Re: [papercreters] Re: S blade- vs McCains Scissor blade

If I have to cut it out of one of my 24" buzz saw blades I am going to have a S shaped blade.  I would rather make it from a couple 10" table saw blades. I can get damaged ones free.   That sizzor blade looks like it would do great work in a drum mixer but I am building a 250 gallon tow mixer. I do have a LOT of 55 Gallon steel drums though.   Alan in Michigan --- On Wed, 7/25/12, Charmaine Taylor <charmainertaylor@gmail.com> wrote: From: Charmaine Taylor <charmainertaylor@gmail.com> Subject: [papercreters] Re: S blade- vs McCains Scissor blade [1 Attachment] To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 2:12 PM [Attachment(s) from Charmaine Taylor included below] Hi Alan,  years ago the making of an S blade was a long and unsuccessful process with each person reinventing the wheel, and many had systems that didn't work after all the expense ($300 was an average cost as I recall) Mike McCain went on to  create a very simple chopper system for  drums, and showed it in his vdieo... {no longer avail, I am trying to get it into DVD format,}   A friend bought a set of these  blades made from simple welded angle iron and big screws. I took pics of it disassembled.  Will try to explain: It has a W shaped base of  3 welded angle iron pieces about 12" tall with a  bottom cross piece. Short pipe is also welded to the 3 angle iron tops that a metal rod passes thru.  I called it a "scissor blade" because the short cutting  pieces swept past the fixed  W   like scissor blades do to cut. then 2 short pieces each of angle iron are welded  to a pipe piece with a hole for a bolt to pass thru to grip a  solid rod. the  W lays  across the bottom of a drum,  the short pieces sit between the  W to spin  and when tied to a power source the short  pieces spun independently and chopped an entire drum full in  less than 2 minutes.  Mike stopped selling the  blade sets, he was too busy on bigger projects, and he encouraged others to just build their own.     I know someone with a little skill could have them made.  May I attach   photos to this email? if not will try an upload to the  folder. -- Charmaine Taylor/Publishing & Elk River Press PO Box 375 Cutten CA 95534 www.papercrete.com   Attachment(s) from Charmaine Taylor 1 of 1 Photo(s) sbladeD2.jpg

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