The slide has a one inch hole,push in to load pull to dispense. gravity feed. Work great for M&Ms or small jelly beans, even peanut mms. Candy slides down the trough into the small bucket. Under the bucket in the wood base is a 3/4 inch magnet glued into the wood. The bucket has a1/4 washer guled into it so the bucket will not slide out of place. Both bucket and base are drilled with 3/4 inchflat bottomed bit to hold the magnet and washer. Reed