same question but that i want to put the axle end into the mixer so that /i may raise my mixer off the ground more. I wander if I can water proof the axle end sticking into the tub. Mine would be powered from the other vehicles rear end so It would be stationary mixer getting ready to start the build. Thanks Michael
--- On Sat, 8/13/11, Grant Slayton <slaytonfarms@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Grant Slayton <slaytonfarms@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Eric B. Randall's PTO Mixer
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 5:16 PM
Thank you for the insights. I will put in a tap on monday. great idea... Rusty
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Eric Randall <eric@eric-randall.com> wrote:
Hi Rusty,
I machined a piece of Teflon to fit snugly on the shaft, then, as an extra precaution, on top of the tank I cut a hole in an old rubber tire tube and secured it to the tank with a metal gasket-type thing I found in the bearing section of Tractor Supply (see photo below). I used countersunk screws to minimize protrusions that would catch paper pulp. Underneath the nut I put a square piece of 1/4" plate that would allow me to screw my modified lawn mower blade to.
One thing I didn't do but might be nice to do before you mount your tank, is to drill and tap a hole in what will now be the top of your transfer case. This will allow you to refill the lube, as the standard refill hole will be on the bottom of your transfer case after you mount it.
The real trick is in fine-tuning your cutting blade so it both cuts paper and sheds it, yet also angled so it can keep a tank full of paper pulp moving and getting pulled into the cutting blades path.
Best,
Eric B. Randall
At 09:48 PM 8/11/2011, you wrote:
Due to the overwhelming response to this post. I will attempt it in another version.
I am in the middle of making a OTO driven mixer similar to, if not a clone of Erik Brandalls. Has anyone some across issues that I need to address in the build portion of this particular project? More specifically to the seal between the tank and gear box? Though any suggestion or "don't repeat my mistake" type advice would be deeply appreciated.
On a side note I have put a four deep caliche filled tire foundation in so far. I was going to do a PC form on the first layer as my tire wall resemebles a camels back in places. Then PC block the rest. Using old oilfield pipe as a rafter system with Cotton-trailer walls as a primary roof form for a PC roof fill.
I have most of the materials on hand, with the afore mentioned foundation already back-breakingly done.. Just starting my PC portion.
Thanks in advance,
Rusty Slayton.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Rusty S" <slaytonfarms@...> wrote:
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> I was planning on making a PTO Mixer similar to the one you have pictured in the photos section. What type of gear box are you using here and how are you sealing it from water? I was going to make something similar but was affraid that the brushhog gear box I was going to use would fill with water as it is upside down.
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> I look forward to hearing from you.
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> Rusty Slayton
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