Sunday, February 19, 2006

5 batches

Well, I have finished making a tow behind mixer. took awhile. Actually had to buy wheels and tires for the axel. Used a 55 gallon steel drum and "bondo" forgot to put in the baffle for the first 2 mixes. Then I rewatched the video and fixed the problem. The first two mixes were expermints. 2 shovels cement and about 40 pounds of paper. Free poured out buy the shed.

Today after watching the videos for about the 3rd time I think I finally got it right. 2 shovels of cement weighs about 14 pounds. 14 pounds of paper and 2 shovels of sand. Now that fills up my barrel. Time to go for a very slow 2 mile drive.

So I made a 12"x12"x8' form takes two batches to fill it. Then I made a 6'x6'6" form to make "brownie" blocks. It got dark at 3 fills and I think it needs one more fill. Looks like I will not be able to cut it till tomorrow sometime.

I am pouring on top of carpet. The water drains off great and leaves me a pretty grey fill. I chopped my 8' log up into 3 sections. Tomorrow I will stack them and see how they hold up.

I already know I will be cutting my 6'x6' form down to 2'x6' it's 8:40 PM just took the form off the 6'x6' form and it is holding shape nicely. tomorrow will cut out the blocks.

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