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Milkshake Vending Machine (usefull and no mods)

Sometime ago I saw a vending machine in a SE workshop.
But I found it lacking in several ways. (It wasn't usable in space for one)

So I built my own versions with:
Artificial masses (to make it usable in artificial gravity)
A landing gear (to lock it to the ground and to reduce the power consumption)
The ability to vent any kind of item.
A "sold out" notice if the item storage is empty.
All controlled by a single button on the front panel.

P.S. Sorry for the censorship ;-)

Here is a example world with five machines
Survival ready and usefull Vending Machines

The other Blueprints are:
Coca Cola Vending Machine
Fanta Orange Vending Machine
Pepsi Cola Vending Machine
Mountain Dew Vending Machine

Requirements:
A level surface to achor the machine on.
A gravity field (natural or artificial).

Setting up on planets:
Place the machine with the bottom facing the ground
Press the button. This will lock the built in landing gear, anchoring it to the ground.

Setting up in space:
Place the machine with the bottom facing in the direction of the gravity field.
Press the button. This activates the built in artificial masses forcing them to the next surface.
Then press the button again. This will lock the built in landing gear, anchoring the machine to
the surface, and turning off the artificial masses again (to preserve energy).

Loading:
There are two, parly covered, conveyor ports accessibleat the right back side of the machine.
The lower one is for the reactor powering the machine. Put uranium ingots in there if the LCD panels go dark.
The upper one gives you acces to the storage of items to vend.
"Sold out" signs on the front panel will indicate when this storage is empty.

Usage:
Press the button.
Wait 1-2 second.
Collect the vended item from the indicated chute.
Enjoy your purchase.

Trouble shooting:
Sometimes the item to vent gets stuck (just like in the real world).
In such rare cases you can press the button again. This the will unlock the landing gear,
allowing you to shake the machine. This should be enough the rattle the item loose.
Another buttonpress will relock the landing gear, resuming the normal operation.

Credits:
Whiplash141 for his Image to LCD converter
King_Baggot for his Visual script editor
ronidude for the basic idea

Textures:
Pepsi and Coca Cola
from Papercraft items by MisterBill82 @ DeviantArt

Fanta orange
from a cgi render @ cgtrader

Mountain Dew
collage of several different photos

Milkshake
from a bookcover by Vanessa Estrella