Backyard Zamboni - Version 2

Version 2 of the homemade backyard ice resurfacer - almost as good as a real Zamboni! Our skating rink is now 45x80'. I took the old machine and stripped it down to the last nut and bolt, sandblasted each part and repainted it. The scraper blade was redesigned. It does a great job shaving off the bumps in the ice and leaving a smooth finish. We have a great time figure skating or playing hockey on this rink!

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• Zamboni
• ice
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• skating
• rink
• homemade
• backyard
• winter
• hockey
• skate

[bubbsy7]

Not gonna lie, this is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[web4deb]

@bubbsy7 You have to get out more! ;-)

[Bert2368]

Put an auger and intake at the edge of the scraper, leading to a pipe routed past the exhaust to melt the collected slush- pump the melted ice chips into the tank! Never run out of water... Won't need to clean up with a shovel anymore.

[web4deb]

@Bert2368 I think I'll stick to using a shovel. ;-)

[CPD0123a]

I meant after that, when it just shoves a lot of it off to the side.

[web4deb]

@CPD0123a ah, I understand. I just drive it around in a circle and keep pushing it near the side, then run around the rink with a shovel and scoop it up. ;-)

[verve44]

This makes me want to go play pond hockey right now.

[web4deb]

@jacksonhobbs1 Thanks....that's my kid. LOL

[Yaotzin51]

So cool! Great job!

[web4deb]

@CPD0123a that's about what I did...took a 4' piece of steel bar and beveled it to 45 degrees then mounted it to a frame so it just scraped (shaved) any of the bumps on the ice. Worked great!

[CPD0123a]

@web4deb NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could tell it was an old lawnmower, but just not how hard after the thing was gutted. As for the problem with the shavings, I'd take a sheet of thin metal and mount it at ice level on the edge of the blade to catch it. (Just round off the edge or sharpen it on one side to help it grab the snow and not just push it) Whether it'd actually work or not, I don't know, but I'd think it is worth a shot.

[web4deb]

@CPD0123a it's just made from an old lawn mower.  It was probably $20 in steel for the blade. Everything was salvaged. If you can weld, you can make one!