Janne Käpylehto took a chainsaw to a frozen lake in southern Finland and carved out his own ice carousel! He cut a near-perfect 40-foot circle, and then used a solar-powered outboard boat motor to power the spinning circle of ice. The ice must be pretty thick and heavy to stay level with a shelter, fire, and several people all on one side, although you can see it dip slightly as they jump across the circle. Käpylehto plans on building a bigger one next.
I’ve been planning to build an ice carousel for some time, but managed to do it in Lohja just now. I shot a video with aerial views and its gone viral. Total views more than 5 million. Next one will be a 50-meter giant with sauna, PV plant, electric outboard motors, stage and band.(Thanks, wordord!)
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A 40 foot diameter cylinder, 3 inches thick, would be 314.16 cubic feet of ice. Ice weighs more than 57 pounds per cubic foot.
So that's 18,000 pounds at just 3 inches. So yeah, we can assume it's "pretty heavy."
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