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Hey Everyone,
Since most of you generally end up cooking for a party, or multiple people...I thought you might be interested in something that I have picked up recently - Ice Carving.
I am in no way an artist, but, fancy myself as an amateur chef...and since Chefs are the ones that commonly add ice carvings to their more prestigious events, well, you know it just had to be done.
Ice carving has also given over to making my carvings more "functional" (read: DRINKING), and most of them I have made since the original are artistic shot luges.
A shot luge is a great addition to a party - nothing better than a cooled drink going directly into your mouth (or if you are uppity, into a cup, then drank from the cup - to avoid putting your mouth where someone else's mouth has been...even though the alcohol will kill just about anything).
Here are a few pictures of the ice shot luges / sculpture I have done in the past.
#1 - MOST IMPORTANT - you will notice that I am SAFE. Dont just pick up a chainsaw unless you know what you are doing, and have all of the necessary safety equipment, PERIOD.
For a simple ice shot luge or carving, you will need a block of ice. Most ice houses carry "carving ice", which is clear, and doesn't have bubbles. This is very important for an ice luge, as the bubbles generally be in the center of the ice, and will melt through, rendering the "tube" drilled though useless - and will WASTE YOUR ALCOHOL!!!! The slow-frozen blocks of ice, eliminate this, and are more attractive anyway. Generally, they run anywhere from 45 bucks (at the shore, or near our ski house in the Poconos) up to 90 bucks (Near Philly proper...OUCH!). Blocks are usually 300 lbs, and will come wrapped in cardboard boxes.
A 300 lb block will yield 2 "regular" shot luges.
Here are pictures of a scribed whole block, that requires a diagonal cut, then nipping the tips off of each piece, plus installation of the "chutes", that you can do with a chisel, or a right angle grinder, with a sanding wheel attached. Very easy and quick to do:
Finished:
We had a Christmas party recently (I will duplicate this one for our Christmas in July party, in two weeks). straight lines, mostly with the chainsaw.
Rough Cut:
Installing shot funnel (with right angle grinder sanding wheel):
Installing shot chute (with a 1" spade bit), that continued down to the point of the branch, to drink the shot from the side:
Finished, with LED christmas lights:
Here is a Easter Island head that I did up at the ski house for a party...no luge chute, and in hindsight, I'll not do sculpture with out a luge anymore:
I'm in no way artistic, but, I'm OK with a chainsaw...
Since most of you generally end up cooking for a party, or multiple people...I thought you might be interested in something that I have picked up recently - Ice Carving.
I am in no way an artist, but, fancy myself as an amateur chef...and since Chefs are the ones that commonly add ice carvings to their more prestigious events, well, you know it just had to be done.
Ice carving has also given over to making my carvings more "functional" (read: DRINKING), and most of them I have made since the original are artistic shot luges.
A shot luge is a great addition to a party - nothing better than a cooled drink going directly into your mouth (or if you are uppity, into a cup, then drank from the cup - to avoid putting your mouth where someone else's mouth has been...even though the alcohol will kill just about anything).
Here are a few pictures of the ice shot luges / sculpture I have done in the past.
#1 - MOST IMPORTANT - you will notice that I am SAFE. Dont just pick up a chainsaw unless you know what you are doing, and have all of the necessary safety equipment, PERIOD.
For a simple ice shot luge or carving, you will need a block of ice. Most ice houses carry "carving ice", which is clear, and doesn't have bubbles. This is very important for an ice luge, as the bubbles generally be in the center of the ice, and will melt through, rendering the "tube" drilled though useless - and will WASTE YOUR ALCOHOL!!!! The slow-frozen blocks of ice, eliminate this, and are more attractive anyway. Generally, they run anywhere from 45 bucks (at the shore, or near our ski house in the Poconos) up to 90 bucks (Near Philly proper...OUCH!). Blocks are usually 300 lbs, and will come wrapped in cardboard boxes.
A 300 lb block will yield 2 "regular" shot luges.
Here are pictures of a scribed whole block, that requires a diagonal cut, then nipping the tips off of each piece, plus installation of the "chutes", that you can do with a chisel, or a right angle grinder, with a sanding wheel attached. Very easy and quick to do:
Finished:
We had a Christmas party recently (I will duplicate this one for our Christmas in July party, in two weeks). straight lines, mostly with the chainsaw.
Rough Cut:
Installing shot funnel (with right angle grinder sanding wheel):
Installing shot chute (with a 1" spade bit), that continued down to the point of the branch, to drink the shot from the side:
Finished, with LED christmas lights:
Here is a Easter Island head that I did up at the ski house for a party...no luge chute, and in hindsight, I'll not do sculpture with out a luge anymore:
I'm in no way artistic, but, I'm OK with a chainsaw...
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