Filling forms 

Drying the blocks 

Fresh blocks 

The New Mixer

Did you know for instance that the differential must be COMPLETELY filled with heavy weight oil. Good thing I filled it up. The weight lifting machine became the welded part of the frame. Then I added a 1" think piece of plywood for the barrel to sit on. Then crawl inside and screw the barrel to the wood. Tip it upside down and fill the gap with bondo.

The new and much improved mixer

Alt Homebuilding - PaperCrete - Other Things

Well my new mixer is finished. Today I made 4 batches. I now have over 75 blocks. It will still take awhile to get enough blocks to start building. I need to open my cadd program and add the extension on the house then let that program calculate the number of blocks that I will need. Right now I have blocks that are 3' long 12" wide and 6" deep. I also have 2'x1'x6 and a couple that are 6'x12'x6. I have also finally figured out how to build a slip form ( yep the one I have is built wrong) live and learn I guess. I will try to post some pictures tomorrow. But you know as long as the sun is shining I will be outside making blocks. OH, I almost forgot. I made the drain hole 10" on the mixer. That little 4" hole was the pits.