CrookedChris
Well-Known Member
Just a heads up that Target, in my area at least, has their ice cream machines on clearance.
Picked up the one linked below for $17. About the same price as a 12VDC wiper motor but without the hassle of scrounging up an AC/DC converter. The motor's about 200W or about 1/4 hp. I'm hopin it'll be strong enough to stir the mash for a 6 gal batch. I can get it to stall out by holding the drum that the motor spins but: 1. I think the force it gives should still be enough to stir the mash. 2. The directions imply that it's designed to stall out when the ice cream gets to a certain thickness which makes me wonder if there's a little tinkering I can do to give it a bit more umph. I'm going to try to use it as is and only start hacking it if it doesn't work without modification. The big challenge now is deciding how to couple a stirrer to the motor. The coupling on the motor isn't to user friendly if not used as intended.
Rival Ice Cream Maker Bucket : Target
Picked up the one linked below for $17. About the same price as a 12VDC wiper motor but without the hassle of scrounging up an AC/DC converter. The motor's about 200W or about 1/4 hp. I'm hopin it'll be strong enough to stir the mash for a 6 gal batch. I can get it to stall out by holding the drum that the motor spins but: 1. I think the force it gives should still be enough to stir the mash. 2. The directions imply that it's designed to stall out when the ice cream gets to a certain thickness which makes me wonder if there's a little tinkering I can do to give it a bit more umph. I'm going to try to use it as is and only start hacking it if it doesn't work without modification. The big challenge now is deciding how to couple a stirrer to the motor. The coupling on the motor isn't to user friendly if not used as intended.
Rival Ice Cream Maker Bucket : Target