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Ice box
« on: November 15, 2021, 11:35:33 am »
Made a ice box for when things hit the fan.
Use water froze in plastic bottles so can rotate them.



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Re: Ice box
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2021, 01:23:25 pm »
Very nice construction.  Good Job

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Re: Ice box
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2021, 01:26:08 pm »
Should be about done using that for the year  ;)
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2021, 01:34:32 pm »
Thanks Jason, Nick it would be used in the winter if the power goes out.
Ya can freeze the jugs of water outside and rotate them in the house as they melt. 
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2021, 04:21:35 pm »
Quote from: Pitchy on November 15, 2021, 01:34:32 pm
Thanks Jason, Nick it would be used in the winter if the power goes out.
Ya can freeze the jugs of water outside and rotate them in the house as they melt.

Ah, clever! Then the bears won’t get into your snacks  ;)
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2021, 03:08:56 am »
Quote from: Pitchy on November 15, 2021, 01:34:32 pm
Thanks Jason, Nick it would be used in the winter if the power goes out.
Ya can freeze the jugs of water outside and rotate them in the house as they melt.

Im from Rochester NY but for 2 seconds i Did w9nder how u would get the jugs going.  I live in San Diego now so took a minute to put two and two together! 

U could also get the blue squares freezer pacls from Wal-Mart that freeze and line the sides with them using a cargo net or sides although theres a volume/mass trade off and im sure the jugs would last longer.

Great hardware choice and super effective latch.  Keep showing us your handiwork. 

also . Havent seen snow in 4 years!

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Re: Ice box
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2021, 03:25:59 am »
my icebox wont keep anything cold. Future ideas for you.

1920s but curio convert in 1980s

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Re: Ice box
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2021, 10:36:31 am »
Thanks Jason looks like a nice curio, the bottles of water work good and ya can store away bunches of them.
Hopefully never have to use it.  :)
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2021, 11:08:32 am »
  I remember the iceman giving my friends and I chunks of ice to
enjoy during the summertime.  I also remember iceboxes in stores
that were made for soda bottles only.  The real key to keeping it
all cold is the water bath you put the ice into, after draining a
bit of water out.  The tank that held the water bath was bigger than
the ice blocks and held more 'cold' than just an ice block.  I suppose
you could 'harvest the cold' with bottles of water frozen outdoors
and put one or two in your fridge.  You would save on electricity.

Keep in mind that, except for labor and transport costs, ice water
from lakes is FREE!

Just a thought,
Wayne
 
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2021, 11:58:42 am »
Thanks for the reply, when i was a kid my Grandma had a ice box that they would get ice from town that was cut from the lake and stored under saw dust in a building.
They didn`t have running water in the house just electricity, hand pump in a shed and a cook stove.
They had a out house and chamber pots in the house for those cold winter nights.
I`m thinking most people would be quite miserable in those conditions now days.
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2021, 01:07:55 am »
Well done!
Reminds me of my grandma's icebox as well. 
Only she got the ice delivered every week, from the local "village freezer", which also served as an ice plant.
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Re: Ice box
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2021, 06:18:37 am »
Thanks Jan.  :)
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