Bar Monkey

[Hammerbot]

With everyone trying to have the Ultimate cab, perhaps someone should implement this into their cab....

http://www.barmonkey.net/

Personally, I am just hoping to find flipout cup holders for less than $15 each...

[gork]

I started building one after news of the original one broke. I completed the construction and wrote all the software libs necessary to work the pumps and the UI. I got about 1000 recipies entered into my database, but never actually completed work on the software... The thing is sitting right next to my vending machine conversion project. The two machines are nice compliments to each other; however the bar monkey stands unfinished.

[Stingray]

The only drink mine needs to dispense is beer. Come to think of it, there's plenty of room inside for a mini keg...  

-S

[NY_in_TX]

Sweet Idea.  I see ver1 had a keypad, did version 2 use a touchscreen? or just the keyboard.  

Alright Gork you need to give up some details on that thing.  Does it actually have kegs of Shiner and XX or is it homebrew.  Looked a little tight in there for anything other than 3 gal kegs.

Lovin the Shiner tap in any case.

ny

[gork]

NY in TX  : Vending Menace is a Royal Vendors GIII vending machine which began life dispensing Frutopia juices and then later powerade. It originally contained 12 bins that could hold cans or bottles. I modified it, removing half of the bins. Two shelves were added to support a half-barrel keg (your regular 15 gallon keg) and a quarter barrel keg (7.5 gallon). The vending controller is a custom microcontroller circuit I built to measure flow and control shut off valves. The end result is that it keeps its original function as a bottle and can vendor and also allows you to dispense kegged beer. The project took about three months.

The bar monkey is a completely seperate machine. I don't have any photos of it online even though the construction is finished.