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Self-Closing Float Dasher Churn: Floats That Open to Churn and Close to Gather
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6. Oktubre 2026NO
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Self-Closing Float Dasher Churn: Floats That Open to Churn and Close to Gather

Davis wanted one dasher that would churn "in the most effectual manner," then gather the butter and work out the buttermilk. Robert W. Davis of Rodgersville, New York, received US 7,233, dated 2 April 1850, for self-adjusting rotary churn-dashers. The dasher's fixed slats are set "at such angles as to force the cream toward the center"; movable floats hinged to its sides stand open when turning that way and move it outward, "which various and contrary motions so agitate it, that the butter is soon formed." Turned backward, the floats close on the slats so the outside forms "a uniform curve concentric to the axis," which throws the butter to the sides and bottom and presses it free of milk. This rung looks at the floats' swing, then prints the sides, slats and floats, assembles the dasher in a box, and makes butter.
Katamtaman
About 4 hours, plus printing

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The floats' swing

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A dasher that churns one way and gathers the other before it

The embedded blueprint reverses fixed paired blades to roll the butter up. Davis lets hinged floats change shape by themselves when the crank is reversed.
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Read US 7,233

"In order to gather the butter and work it, the dasher is then turned in the contrary direction, and the movable slats then closing the outside of the slats of the dasher form a uniform curve concentric to the axis and moving with the convex side foremost. By a few revolutions of the dasher the butter is thrown from the center to the sides and bottom of the churn box, and these gathered into a roll."
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Print the parts

Print two side pieces (/uploads/blueprints/self-closing-float-dasher-churn-side.stl), four fixed slats (/uploads/blueprints/self-closing-float-dasher-churn-slat.stl), four curved floats with hinge eyes (/uploads/blueprints/self-closing-float-dasher-churn-float.stl) and the crank arm (/uploads/blueprints/self-closing-float-dasher-churn-crank-arm.stl). Print in PETG at 0.2 mm layers, 30 % infill, 4 walls; wash before first use.

Mga materyales para sa hakbang na ito:

PETG filamentPETG filament1 piraso

Mga kailangang kasangkapan:

Limbagang 3D na FDMLimbagang 3D na FDM
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Assemble the dasher

Slide the two side pieces onto a 10 mm square hardwood shaft 148 mm apart and screw the four slats between them. Hang each float between the arms' knuckles on a 3 mm stainless rod as its hinge, so it swings open one way and lies against its slat the other.

Mga materyales para sa hakbang na ito:

Mga tarugong matigas na kahoyMga tarugong matigas na kahoy1 piraso
Bilog na Bara ng Malambot na AseroBilog na Bara ng Malambot na Asero1 piraso
Mga turnilyo ng makinaMga turnilyo ng makina1 piraso
Pandikit sa KahoyPandikit sa Kahoy1 piraso

Mga kailangang kasangkapan:

Lagaring Pang-metalLagaring Pang-metal
Set ng mga distornilyadorSet ng mga distornilyador
Lagaring PangkamayLagaring Pangkamay
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The box

Take a food-safe box about 230 × 190 × 200 mm. Drill both ends on the axis 100 mm up, pass the shaft through with a leather washer at each end, and glue the crank arm and a dowel handle on.

Mga materyales para sa hakbang na ito:

Sisidlan ng imbakan na antas pagkainSisidlan ng imbakan na antas pagkain1 piraso
Guhit na balatGuhit na balat1 piraso
Pandikit sa KahoyPandikit sa Kahoy1 piraso

Mga kailangang kasangkapan:

Walang-Kableng BarenaWalang-Kableng Barena
Hanay ng Talim ng BarenaHanay ng Talim ng Barena
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The build in 3D

FreeCAD model of this build, not of the patent: the box with one side off to show the dasher's side pieces, the fixed slats and the hinged curved floats, and the crank.
File ng DisenyoBLENDCC0 - Free
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Churn forward, gather backward

Let the heavy cream stand until it reaches about 15 °C, checked with the thermometer. Pour in 1.5 litres. Crank forward, floats open; time until the butter comes. Then crank backward so the floats close and the round dasher gathers the butter into a roll; draw off the buttermilk and keep cranking to work it, as he did. Pour off the buttermilk, add cold water, churn a little and pour off again until it runs clear; work in a pinch of salt and weigh the butter.
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Mga materyales para sa hakbang na ito:

Makapal na kremaMakapal na krema1500 ml
Magaspang na Asin sa DagatMagaspang na Asin sa Dagat1 piraso
TubigTubig1 piraso

Mga kailangang kasangkapan:

Termometro na naiiwang nakatusokTermometro na naiiwang nakatusok
Panukat ng OrasPanukat ng Oras
Digital na Timbangang PangkusinaDigital na Timbangang Pangkusina
Malaking mangkok na panghalo na asero na hindi kinakalawangMalaking mangkok na panghalo na asero na hindi kinakalawang
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Floats that won't open or close

Self-closing float dasher troubleshooting.

Flow

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History and honest limits

**Robert W. Davis** of Rodgersville, Steuben County, New York, received US 7,233, dated 2 April 1850. His drawing shows the dasher in a churn box with slats D strengthening it. He claimed "the self adjusting float or slat (C) which opens when churning the cream and closes of itself when the dasher is turned in the opposite direction to gather the butter." **Honest limits.** A food-safe box and printed parts stand in for his wooden box and dasher. FDM prints hold food in their layer lines, so wash well and replace when worn. Your times and weights are the result.

Mga Materyales

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Mga Kinakailangang Kasangkapan

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Mga design file

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Ang blueprint na ito ay gumagawa ng

CC0 Pampublikong Domain

Ang blueprint na ito ay inilabas sa ilalim ng CC0. Malaya kang kumopya, magbago, mamahagi, at gumamit nang walang pahintulot.

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