One of the most complicated Christmas presents I made was gumball
dispensers. The idea came from a Workbench magazine article, but
the design was my own. The frame was made from scrap cherry and
the sides from book matched 3/16" walnut. The finish was Tung
oil. Gum balls were added by swinging a little door aside in the
upper part of the front, where they sat in an angled hopper. When
a plunger was pressed on the top rear, a gate permitted one to
fall below the hopper's floor level, where they rolled out along
an inclined ramp.

While complicated, they were surprisingly quick to make in
quantity. I made 2 dozen easily in just a few days.

--
Nonny

You cannot make a stupid kid smart by
handing him a diploma. Schools need standards
to measure the amount of education actually
absorbed by children. Don't sacrifice the smart
kids to make the dumb ones feel good about themselves.