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Aside from better ice texture, block ice shavers tend to be heavier duty as well as faster in terms of output.

Grinding noises are usually caused by worn worm gears or donut gears. Please open your head cover to see if the worm gear (which is close to the brake) or you donut gear (located inside the gear box) and see if any of the teeth are bald or chipped.

Hi, I will be starting a series of pointers on what we believe creates a good Hawaiian styled shave ice. Of course opinions on the perfect shave ice may differ from person to person and store to store, but here is what we have learned over the years. Pointer #1 Use a block ice shaver . Best shave ic...

Welcome to the forums! Yes, this forum is fairly new and we are working diligently to input as much info as we can! Stick around and we will guarantee you will find some useful info towards starting up your business! Mahalo~

Might I add that clear ice also takes longer to freeze than standard block ice and is usually not produced in large quantities. The process I believe involved slowing taking out the gases inside the ice using a tube over a period of time to produce the crystal clear appearance.

Aloha, Greetings from Hawaii and welcome to our forum. Here you may receive and share knowledge regarding the shave ice industry. Shave ice may seem easy and simple from the outside, but there is actually much more to it than meets the eye! We hope that we could share our knowledge with you and hope...

Thanks for the write up kim!