- 1). Label the wooden disks 1, 2, 3 and 4 with a pencil.
- 2). Set the top of a glass canning jar on the top of the wooden disk labeled 1. Draw around the top of the jar with the pencil. Repeat this step for disk number 3.
- 3). Place a hole saw attachment into the power drill and drill a hole into wooden disks 1 and 3. Set the wooden disks aside.
- 4). Take the cut piece of wood from one of the wooden disks. Drill a half inch hole that is half an inch from the center of the wood. Drill a quarter inch hole into the side of the wood.
- 5). Place a half inch drill bit into the power drill. Drill a hole half an inch from the middle of the three remaining wooden disks.
- 6). Drill a quarter inch hole into the side of wooden disk number 3, so that it intersects the top hole. Expand the hole three quarters of an inch on each side.
- 7). Drill a half inch hole into the side of wooden disks 4 so that it intersects the top hole. Make a mark half an inch from the edge of the side hole. Cut a groove from the center hole to the mark using the router. This is the exit chute for the gumball.
- 8). Apply one to two beads of wood glue around the edge of wooden disks 4, 3 and 2. Stack the wooden disks in order from 1 to 4. Insert the small wooden disk from step 4 into the center of disk 3.
- 9). Apply wood glue to the end of the 1/4-inch dowel. Insert the dowel into the hole in wooden disk number 3 and the wood disk insert.
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Attach clamps to the wooden disks and then wait for the glue to dry for at least five hours. Remove the clamps and sand the gumball base with the sandpaper. - 11
Add mini gumballs to the jar and then place the base on top. Turn the gumball machine over and place it on a table. Slide the level to get a gumball out of the machine.
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