Gumball Machines

Quick Reference Sizing and Vend

Published February 17, 2012 | By Glendon

Some people have trouble evaluating which vending item to use with which wheel. They don’t know witch items work best with the candy wheel compared to the gumball wheel. If you use the wrong item with the wrong wheel, the machine will just keep spilling candies until the globe is empty, making a complete mess in the meantime. Nobody wants to clean up 3,000 little rolling gumballs, so we made a quick reference chart of our most popular item sizes along with the vending amount released per single spin of the coin mechanism. The Candy Wheel has six different settings to control the size of the vend release which his also detailed below.

Gumball Wheel		Candy Wheel
Item Size	Qty. Vend	Item Size	Qty. Vend
1.00 (850 ct)	1	.76 (1900 ct)
.925 (1080 ct)	1	1^st Setting	3-4
		2^nd Setting	3
		3^rd Setting	2
		4^th Setting	2
		5^th Setting	2
		6^th Setting	0

		.62 (4800 ct)
		1^st Setting	8
		2^nd Setting	7-8
		3^rd Setting	5-6
		4^th Setting	4-5
		5^th Setting	3
		6^th Setting	2

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General Vending Wheel Uses and Sizes

Published February 14, 2012 | By Glendon

Your Classic Gumball Machine comes equipped to dispense various items with different vending wheels. The following is a basic guide to the different wheels and what items are used inside them. There are two different kinds of wheels. There is a gumball wheel (and riser) and an adjustable candy wheel (without riser.) The gumball wheel (with riser) dispenses gumballs from .62” up to 1” in diameter. The gumball wheel (without riser) is able to dispense a slightly larger 1.1” acorn capsule. The adjustable candy wheel is able to dispense items from .50” to .62” is size and can easily be adjusted to control quantity.

Gumball wheel with brush plate and riser

1” gumballs or 27mm bouncy balls
Good for items .76” (1900ct) to 1.0” (850ct) in diameter

Gumball wheel with brush plate without riser

1.1” acorn style toy capsules

Candy Wheel with brush plate

Good for items .50” (8500ct) to .62” (4800ct)
To adjust the quantity, simply adjust the flywheel into the multiple grooves on the underside of the main wheel.


Fully Open	Adjusted Quantity

As you can see, your gumball machine has the ability to dispense a variety of items of different shapes and sizes. Choose an item, the corresponding wheel/brush plate and your machine will begin to show potential!

We are here to assist you any way possible so feel free to visit www.gumball-machine.com or call us at 866-648-6225.