Single Serving Ice Cream Maker

Step 7 Set it... and forget it!

Ala Billy Mays... add the top on to the mixer, and I used a AA rechargeable battery to power the motor. A little electric tape and put the corresponding wires on each end of the battery. The mixer should start turning as you do this. Take the mixer and place in the freezer. I'm not sure how long a battery would power this. At first I was checking it about every 15 minutes to make sure it was still powered and still operational. After the first hour I went to half-hour check-ins. After about four hours in my freezer, the spindle slowed down significantly. I'm not sure if this was a power issue, or because the ice cream was much thicker. I thought it looked ready from the outside, and tore everything apart. In retrospect, it needed to be left in a while longer, maybe with a fresh battery.

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Comments

[coniosis11]

..haha.... if you will make your cellphone battery as the motor's battery,Your Ice cream maker will be also called a blender so you can now make a FRUIT SHAKE in this summer !!! enjoy.... ask me if how to make a fruit shake.. ( with evaporated milk)

[docz]

Shouldn't you put ice and rock salt into the DVD case? If you have trapped air between the freezer and ice cream mixture it is going to take forever to freeze.

[mikesum32]

Clearly, "Set it, and forget it!" is a Ron Popeil saying. ;-)

[yokozuna]

By the way... think Ron saw this and murdered Billy out of jealousy? You know how those Hollywood types can get!

[yokozuna]

True... but have they ever been seen in the same place at the same time? Me thinks not.

[mattbomb]

I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! AND I LOVE YO FOR SHARING IT MAN THAT IS AWESOME AND GOING ON MY BUILD LIST!!

[kalabog76]

hmm... instead of batteries, a flat wire would do connected to a 12v DC power source ...

Nice what you did with gears, lower gear ratio should provide enough torque to stir the ice cream when it is almost hard.