there was a guy using one of thosse here at a KC festival, selling and making ice cream, had a good little business going, plus it was neat to see such an old engine running
I am an admirer of these old hit-and-miss engines and yours is in beautiful condition. Great job on the restoration, woodwork, and overall pulley assembly. My question is how do you know when the ice cream has cranked long enough. On any ol' hand cranked freezer, you can feel how stiff the mixture is. Since your White Mountain has a metal lid, you can't see the condition of the ice cream. Just curious.
@samgropler This is a hit & miss engine driving an ice cream freezer. You are correct in referring to it as a mixer. The wooden bucket contains a metal cylinder which holds the liquid ice cream mix. Ice is filled to the top of the bucket . Rock salt is then added to melt the ice very quickly. This slurry of ice and water maintains a temperature below 32 degrees. A batch of ice cream takes approx. 35 minutes to reach firm consistancy thus the term; Ice Cream Freezer.
@superharley06 These Hit & Miss engines helped replace man power. They would be belted to pump jacks to pump water to livestock tanks, separate cream, shell corn, grind meal, power grain elevators, cement mixers or run a shaft in a shop to supply power to separate pieces of equipment. Thanks for the compliment...it took a bunch of coordinated effort to see this project through.
TheMike1297: Thankyou for your details on your project. It will help me get started on my project. It will be a while but when i finish I will post you. thanks again..Ken
Beauiful
joey22877 4 months ago
there was a guy using one of thosse here at a KC festival, selling and making ice cream, had a good little business going, plus it was neat to see such an old engine running
dwp39 6 months ago
What are you cranking over (or tightening) to engage your whole assembly? Looks kind of like a C-clamp.
MattD1089 6 months ago
OMG that is a beautiful piece of kit
jamiegoddard4 1 year ago
I am an admirer of these old hit-and-miss engines and yours is in beautiful condition. Great job on the restoration, woodwork, and overall pulley assembly. My question is how do you know when the ice cream has cranked long enough. On any ol' hand cranked freezer, you can feel how stiff the mixture is. Since your White Mountain has a metal lid, you can't see the condition of the ice cream. Just curious.
Worrell057 1 year ago
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Worrell057 1 year ago
I've been wonderin what a hot and miss engine is.
SeaDollarsBertram 1 year ago
That's not really an ice-cream freezer, is it? It's a mixer.
samgropler 1 year ago
@samgropler This is a hit & miss engine driving an ice cream freezer. You are correct in referring to it as a mixer. The wooden bucket contains a metal cylinder which holds the liquid ice cream mix. Ice is filled to the top of the bucket . Rock salt is then added to melt the ice very quickly. This slurry of ice and water maintains a temperature below 32 degrees. A batch of ice cream takes approx. 35 minutes to reach firm consistancy thus the term; Ice Cream Freezer.
TheMike1297 1 year ago
@TheMike1297 Cheers, thanks for the clarification.
samgropler 1 year ago
@TheMike1297
The mix of salt and ice can achieve temperatures of as low as 0°F.
maytagtwin 9 months ago
What the shit am looking at
lambmaster27 1 year ago
what was this engine originally used on ? where would i find one? awsome setup
superharley06 1 year ago
@superharley06 These Hit & Miss engines helped replace man power. They would be belted to pump jacks to pump water to livestock tanks, separate cream, shell corn, grind meal, power grain elevators, cement mixers or run a shaft in a shop to supply power to separate pieces of equipment. Thanks for the compliment...it took a bunch of coordinated effort to see this project through.
TheMike1297 1 year ago
@TheMike1297 Thanks for the info.
superharley06 1 year ago
TheMike1297: Thankyou for your details on your project. It will help me get started on my project. It will be a while but when i finish I will post you. thanks again..Ken
kmorrow932 1 year ago
Perfect and beautiful set up!!
Jason1Pa 1 year ago
Nice work!
The engine looks great.
Bidone1967 2 years ago