I own a Seaga VC6000 victory snack machine, that I operate at my place of employment. One of the things I was having problems vending were small Slim Jim’s, as the patrons would shake them out of the machine. I designed in 3-D printed a guide rail, that holds them upright, and prevents them from falling down at the end of the spiral
You will need to print out two middle sections, and one front section. Sand off any excess on the stud, and clamp and glue all three pieces together. Once assembled, the rail extends approximately 13 1/2 inches. And can be drilled to the side of the existing sheet-metal guide, or secured with glue or double sided tape
I’ve affectionately entitled this project the "eat me rail" in homage to the late 90s Slim Jim commercials
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Printer Brand: | Dremel | ||
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Printer: | 3D20 | Shop for this item | |
Nozzle Used: | Micro Swiss .4mm Nozzle MK10 All Metal Hotend Upgrade Kit | Shop for this item | |
Rafts? | No | ||
Supports? | Not required | ||
Infill | 35% | ||
Shown Printed in Filament Color | Solutech Real Black 3D Printer PLA Filament 1.75MM PLA175RBLK | Shop for this item |
Sand off any excess on the stud, and clamp and glue all three pieces together
This design, as well as previous designs, was done in Autodesk’s free 123D design. This is now an abandoned piece of software, that I am still very proficient in. You can download its last revision for Windows (2.2.14) here, but understand that the online cloud storage option no longer works.
The .123dx file may contain sketches, solids, or both needed to render the final STL. and is included to ease part modification for your purpose.
The STL file for slicing (print 1)
The Autodesk 123D Design file that generated this part
The STL file for slicing (print 2)
The Autodesk 123D Design file that generated this part
ALL file and pictures