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They already had some of the equipment they would need for the project, including an air compressor and hose, so they spent $30 on a nozzle at Home Depot and got to work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs they explain it, their snow machine takes one tube for compressed air and one for water. The air expands and chills the water, creating droplets that freeze when they hit the cold air. Beyer and Borsch improvised a \u201cheat exchanger\u201d by creating an ice bath to cool the hoses and the water even further.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the night of Jan. 7, they were able to bring a belated white Christmas to the front lawn of Theta Xi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople passing by were confused at first,\u201d Borsch said. 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