I greatly appreciate your 'out of the box' thinking. I specifically
like the idea of a more portal system that is not dependent on a whole
car and trailer as a tool. Synergizing from your idea perhaps a
lawnmower, or other type of small engine could be adapted. Besides the
torque factor, there is the other factor of gravity that I have been
wrestling with. The beauty of the axel-barrell-blender system is that
it is located on the bottom which allows for truly effective
processing of the paper pulp (which has its specific challenges) and
homogeneity of the final composition...which is very important for
uniform strength and load baring walls. The ideal would be to find a
system that doesn't need seals for a bottom-up stir system. Just some
thoughts.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "synergialearning" <tweistar@...>
wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever thought of using an outboard boat motor for mixing? It
> would fit easily on the side of a 55 gal drum. I know that some are
> air cooled so they wouldn't need to suck in water for cooling. They
> are geared for high speed not for torque though, so that would
> probably kill it right there.
>
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