big block of ice?

Thanks for the heads up!

Good call :slight_smile:

jamestown is def a bit of a hike, but yea if you know where i can get some big hunks of ice cheap/free that would be awesome!

so the molds were kinda smallā€¦ still lookin for somethingā€¦ someone told me try tops?

Just spoke with my ice guyā€¦just the block is $50

hmmm that the best price he can do? i hate to charge for shots, but maybe like $1/shot to try and recoup some money from it? does that sound fair?

I know this is a bit lateā€¦ but you can take a rubbermade tote of proper size and use another smaller tote/item to suspend in the water with tape or rope to form the luge. Iā€™ve done this before.

that would have been a good idea too!!

hereā€™s how I made mineā€¦(I made one quick to show you)
Itā€™s about 3 gallons of water.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/101_1411.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/101_1412.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/101_1413.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/101_1414.jpg

Then if needed, you can use a very warm rag to clean up the sides and lugeā€¦ or a torch

i totally would do thatā€¦ but im pretty positive it wont freeze in 5 hours, or will it? lol

hot enough water, turn up the freezer all the wayā€¦ maybe(probably not)

or better yet, the oppositeā€¦ add a ton of ice to the waterā€¦ that way less needs to freeze.

thats what i was thinkingā€¦ hmmmā€¦

I am totally interested to see the final product. Take pictures! LOL

Alsoā€¦ got a picture of what the heck the cup and carboard does blackout? I want to see the final product of that tooā€¦

why would you use hot water? that would make it take longer.

Itā€™s actually trueā€¦

hereā€™s a link of lots of reading
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html

Search ā€œMpemba effectā€ it is basically the theory, that under correct conditions, hot water freezes faster than cold.

Under further consideration, I concluded(above) that ice water would be the best for his situation.

EDIT- What he(Clean Baldy) said^^^

Iā€™ll take a pic when its doneā€¦ The cup was just used to weight the cardboard slide down. I did this one quickly so it wonā€™t look very nice, but it will be functional

are you making this right now?

if it freezes by 9pm you should donate itā€¦ to me. :slight_smile:

Where do you live. If it does freeze by then(which i doubt) Iā€™ll let you know. PM me your number.

holy balls, you live in lancaster?

::edit:: its only about 20-30 min awayā€¦ pmā€™d