Wonka-Mobile lather machine

[deighaingeal]

Has anyone here watched the 1971 original Willy Wonka and thought that the Wonka-Mobile would make a great lather machine. When they are putting along it amazes me the amount of thick rich lather and protolather created by this interesting machine. I was thinking, if I wasn't taking classes this summer, I would be tempted to make a miniature lather machine styled after this wonderful gadget. Ok I may be insane.

[BladeRunner001]

I would buy it...then, if you are crazy, what does that say about me ?

But then again, going to the moon was crazy too, heh??

Go for it buddy

Has anyone here watched the 1971 original Willy Wonka and thought that the Wonka-Mobile would make a great lather machine. When they are putting along it amazes me the amount of thick rich lather and protolather created by this interesting machine. I was thinking, if I wasn't taking classes this summer, I would be tempted to make a miniature lather machine styled after this wonderful gadget. Ok I may be insane.

[deighaingeal]

Well class doesn't start until monday. If I spin the main cylinder out of brass...
How big could I get away with? Maybe use a dental mold mixer, they are heated, cylindrical and have a mixing mechanism. Oh and only cost $15,000!

[BladeRunner001]

You will need to do some serious cost cutting buddy if you want any chance of capturing some market . Scuttles cost how much? $20-$60. I even posted something for lather warmer that costs $10-$12 here.

Hmmm ...Let's see...how to get from $15K to <$10??

Well class doesn't start until monday. If I spin the main cylinder out of brass...
How big could I get away with? Maybe use a dental mold mixer, they are heated, cylindrical and have a mixing mechanism. Oh and only cost $15,000!

[wvloony]

Has anyone here watched the 1971 original Willy Wonka and thought that the Wonka-Mobile would make a great lather machine. When they are putting along it amazes me the amount of thick rich lather and protolather created by this interesting machine. I was thinking, if I wasn't taking classes this summer, I would be tempted to make a miniature lather machine styled after this wonderful gadget. Ok I may be insane.

ompa ooompa dopadedo, ive got another riddle for you

[deighaingeal]

At $15k I'll even throw in a nice handtruck so you could wheel it around your house! At prices this low I'm practically giving them away!

[deighaingeal]

I think I figured it out. There are commercially available soap foamers that are made better than the cheap pump foam soap at the market. They are stainless mesh and compression chambers. If I cycle the cream through a couple of times it would be closer to lather. I may have to incorporate a finer mesh and higher compression chamber then it would work.
Then a dispenser for cream and water with a variable ratio control for different creams. I would have to mark the ratios for some favorites. Which means testing. Which means begging for samples.
Then comes a heater or cooler for some guys. Variable temperature control. It needs to work fast.
Ya I can do it, but not in the double digits. But at least it wouldn't be $15k.

[BladeRunner001]

That is an interesting concepts. To be sure you will to control for the following too:

1. Make sure that the cream doesn't break down in composition going through all these stresses (especially at higher temps). Quality control can be done using a combination of methods...I have friends with access to Mass Spectrometers...I have you covered here buddy . just make sure you send me; a) sample before going into machine, and b) sample coming out of the machine.

2. Calculate your "cream" loss...what you put in will not be what you get out the other end...you will incur losses. To control for this, you may want to use microfluidic pumps or approaches .

3. The lines need to be cleaned for each cream type/mix...otherwise, you are asking for trouble

4. You need to use material that will be "neutral" towards creams...you don't want lead or other stuff leaching into the creams.

All of a sudden, this becomes a full-blown R&D. Let's see, we'll need some venture backing for this