Until a few days ago, I thought that all concrete mixers (apart from the mediocre plastic thing called an Odd Job Mixer) were powered, either by electricity or a gas motor.
But when I saw this one for sale, I decided to try it out. It's made like a conventional concrete mixer, but on a smaller scale - it will mix a good bucketful of concrete at one go - just the amount I need. You rotate the drum by grabbing either the rim or the handles at the base of the drum.
To my surprise, it worked (for concrete mix) very well indeed. I don't think it would be much good for Hypertufa, but then no concrete mixer is - the only way to make hypertufa is to put rubber gloves on & make like a pastrycook rubbing fat into flour).
It'd be interesting to find the name of the manufacturer, & when it was made, but the label on the drum is mostly worn off. Can anybody identify it?
Herb
Can you identify this Concrete Mixer?
I think it's solved
A poster in another forum has written that it was made by a firm called Baromix.
Baromix, I've found, is an English company that manufactures a wide range of powered concrete mixers - but no longer makes this one, so I guess it's a kind of antique. Antique or not, it works very well.
Herb
Baromix, I've found, is an English company that manufactures a wide range of powered concrete mixers - but no longer makes this one, so I guess it's a kind of antique. Antique or not, it works very well.
Herb
That looks to me like a lucky find! I remember seeing something like this in our neighborhood when I was a young'un. I hope you have many happy days mixing away to your heart's content!
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Herb,
Could you tell us a little about your concrete projects? I was playing with concrete all summer long and have made a few things, but I do not have any molds and they are very expensive, So I improvise.. how would you go about making the lantern without a mold, please elaborate..
Fran
Could you tell us a little about your concrete projects? I was playing with concrete all summer long and have made a few things, but I do not have any molds and they are very expensive, So I improvise.. how would you go about making the lantern without a mold, please elaborate..
Fran
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Fran,
It would take many pages to describe everything at once. To make molds for a lantern that has no curved surfaces, I've usually used plywood. On the other hand, if the lantern's going to have, say, a dome-shaped roof, I've often started with a basin or a wok that seems to be close to the size & shape that I want. One of the most useful that I ever found was a nylon kitchen mixing bowl that I found at a Salvation Army Thrift Store.
You can find some descriptive articles that I wrote and a few pictures at Chris Haan's site - http://www.geocities.com/chris_haan/lantern/index.html
Herb
It would take many pages to describe everything at once. To make molds for a lantern that has no curved surfaces, I've usually used plywood. On the other hand, if the lantern's going to have, say, a dome-shaped roof, I've often started with a basin or a wok that seems to be close to the size & shape that I want. One of the most useful that I ever found was a nylon kitchen mixing bowl that I found at a Salvation Army Thrift Store.
You can find some descriptive articles that I wrote and a few pictures at Chris Haan's site - http://www.geocities.com/chris_haan/lantern/index.html
Herb