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Hamster Ball Ice Cream Maker

Step 2Modifying the hamster cage

Modifying the hamster cage
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Basically, this whole step is to lead you to make a water proof hamster ball.

Basically, all you have to do is:

1. Unscrew the screws on the ball

2. Get your glue-gun and heat it up.

3. Fill in the breathing holes with hot-glue.

4. be sure to make a little glue border on the semi-spheres.

5. Also be sure to make a glue border by the entrance of the ball.

6. screw it back together

7. make a little glue border around where the two semi-spheres meet.

8. After that, make a glue border on the cap and than another glue border on the container by the cap.

9. Since i can't figure out a better solution (thats where you come in, suggestions gladly appreciated), test to see if the container is reasonably water proof. If it stand the test just by it being still without leaking, try rolling it a bit to see if anything happens.

10. If its leakproof, clean your metal containers and put your ice cream in there. Just in case, put some duct tape on the covers of the metal containers and once placed inside the ball, put some duct tape on those holes.
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2 comments
Jul 3, 2010. 3:59 AMmattbomb says:
take the lid of the cap and put a small bead of glue around the inside lip of the edge. if that doesn't work then make it thicker and thicker untill it fits snug and water proof
May 20, 2006. 3:06 AM_soapy_ says:
To check it is waterproof, simply see if it floats in a bath without letting water in.

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