Meccano Fruit Machine

[slotalot]

Meccano Fruit Machine (Slot Machine)

[coin-op]

Very impressive. As I watched it I thought ''he didn't knock that up in five minutes'', so at the end when he says it took him ten months I could well believe it. Some thought went into it too!

edit : Found this info
http://www.selmec.org.uk/gallery_model_ ... b07e014ebe

[treefrog]

This does look fun, I am not sure I kept enough of my Meccano to complete one myself. Looks like this has been popular with Meccano clubs for a while, as per the below brochure for the Midland Meccano club from 1999 for sale on ebay,,,

MIDLAND MECCANO MAG

[pennymachines]

Meccano Magazine chronicles many other examples:
Automatic Weighing Machine 1916
Automatic Coin-in-the-slot Mechanism 1928
Penny--in-the-slot Machine 1930
Penny-in-the-slot Mechanism 1938
Penny-in-the-slot Mechanism 1948
Penny-in-the-slot Mechanism 1952
Penny-in-the-slot Weighing Machine 1952
Automatic Ticket Machine 1953
Jukebox 1953
Penny-in-the-slot Gift Machine 1959
Automatic Ticket-Issuing Machine 1962
Penny-in-the-slot Matchbox Machine 1963
Coin Changing Machine 1965
Coin Operated Xylophone 1967
Rolling Coin Slot Machine 1968
Electronic Automatic Ticket Machine 1971
Coin-operated Car Park Gate 1971
Penny Pusher 1976
Also a Smartie Winning Slot Machine Crane from the Meccano Society of Scotland in 2000 and Brian Ashton's Meccano Allwin featured in the Arena.

The chap who made the Meccano Steer-A-Ball has also made an ingenious and generous candy dispensing crane: