It's a modern machine, I just took it apart, painted it, and put it back together.

In the background you can see my 1936 butcher scale - THAT was my best restoration to date, and over 225,000 views on YouTube backs that up. This one video got me 2,100+ subscribers alone.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Fix this one up next.

...and make sure you work in the slogan: "Ribbed for her pleasure".

and I wonder ...exactly what was in 'A Grab Bag of Sexy Surprises' anyway?

 

[flaxxy]

In the words of our dearly beloved shark humping coach, purdy kewl.

 

[wrpgator]

Outstanding. Good detail.
Orange & Blue runs deep, everything is improved by these colors.

 

[gatormandan]

The only thing I've ever restored was a rusty M7 bayonet that I found embedded in a tree in Grafenwoehr.

I spent many days there. Lots of fun..

 

[oxrageous]

Two minutes in: God, is this ever tedious. Who would watch this??
Twenty-nine minutes in: Me, I guess.

That was oddly mesmerizing.

That was me, watching these kinds of videos for years. Finally I just decided that I would do it myself. There's a tremendous satisfaction watching something old and forgotten be brought back to life.

I replaced the little spring in the lug-locking mechanism in the handle of the bayonet, because the old one was corroded. @oxrageous did you replace the spring in that scale, or is that the original one that you put back on at the end?

When you're restoring something is it acceptable to replace parts such as springs that are subject to wear and tear, or no?

All original parts went back into the scale, which still worked perfectly after 83 years. It would be acceptable if it was a part that was no longer functioning or unsafe, but if the original part works there's no reason to change it out. The more original the better.

By the way, I have 14 more videos. Watch every single one of them or face a ban.

https://www.youtube.com/c/OneMansJunk/videos

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Playing with another man's junk again I see.

Well played sir, well played.

 

[soflagator]

There's a tremendous satisfaction watching something old and forgotten be brought back to life.

Was this meant for the Paul Pasqualoni thread?