Well, when I installed the new blade and started filling the mixer, leaking water helped me find a new hole a couple of inches above the bottom on the side towards the dome. The hole is the right size for the blade to have passed through lengthwise, but I haven't found the piece of metal yet.
Lesson learned - check your blade for stress cracks every few hundred loads, or more often to be safe. If it'll penetrate the side of my mixer, I'm sure it would hurt if it hit a person.
The new blade is more of a " V " shape, with the bottom blades left flat and the top blades bent upwards. They are welded at 90 degrees to each other, too. It worked well on the first load. It seems that the top blade shoots the material into the bottom blade, moving the mix more efficiently than the single blade ever did.
Spaceman All opinions expressed or implied are subject to change without notice upon receipt of new facts.
ken bolin wrote:
Hey now ya got some rebar in there. It is creepy, let us know how the blender idea works been thinking about that myself.__._,_.___
Spaceman <Spaceman@starship-enterprises.net> wrote:Yesterday afternoon I emptied my mixer to find that half of my blade was missing! I did notice a little vibration while mixing, but attributed it to a lump stuck on the blade, as sometimes happens. No hole in the side of the mixer, and the missing part is nowhere to be found, so I assume it is in the wall that I am slipforming.
It was a 20" lawn mower blade that has been in use for over six years, well over five hundred loads. I just got home from a hardware store where I bought two identical blades that I plan to put in an "X" configuration to see if I can get more efficient mixing. I'll also bend one of the blades upward to resemble a blender blade.
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