2019 - Volume #43, Issue #1, Page #30
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Gas-Powered Ice Cream Freezer
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“I take it to family events and small parties. People really get a kick out of it,” says Allan Isaac, Farmington, British Columbia. “The operator uses a foot pedal to start the engine. The way it’s designed is nice and compact, and the ice cream comes out perfect.”
He bought the model 72 washing machine engine, which came with a fuel tank and foot pedal as a one-piece unit, at an auction. The components mount at the bottom of a metal frame, which Isaac cut out of 14-ga. steel and 3/16-in. thick plate using a CNC plasma cutting table. A new 6-quart White Mountain hand-cranked ice cream freezer mounts on a shelf located above the engine. The engine belt-drives a series of pulleys that drive a paddle at the top of the bucket. Isaac welded a 3/4-in. socket onto the end of a shaft that runs through the top pulley, and also welded a 3/4-in. nut to the top shaft of the freezer to make a quick coupler.
“The engine runs at 1,800 rpm’s, but the pulley system and a jackshaft reduce the top pulley’s speed down to 50 rpm’s,” says Isaac. “It takes only 20 to 30 min. to make 6 quarts of ice cream.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Allan Isaac, 4031 Old Alaska Hwy., Peace River Regional District, Dawson Creek, B. C., Canada V1G 0J4 (ph 250 794-1416; adisaac@telus.net).
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