RE: [papercreters] Wood Chipper for papercrete

From what Donald Miller tells me the advantage to using cardboard is that the fibers are longer. So perhaps chipping would cut them too short? I too am interested in your results as I am now using cardboard. I have no chipper but soak it for a long time in water which works well for me. So far I have been very happy with the cardboard. Now I am also considering using clay soil in place of cement. If I do that the new project will be very low cost.

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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: Spaceman@starship-enterprises.net
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:55:56 -0600
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Wood Chipper for papercrete

 

I would like to know the results of throwing your paper and cardboard into a chipper. That is something that I have been discussing with friends lately, but nobody has a chipper to try it. Pictures would be great, too. How big is your chipper?

I think that after a trip through a chipper then your paper/cardboard should be mixable with a plaster blade on a drill, as well as any of the larger type mixers.

spaceman

thelandyachtaustin wrote:

With access to a wood chipper, is there a reason I should NOT use shredded paper/cardboard/etc (I can dump, for instance, cardboard boxes into the chipper by the palletload) as opposed to just dumping the unshredded paper directly into the mixer?

I've seen articles where people bemoan the use of cardboard because it's so difficult to "mix".  I would assume the use of a chipper would resolve this...unless there's a reason I'm not seeing for not using it.


  

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