Also they will be heavy and chunks will break off. If you haven't started making them yet and insist on uniform blocks you should make a form that will produce the desired result. I would say individual rectangles into which you pour the slurry. Then you have a piece of plywood or something that fits right down inside the form and apply some pressure. I wouldn't worry about the block sticking to the form if your form material is smooth. Papercrete doesn't like to stick to anything but itself.
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From: slurryguy@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:00:13 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Block cutting
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: slurryguy@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:00:13 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Block cutting
The issue I see with cutting them partially dried is that they are not done shrinking yet.
One of the primary reasons (but not the only reason) for cutting blocks is to get a consistent size and shape. If the blocks are going to still shink after cutting, cutting them while partially dried partially defeats that advantage for cutting them in the first place.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Othello English <ifilmswest@...> wrote:
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> Thanks again for that very important info...I knew someone who actually died from Silicosis it was sudden and unexpected, he was a construction worker...I wonder what would happen if I cut them partially dried...I'll keep the group posted after I fire up the operation in a few weeks...that chain saw is looking better all the time.
>
One of the primary reasons (but not the only reason) for cutting blocks is to get a consistent size and shape. If the blocks are going to still shink after cutting, cutting them while partially dried partially defeats that advantage for cutting them in the first place.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Othello English <ifilmswest@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks again for that very important info...I knew someone who actually died from Silicosis it was sudden and unexpected, he was a construction worker...I wonder what would happen if I cut them partially dried...I'll keep the group posted after I fire up the operation in a few weeks...that chain saw is looking better all the time.
>
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