This is a superb idea. I can see this setup more friendly in some situations due to portability, but I especially like the idea about draining the wet pulp and mixing it with cement. I am thinking this would allow for faster forms, which translates to being done more quickly with your project.
Ron I just bought the Two Man Auger shown below. I'm going to mount it over a 200 Gal Water Tank, on two rails that will allow me to move the auger from side to side or lock in the center. I may use the auger and I may just install a shaft with a chopper blade on the bottom or a series of chopper blades up and down the shaft. I'm going to mount the tank on a two wheel trailer made from the front axle of a Old Dodge Pick-up truck. I'll be able to move it from place to place without the need to pull it around to pulp paper. I probably will not mix papercrete in it at all, I'll just use it to pulp paper and cardboard, then dump or dip the pulp onto a screen and catch the water and reuse as much as possible. I'll then put the wet drained pulp into my mixer and add cement while mixing, after a time I'll add clay or clay and sand.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Ron Richter <ronerichter@...> wrote:
Bob,
Even though I don't shred my paper I do the same thing. In the kitchen are 2 trash cans one for NOT PAPER the other for PAPER. In the paper bin one will find discarded flyers, magazines, old books, egg cartons, and any soft paper (paper towels, tissues). Out in the woodshed is the box depository and newspaper. There also, is where the neighbors drop off prize bundles of newspaper or catalogs and such.
I cut all glued magazine backs off on the bandsaw (National Geographic (have staples too) and big catalogs) because they will wrap around the leading edge of the blade and reduce the effective cutting power. When this happens in a tow mixer you have to back up frequently, but they still wrap up the leading edge of the blade.
Ron
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