A Canadian man has created his own Zamboni machine to groom the ice on his backyard rink, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday.
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Alberton resident Leonard Fraser turned his John Deere ride-on lawnmower into an ice-grooming machine.
"I took it, put a nozzle on it, a garden hose with holes so water falls over (the ice), a level that just makes the flap go up and down, and a towel on back to smooth the water," he said.
"I made the rink this year, and I wanted a way to keep it smoother without the hose," said Fraser.
The California-based Zamboni Company sells a backyard model of its machine for about $8,000, however, Fraser said he didn't spend near that much building his contraption.
