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General Category => Toy Makers => Topic started by: crusty59 on May 24, 2010, 04:17:21 pm

Title: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: crusty59 on May 24, 2010, 04:17:21 pm

This is one of Steve's plans. Thanks Steve. Everyone who comes in my house wants to play with it

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Post by: Marshall on May 24, 2010, 06:01:42 pm

Great job here , just love it > so cute ...............Marshall

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Post by: Dawie on May 25, 2010, 09:29:54 am

Crusty looks nice. This is still on my to do list.
David

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Post by: budprine on May 25, 2010, 08:34:57 pm

Looks good.  The wood, not the gumballs.

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Post by: Dan on May 26, 2010, 01:37:14 am

I really like that project. Gumballs are great fun.

Dan

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Post by: cloetpatrick on May 26, 2010, 02:08:01 am

 ;) Ha! I Prefair candy, the box I made more than fifteen times, all sold, thank you Steve! ... Nice work, crusty59

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Post by: Russ C on May 26, 2010, 04:54:57 pm

I have thought about making some of those for my grandkids. Nice work.  8)

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Post by: shissta on June 17, 2010, 08:11:29 pm

Looks great.  I need to make one for my nephews.  They would love it

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Post by: BilltheDiver on June 18, 2010, 10:14:39 am

Good Job!  I made a few for my Grankids and dyed them with cake decorating dye dissolved in alcohol.

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Post by: Russ C on June 18, 2010, 10:31:06 am

Good job, I like the colors.  8)

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Post by: crusty59 on June 18, 2010, 06:05:06 pm

they look great. I was thinking of painting them different colors

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: BilltheDiver on June 18, 2010, 08:22:04 pm

Thanks guys.  Crusty, I thought of painting them to, but I felt it might be better to use a food safe product since they would be in contact with the gum (at least inside).  I read somewhere else about using cake icing dye mixed with alcohol and decided to give it a try.  I gave them to the kids at Christmas and they haven't faded yet.  I made them out of poplar, so the colors are a little blotchy, but it seems fairly appropriate to the project.  I have had several requests and have made a few more since then and everybody seems to want the colors.  I think your in natural wood looks great to!

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: GrayBeard on June 25, 2010, 05:56:01 pm

Those all look great! I have them on my list for next week.
RE: food color in alcohol...any precautions or just go with my 'gut' as far as mixing?
How about storing any leftover color? Seems cheap enough to pitch rather than try to store.

~~~GrayBeard~~~

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: BilltheDiver on June 25, 2010, 11:19:55 pm

I didn't use regular food coloring.  It is the coloring intended to use is cake icing.  You have to make it a little stronger than your first impression, but it is inexpensive and I haven't found it worth saving.  Perhaps if you were dying a whole bunch of projects, but I usually only do a few at a time.

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: crusty59 on July 20, 2010, 08:38:33 am

I read somewhere that if you take waterbased acrylic paints and really thin them out, it will give you the same affect as staining them. I am going to try it

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: rockalolo on January 15, 2011, 11:28:49 am

hello, i can't see that  what's happened
thank you

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: frankorona on January 25, 2011, 07:42:09 am

?qu? pas?, por qu? no se ve la imagen si fu? un dise?o de Steve?
Me gustar?a ver el trabajo.
gracias

What happened, why not see the image if Steve was a design?
I would like to see the work.
thanks

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: dunk on January 25, 2011, 10:24:26 am

Hmm why were the images removed?  I thought they were Steves design?

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: Russ C on January 25, 2011, 11:08:00 am

Steve has posted this information before, pictures that are uploaded to the forum are deleted after 30 days to help save space on the server and keep the speed of the forum from slowing down.

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: frankorona on January 26, 2011, 08:37:02 am

Thanks for the reply, but I'd like to see the picture again, again thanks in advance

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: tux_linux on January 26, 2011, 08:44:51 am

Click me hard! (http://stevedgood.com/community/index.php?topic=4382.0)

regards
Torsten

Title: Re: Gum Ball Machine
Post by: dunk on January 27, 2011, 10:02:51 pm

Thanks for the reminder Russ.  I forgot about the cleaning service that comes through.  <wink>