That is truly amazing, good work! :D

Amazing project!

But… The Video is dead.

I thought I saw something like this several years ago on TechTV. Some college students converted a fridge into a drink mixing machine. Best part was that it had a touch screen interface to search through the recipes and the ability to alter the ingredient ratios. Plus, all the alcohol was stored in the fridge itself.

When is someone going to come up with a Barlek?

perfect hack for mardi gras day.

The spout is really sloped and non porous so the drops slide right out. Worse case, you get a drop or two.

jamie

While I appreciate the amount of work that has gone into it, I have 2 issues…

1. All the drinks share a communal diverter. That means residue from your last drink will probably be in your next drink. Not so much an issue with mixed drinks, but say you wanted a double vodka, neat and you had a high appreciation for vodka….

2. It isn’t really a mixer, it’s more of a “pourer”.

I’m surprised you didn’t go with a gravity feed on the bottles.

so, you guys gonna get out of the prototype world and start manufacturing these on a mass level or what? i’ve seen variations of these for years generally coming from the dorm rooms of engineers in college…but i have yet to see anyone properly take this beyond the dorm room — you would think this could be an essential piece of hardware in bars/restaurants/etc., especially now that so many of these venues would be able to better stay afloat in these hard times with an automated bartender who doesn’t require pay, breaks, sleep, etc. (and doesn’t pour free doubles for friends n pretty girls)

this is a practical product — you guys should step up and start marketing and mass production before someone else does…get an investor(s) and move your workshop out of your garage into a real prod. plant!

good stuff n good luck

I had considered the magnetic stirer, but stayed away from it because you either have to fish it out of the glass, or make sure someone doesn’t drink it.

As for having it pre-mix before it hits the glass, it could probably be done. I have been just giving people little stir straws.

jamie

as for dispensing them all at once, I guess it could be done in the code that Jay wrote…BUT, half of the cool factor is watching the thing work. Keep in mind that if I wanted to build a saleable version of something like this, it would be built very different. This one was built to mount to BaR2 and be highly mobile and fun at .con parties and have that “holy sh*t” factor when you roll in.

Sooo I just ordered 4 (will get more if they do what I want) FLOJET N5000 series pumps on ebay. Hopefully I can play with them next week when they arrive. Anybody else have experience with these?