[RKDinOKC]

Be careful of the cheap ones with the wooden bucket. Got one as a gift, it was electric or crank, but only made ice cream once. The wooden slats were varnished and hence didn't soak up water and swell so leaked so badly it wouldn't freeze ice cream. Found it was from Walmart. Re-gifted it to the good will.

The freezer I picked up yesterday was at Bed Bath and Beyond. It is electric and the wooden bucket is plastic lined. Will have to see how it does.

From when I was a little kid until our styrofoam bucketed freezer broke a few years ago, we made ice cream every 4th. Well, I guess it's really frozen custard because our recipe uses eggs and you cook it to thicken before freezing.