The Post Imperial Shaker

This cocktail shaking machine is based on a turn-of-the-century machine called an "Imperial Shaker," and was built as part of The Touring Pop-up Sideshow Saloon event organized by the Peerless Prodigies of P.T. Barnum (FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/12751... ). Technically, this machine uses a flywheel driven by a hand-crank, which pushes a 'crank-slider,' or pivoting piston. At the end of the crank-slider is a carriage where two cocktail shakers live. The elliptical motion produced by the crank-slider lends itself to mixing cocktails, where a simple up/down motion would not stir the ingredients as much.

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[skabyss]

Guess its the most logical way to hide this gizmo's REAL intended purpose.

[eisv]

Ohhh sure, for COCKtails... I see what you did there!

[ZephZhang]

Well done :)

[FIREBUGphill]

Just a question (great work by the way), wouldn't it be more effective if the drive shaft was on the outer most part of the flywheel? rather then right near the center, or would that stop the cocktail clashing into itself properly for mixing?

[Bollatic]

That doesn't look like a cocktail machine.

[fiddlerspal]

So nice to see advanced technology used to further the advancement of mankind!

[signboyy]

Q already invented this for james bond years ago

[MrRtkwe]

Needs to shake FASTER! I was hoping to see something closer to a paint shaker in vigor.