DIY Frozen Drink Machine

posted Jun 10th 2005 9:00am by Eliot Phillips
filed under: misc hacks

slush machine

Here’s something cool and refreshing just in time for the weekend and that wild Flag Day celebration you were planning. This is similar to the margarita machine that was circulating last month. They’re both based on garbage disposals. fixer’s design uses an external return pipe. It also uses a 4-gallon stock pot instead of the giant plastic drink cooler. I’m guessing this made attaching the garbage disposal a lot easier. Mentally you still have to overcome the fact that you’re drinking out of something that was originally intended to process waste, and a plastic drain pipe coming out of a chip board box isn’t going to make that any easier to stomach. He says it works great, but the lack of insulation probably means that it doesn’t stay frozen very long. It would be cool if I could turn that dewar we had back on the farm into one of these, wait

Read

Comments [20]

Reader Comments

woot lol im the first to say somthin

anywho,
i might try this over the shorts summer(time is going by so fast)i

Posted at 9:26 am on Jun 10th, 2005 by waseem

damn bro’,
I thought I was hooking you up with the G-Bong. I know it kept me pleasntly pain free when my wis teeth were taken out. And they had to cut away bone! Alot of it.
And you went and just dissed my post right off of the board.

thax for nothing! I hope you get dry socket!

Posted at 9:46 am on Jun 10th, 2005 by fNhm

Thanks for the post. One note about the return line, you can easily fill the box with packing peanuts for insulation like I did OR realize that if there is a problem with it not staying frozen you just aren’t having much of a party!

Posted at 9:47 am on Jun 10th, 2005 by fixer

I was the one that axed your comment. No matter how clever a gravity bong is, that isn’t going to fly around here.

Posted at 10:25 am on Jun 10th, 2005 by Eliot Phillips

eliot, maybe you need the g-bong.
don’t be such a square.

Posted at 10:50 am on Jun 10th, 2005 by fNhm

gbongs for all!!!

Posted at 1:21 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by plex

I’m pretty sure that PVC being used to deliver consumable liquids is dangerous. something about poison…

Posted at 1:28 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by dephyler

“I’m pretty sure that PVC being used to deliver consumable liquids is dangerous.”

Er, what do you suppose a 1/2″ pvc pipe is for if not plumbing? Teeny weeny spaghetti-string-poopie sewer lines?

Posted at 1:57 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by fixer

Something about using PVC pipe to deliver properly chilled and prepared poison is quite refreshing however…Well done!

Posted at 2:29 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by strider_mt2k

pvc is used in non consumable plumbing, like piss and shit filled water. look under your sink and your feed lines will be copper pipe, but the drains are more likely to be pvc.

Posted at 2:38 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by dephyler

While I’d not use PVC for my household potable water lines, it shouldn’t be a concern in this application. As long as the water isn’t static in the pipes for extended periods of time (weeks/months) the possible release of dioxin or other CDDs would be negligible. I’d be more concerned about the solvent and/or cleaners used to prep and fasten the pipes. There are potable-water-safe cleaners and solvents available.

Cheers,
Ed T.

Posted at 3:48 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by Ed Tapanes

Hmm, I’d want to read the label on that plumber’s putty though…

Posted at 3:53 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by Ed Tapanes

Here’s the site for the MSDS on the putty Ed:
http://www.herchem.com/msds/MSDS22_staput.pdf

and the specifications sheet:
http://www.herchem.com/specs/staput.pdf

Hope that helps.

Posted at 5:26 pm on Jun 10th, 2005 by fixer

Seriously, people. You’re worried about the *PVC pipe* being toxic? I’d be far more concerned about the garbage disposal unit- as it’s the only component that wasn’t designed with the slightest bit of thought put towards anyone drinking something that went through it. In all reality the garbage disposal is probably adding something unwanted… I certainly wouldn’t trust it.

-Stephen

Posted at 5:38 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by sgstair

I made it worked great, I am still living after drinking out of the PVC piping, only problem I had wad the 1/2hp motor getting hot and shutting off. next time I will make it with a 1hp motor.

Posted at 10:51 am on Jul 12th, 2005 by mIKE

This site shows the pipe routed from the exhaust port of the garbage disposal, but the acmetequila site shows the pipe routed from the dishwasher inlet port. Does it make a difference?

Posted at 5:00 pm on Jul 16th, 2005 by Rick

I really would love to see the Acmetequila site’s version, but they have removed it. :-( Can anyone send a copy to me? bbluvbasket@cox.net

Posted at 10:19 am on Sep 2nd, 2005 by BB

I guess no other plumbers are building these…pvc is made for drain waste vent piping, cpvc is made for potable water. All home centers carry the stuff…

Posted at 8:24 pm on Oct 28th, 2005 by Roland

i built one out of the water cooler last summer, documeted it in a pdf send me an email if you want our pdf plans.

Stuart1@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted at 9:18 pm on Feb 17th, 2006 by Stuart Macdonald

Kitmondo is an online marketplace for used plastic machinery and rubber
machinery including blow moulding, recycling, moulding, plastic lines,
extrusion, mixers & blenders, printing & finishing and thermoforming
machinery.

Posted at 6:55 am on May 20th, 2006 by richard

DIY Frozen Drink Machine

Recent Posts

Reader Comments

Leave a Reply

Hacks

Resources

RSS newsfeeds

Most commented on (30 days)

Recent comments