My Willys 3A and 3B Community
Your Projects => Non-Jeep Projects => Topic started by: garage gnome on December 29, 2012, 07:08:16 PM
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For Christmas, I got a White Mountain ice cream freezer for my ice cream engine project. It is a '27 2HP Fairbanks-Morse. The rig is a perfect setup. The belt that goes from the jack shaft to the freezer slips when the ice cream is done, so no timer needed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFChGRXzi6U
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/4D2BD91E-6EAD-461E-BBCF-0BF046A5352A-1923-0000042D44BB8599.jpg)
This is a half gallon of maple walnut ice cream with no walnuts yet. The end result came out great!
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx125/willyscjmj/6CE3CE16-AF04-4DBA-9491-62B7C914411E-3164-000007EAA6BA2544.jpg)
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YUM!
If you weren't so far away I'd ask if there were any left (fat chance with ice cream).
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Haha, I've been making some just about every other night. There's plenty to go around!
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Now that's just cheating. I remember trips to my Grandparents house where I was the designated cranker. I didn't get any ice cream if I didn't do the turning. In hind sight, it was a pretty good deal. Home made ice cream is the best.
Awesome set up!
Tim
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I'm not going to sit there cranking that thing for a half hour when I have these nice engines that can do it for me. 8-) My arms are plenty strong. ;D
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OK, here's the 64 dollar question.
How much fuel does it take to turn out a batch of ice cream? ;)
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OK, here's the 64 dollar question.
How much fuel does it take to turn out a batch of ice cream? �;)
Excellent question!! When I was the cranker, the fuel needed was a slab of ham and some mashed potatos!!
I suspect the Hit and Miss is somewhat fuel efficient. Lots of centrifical forces at work...am I right GG?
Tim
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Haha, I don't know know how much fuel it actually consumes, but I know it isn't a whole heck of a lot. That engine is throttle governed, so it is firing most of the time. When the throttle plate is completely closed, it is kind of like a "miss" cycle. My guess is, it is better on gas than a modern briggs. :o And it has the cool factor. 8-)
I know my 6 horse Famous doesn't use squat. That stupid thing will run for 2 hrs with nothing in the tank. I haven't been able to figure that one out and I don't really care. ;D
In the future, I want to convert my whole engine collection to early IHC stuff. I'm thinking a nice little 1 horse Famous would be perfect for this rig. (http://www.smokstak.com/forum/images/smilies/music.gif)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ZzMwD0XpQ