www.ferncometal. com << shows a new automated, towable model ram press
http://www.ferncome tal.com/products .htm << shows all the models he built
Hi again. Warren Fernsler built a manual cinva ram ceb from my
plans, and went on to create a hydraulic ram too, as manual is a lot
of work for most gringos... I often have people call me back after
building a manual press and ask where to get an automated one... but
if you look at Warren's website you can see what he did. he handles
steel and iron and is a pro welder so it was easier for him.
also Mike Gross at Terrablock contacted me years ago for the plans,
and went on to build several manual models for his very poor
customers in Russia and S. America who could not afford their fancy
automatic block making equipment. It was nice to see someone who is
the president of a very successful company take the time to use my
plans and create a low cost model;- he made me 25 video tapes on the
use- just a 5 minute how to clip, and I have given them all away over
the years, I wish I knew how to make a youtube clip or convert it
somehow.. I am sure I can pay a dvd company to do it
http://www.terrablo ck.com/
in any case these two men were able to build working presses.
as did Nils Gore- here is his University class project link.
The Mississippi State School of Architecture bought my planset in Feb
2000, and conducted a class to build one. Nils Gore- the professor who
built the ram- moved the site to KS state recently: See lots of photos
and excellent test brick performance data online at:
http://www.saud. ku.edu/ngore/ nilsweb/cinvablo cks/index. html
Cinva Ram type machine:
http://www.geocitie s.com/abonaccors om/Vene-Ram. html
also there are FOOT press block makers for the clay brick trade, a
heavy clump of clay is tossed into a table top mould, and a foot
presser caused it to squish into shape, not as copmpressed as cinva,
but maybe not a needed..
German clay expert Frank ANdressen made a simple hand held block model
that I attempted to replicate. it is simply a raised board & form,
the size of a block you want.. and a 4 sided rectangle the same size
as the board + 1/4 inch all arounf.
you plop the soft clay mix into the form let set up and press down on
the FORM itself to revealsperfect brick.. virtually no work and a fast
easy way to make a shape and set aside the block to cure like a
regular adobe. he had a Lid-tamper, you tamped on the clay as you
filled the form to keep it dense and smoothly packed..
it is hard to picture mentally, but just imagine you made an
open-bottom wooden form the same size of a common cinderblock ( plus
1/4" so it can slide over the block), and stood the form on top of
it. when you push the greased wood form down you expose the clay
brick and the form now surrounds the cinderblock.
the block is removed with a thin metal pancake flipper, or just slid
off, and left to cure.
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