Re: [papercreters] Plans for a 55 gallon plastic barrel mixer

That's an excellent idea! My 55 gallon electric mixer uses a 1 HP motor mounted on top, with a pull out frame that gets clamped in place. That way I didn't have to worry about a seal for the shaft entering the drum, and I can move it from drum to drum. The motor and shaft and bearings were evaporative cooler parts and the frame is made from bar and tube steel.

As you are building yours, take lots of pictures and notes for the parts list. Somewhere like Harbor Freight or Northern Tools should have a 90 degree drive that will handle 2hp.

Spaceman

drivedoctor wrote:

Hello Everyone,  I purchased some cheap ($6 ea.) used 55-gallon plastic barrels that  contained commercial diswashing detergent to build a papercrete mixer  and want to have the mixing blade come up through the bottom of the  mixer.  I want to build a platform similar to what Mike McCain has in his  1997 "Introduction to Fibercrete" video from DirtCheapBuilder.com.  McCain used a gasoline engine with a horizontal shaft that ran under  the platform to a 90-degree angle drive that powered an edger blade  in the bottom of the plastic barrel.  I initally want to substitue  the gas engine with a 2HP electric motor.  Are there any suggestions for some off-the-shelf parts to connect to  the electric motor or possibly used auto or farming equipment?  I've seen some small drive shafts for post hole digging machines  online a the Tractor and Supply Co. website (www.mytscstore.com) that  I think will work. But I'm not sure what use to connect the shaft to  at the bottom of the barrel.  Just a friendly note here... I'm really surprised as a group we  haven't come up with a set of "uniformed" plans where a person could  purchase off the shelf parts or used parts to make a 55-gallon drum  mixer.  This way all the papercrete newbies could quickly get their  hands wet making slurry rather than trying to figure all the  technical aspects of building a mixer.  As a group project, I would like to suggest we formulate a uniformed  55-gallon mixer plan and parts list and post it to the files section  of this newsgroup.  Mark in Oklahoma City      Yahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     mailto:papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com      mailto:papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/       

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