Food Vending Machines

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Does anyone on here, particularly in the Houston area, do coin operated food vending machines? A friend of mine is looking for someone to place and manage a refrigerated sandwich/snack vending machine at his shooting range. He's also possibly interested in just buying a machine outright, and stocking it himself.

I figured I'd put the question out to our community first. I'm not sure how I became the expert on something know nothing about, but here I am! :)

Thanks!
 
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I would recommend against this.

Does he have a place for shooters to thoroughly de-lead/wash their hands before eating/drinking, otherwise this is a major lead contamination no-no.

I've been through high lead levels (lead poisoning) once.

Primary risks are through inhaling (vaporized lead, often lead salts from fired primers, but boiling lead can do it too) and indigestion (often contaminated hands that contaminate food/drink) and lastly, but a distant third, direct skin contact.

If he does do this, he would need to post no eating/drinking on the range and to wash hands immediately afterwards.

If this is a "table area" where you can clean your firearms, the cleaning of them will also cause lead contamination as well as any solvents being used (but those directly are non-lead, still not good for you) as cleaning often causes lead to be air board again as well as hand contamination.

But, if this is just food for on your way out, to each their own.
 
I would recommend against this.

Does he have a place for shooters to thoroughly de-lead/wash their hands before eating/drinking, otherwise this is a major lead contamination no-no.

I've been through high lead levels (lead poisoning) once.

Primary risks are through inhaling (vaporized lead, often lead salts from fired primers, but boiling lead can do it too) and indigestion (often contaminated hands that contaminate food/drink) and lastly, but a distant third, direct skin contact.

If he does do this, he would need to post no eating/drinking on the range and to wash hands immediately afterwards.

If this is a "table area" where you can clean your firearms, the cleaning of them will also cause lead contamination as well as any solvents being used (but those directly are non-lead, still not good for you) as cleaning often causes lead to be air board again as well as hand contamination.

But, if this is just food for on your way out, to each their own.

Thanks. I was a firearms instructor at this range for over 7 years, and am well versed in the problems of lead and lead residue. One of the reasons I quit was my lead levels.

I honestly don't know what his plans are for the machine, where he intends to put it, where people will eat, whether or not they will wash their hands and face, etc. I mentioned the potential lead issue to him when he made the request, and he said it wouldn't be a problem.

At this point, I'm just trying to help him find a machine. Beyond that, not my problem.
 
At this point, I'm just trying to help him find a machine. Beyond that, not my problem.

Than I recommend he goes to a few places he knows has vending machines right now and write down the Operator information from the vending machines. Give those guys a call to see if they want to put a machine in at his range.
 
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