Drill-powered jackhammer ice pick takes bartending to the next level
Have you ever purchased a bag of ice only to discover that the ice had melted and refrozen into one solid mass? Have you ever endured a polar vortex and had to remove ice from your sump pump hose? You could use an ice pick for these common situations, but forcefully stabbing slick and slippery ice can be dangerous. Why not apply the fundamentals of a hammer drill to your ordinary ice pick to create a safer, more-effective jackhammer ice pick? In a recent video, YouTuber Cactus! Workshop demonstrates how to construct a drill-powered ice pick.
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Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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