10-Year-Old Built His Own Zamboni
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"It's boring using a hose to flood our ice rink and I usually get wet from a leaky hose. So I built a zamboni that tows behind my little brother's tricycle," says Roger Helminen, who built the ice-smoother "for fun" and as a science fair project.
Helminen attached a mop head to the back of the trailer. "It's just two pieces of boards put together in a ęT' shape. They're hinged to the back of the trailer. I attached cloth strips to the bottom crossbar that drag over the water as it comes out," he says.
A rope runs back over a wood bracket to raise and lower the mop, as needed.
He uses a milk can on the trailer to carry water to the pond. "A piece of hose with a shut-off valve on the milk can siphons water out of the milk can and the mop spreads it. You can stop the water by turning the valve."
He entered the zamboni in the invention portion of the science fair and earned all the possible points for the project.
Mom Margaret Helminen says Roger is always asking questions, experimenting and inventing new things.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger Helminen, 57501 Cambria, Calumet, Mich. 49913 (ph 906 337-2784; roger@designotype .com).
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10-Year-Old Built His Own Zamboni AG WORLD 29-6-21 "It's boring using a hose to flood our ice rink and I usually get wet from a leaky hose. So I built a zamboni that tows behind my little brother's tricycle," says Roger Helminen, who built the ice-smoother "for fun" and as a science fair project.
Helminen attached a mop head to the back of the trailer. "It's just two pieces of boards put together in a ęT' shape. They're hinged to the back of the trailer. I attached cloth strips to the bottom crossbar that drag over the water as it comes out," he says.
A rope runs back over a wood bracket to raise and lower the mop, as needed.
He uses a milk can on the trailer to carry water to the pond. "A piece of hose with a shut-off valve on the milk can siphons water out of the milk can and the mop spreads it. You can stop the water by turning the valve."
He entered the zamboni in the invention portion of the science fair and earned all the possible points for the project.
Mom Margaret Helminen says Roger is always asking questions, experimenting and inventing new things.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roger Helminen, 57501 Cambria, Calumet, Mich. 49913 (ph 906 337-2784; roger@designotype .com).
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