--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Clair Schmidt <smt460@...> wrote:
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> Well 3 a min id like to see that smells a little like bs to me ,first you have to let the mix drain for a while.If you put the normal slurry in it will shoot out like a cow having a bad day.so 3 a min from what i see on his page ,im doutfull.Now getting the dryer mix into the chamber it has to drop a mesured amount in each time and every time.It does take a bit of time for the water to drain as well when you are moving the piston forward,and even then the water is coming out fast .I drilled around 150 holes to let the water out as you move the piston forward ,when we did the first test we flexed the 14 inch bridge beam while compressing so you need lots of holes or it will just shoot out any gap you have.I have some video of this its just getting edited right now ,will be doing a demo for my church and will video it with 4 cameras and will post it when done.The snow is melting fast now its a goo pit here till it drys up in a week or two. Hope this helps
> just my observations as i have actualy done it.Have a great easter weekend
> Clair.
Are you suggesting sales people may exaggerate? :}
All I can say is what they told me but he said they would offering another machine to make the mix and he did say you used a much drier mix , less than 15% water if I recall properly.
I will be interesting in seeing how your experiment works. 25k I think borders on ridiculous. It seems to be the big trick would be to build a machine to squeeze the water out before you make the blocks. I had envisioned a box that would take perhaps a third of a yard of mix and a beam mounted on hydraulic cylinders , perhaps from an old dump truck, to force the water out from holes in the bottom and then another piston to dump the mix out.
If you did it in great enough quantity it might be feasible to make the slurry , squeeze it out , and then dry it completely to be bagged.
Then you could transport it much farther and the duffer could use it without needing a mixer etc.
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