Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Mixing blade idea

Friday, April 30, 2010

[papercreters] Re: Mixing blade idea

I'm pretty sure an angel grinder will run way too fast for that to work, and fast enough to have a nasty outcome as soon as it spins up.

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Ron Richter <ronerichter@...> wrote:
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> Spaceman,
> Yes let us know how it turns out.Â I have destroyed 3 blenders (one cost $189.00 new and shipping to Alaska was $44.00) trying to get the testing started on the r value of soft and fluffy versus compressed PC.Â I bought a 10A Dewalt angle grinder and last week I was in Anchorage chaperoning our Native Youth Olympics team and got to a hardware store where I picked up a 5/8" X 11 coupler for attaching a rod to the grinder spindle.Â If the chain system works well to pulp paper it will be a safer rig for me to use in the school (I won't have to do all the mixing myself as I envisioned with a blade).Â Thanks for the find Bob.
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> --- On Wed, 4/28/10, Spaceman <Spaceman@...> wrote:
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> I have been considering a chain flail for shredding paper. This looks
> like it might work for mixing papercrete. For more viscous liquids it
> appears to mostly mix in one spot, requiring movement of the chain
> around the edges of the bucket and throughout the mix. It may be more
> suitable for a hand held mixing method like the drill he is using in
> the video. Maybe this wouldn't beat you to death like a rigid blade
> attached to a drill. I think I saw a piece of threaded rod a couple of
> days ago, and I have some pieces of chain. No promises, but I think I
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> Although I said blade, it is not a blade, it is a chain. I
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> I believe the length could be increased to 6" on each side of the shaft
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