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Water Wheel-Powered Ice Cream Freezer
A big wooden water wheel powers this home-built ice cream maker.
"I take it to special events, fairs, carnivals, and large parties. People really get a kick out it," says Mike Pettit, who operates "Mike's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Company" in Norwalk, Iowa. He operated the water wheel ice cream maker last year
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Water Wheel-Powered Ice Cream Freezer FARM HOME Food A big wooden water wheel powers this home-built ice cream maker I take it to special events fairs carnivals and large parties People really get a kick out it says Mike Pettit who operates Mike s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Company in Norwalk Iowa He operated the water wheel ice cream maker last year at the Clay County Fair in Spencer Iowa Made from wood the water wheel mounts at one end of a 4-wheeled rolling platform Water is pumped out of a tank to the top of the wheel The falling water causes the wheel to chain-drive a pair of sprockets that rotate a shaft on the ice cream maker which was originally designed to be hand-operated The ice cream comes out perfect says Pettit who sells the ice cream and other items out of a vending trailer that he sets up right behind the water wheel Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mike Pettit 1019 South Ave Norwalk Iowa 50211 ph 515 314-3168; mikeshomemadeicecream com
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