Or the terminals on one of the seven various automotive batteries you chained in series with box-wrenches for a repair in the field when you're about halfway down your second rod? Because gasoline/diesel welders ain't cheap, right?
My sincere congratulations - that is, without a doubt, the most half-assed cement mixer I have ever seen. Bonus points for the whole rig being self contained and self propelled, so that you can drive around and mix a load of sketchy cement anywhere on the property.
You're right. Your viewership has not been forthcoming about acknowledging its gratitude for your adjusting volume levels during grinding exercises. Thank you. It truly has been agreeable and appreciated. A true gentleman in mechanic's sheathing.
The perfect setting for a farmer weld is every knob turned to 11/10 of the scale and be sure to weld standing in the muddiest shittiest puddle of manure ever seen.
Proof of concept right before your very eyes. I'll bet that before the turn of the century that will catch on and there will be large trucks with those things on the back taking that concrete stuff right to the job.
Back when I was a young teen my Dad asked me what was my least favorite color. "Purple" I told him. 2 days later every tool handle in the shop was purple. Every single one.
The *best* kind of mentors: "Here's some advice that I've got for you that I'm not gonna use, and then you an' me, we're gonna fix my fuckup because I didn't do what I said we should do, and in the future, you'll always remember."
"Check fitment of the shaft" - proceeds with out checking - shaft doesnt fit in the field - we breathe on his collar while he tries to save the shituation Outcome: do what he says, dont do what he does
I work with a guy that is best described as 'gives good advice, doesn't follow it' knows more about fire alarms than all of the bosses in the office though.
Since y'all are finding out about good songs that were popularly covered, check out Drift Away by Dobie Grey. Cracker did it solid in the 90s, but the original is.. Well, I like it better, but my pic is a Bebop/Calvin&Hobbes crossover so temper your expectations accordingly lol
Keep running towards that light man, you have been one of my biggest inspirations. Can't begin to tell you how blessed we all are to share in your knowledge, and uhh atypical adventures. God bless you and if I ever head up to Canadia I hope to meet you.
It feels like tis been forever since we had a full video. Glad you're back! I would love to see an exploration video again soon either here or on chickadee or even a simple teardown of something weird like the old days but hey any content im happy.
This is it gentlemen , I think he finally lost what little he had left. We're entering a new erra of anxiety inducing entertainment with proportionally prominent pucker factor. Better double up on the safety squints.
Immediately reminded me of the wife and I when you started the mixer up for the first time. A little movement, a little glob and a bunch of tools being flung around like a bounce house.
I think traditional mixers use kneading. The inside fins pull the crete up then drop it at the top where it kneads down and then repeats. I think this side mixing idea might not work well since it leaves areas where crete can hide and not mix. I think a better solution would be to just mount a mixing bucket in the deere bucket and spin it.
There's only two ways of accomplishing anything: trial and error, or theoretical pre-testing. The former is seen as dumber, but the latter is no fun when you're drinking and let's be honest: that's what's important.
I give this a provisional Red Green seal of approval. It would have gotten a full approval but there ain't a single bit of duct tape to be seen. I about lost it with the tiny tractor Timmy bit. I had to stop watching his channel after a dozen videos or so. Still better than the old Wankerstar though...
You are almost there. A machine similar to what you have created has been used for years in the plaster and stucco world. There is always a support on the far end that holds the screw at the bottom of the trough to achieve complete mixing. Make sure and leave enough room for the largest rocks you will be mixing so they don't cause the screw to bind.
actually, that was/is a title to a book by erma bombeck, and I'd heard the phrase before then. it's been around forever. probably evolved from "over the last sh!thouse hole," in the days before indoor plumbing
@@paulg3336 It should come as no surprise that many here have higher levels of subject matter competency in a variety of fields and across disciplines. See y'all at AvE Fantasy Camp '22!
@@Gameboygenius That would be me. So now I have a conudrum...is I or ain't I a shitposter? Was hoping to get some good sleep tonight but now I don't even know what I am!
The sketch factor is strong with this one! Be sure to have your apprentice wear long sleeves when he reaches in to guide the chunkys into the spinamakthung. Power take off yer arm!
There’s already a bucket attachment that does this exact thing with a retractable openable whole on the bottom to let out the mixture, check out Andrew Camarata’s channel 👌🏼
Those ribbon augers are a disaster waiting to happen when they're constrained and supported. You'd be better off to weld some paddles onto a shaft and have it supported on the other end.
A pole throigh the center connected to the other side via bearing and a couple of paddles in a t configuration mabe 3 one in the center and the other 2 centered off the middle one. It would work perfectly! Love your show the concrete mixer is almost there! So close dont give up!
I've been thanking you for years for turning down the volume on your tools. I owe ya a beer for that alone. Fellas in the comments were telling me that was some automatic magic but I was not swayed, not me!
Your videos are like communiques from an alien world. I live in one small room. I rarely leave it. To make my living, I create "motion graphics" for corporations and advertising agencies. A world in which heavy equipment exists challenges my comprehension. Congrats! You won the "challenging comprehension" award.
Brilliant concept, and and it actually works. I loved the way old Archimedes screwball moved position when you changed direction. It was almost as if you hadn't tightened the motor bolts............
Hey ave i have Been watching your videos for very Long Time now... but Working at a concrete factory you can do yourself a favor fairly easy if you change the srew conveyer (which just conveys and does NOT correctly mix) against a Spikes Roller... you can easily build one yourself with a big Long and lots of small short pipes and a welder and the results will be extremly good :) greetings from a german concrete Factory :P if you have questions or Need dwg or dxf Comment :) keep your showel out of the mixer ;)
In a pinch, you can lay your pre-mix in the forms dry. Wet it, screed, finish. Poke around it, here and there, to make sure you got it all wet. I ended up doing that when the mixer broke right after getting started. Put it down in two layers to make sure I didn't leave any dry spots, bottom a little wet, top slightly "stiff." It worked. Can't find any difference between the first section I did and the one I mixed in the forms Read about this in an Ag Shop textbook. Amazing how something you read (mainly out of boredom) in high school can come to your rescue nearly 40 years later.
I have wondered if this would work. Seems like as long as you mind how much water you put in and make sure the contents of the bag don't separate it should work pretty well. Especially if you are only making a footpath or driveway on top of solid base.
The US Army used to have 30 years ago was a machine called a Concrete Mobile. The auger was in a rubber trough with one hydraulic motor and a big ole bearing on the other end. The auger was about 12 foot long and about 10 -12 inches in diameter with the blades, the shaft was maybe 3” in girth. One of my co workers bent the shaft and replacing it cost $10k. The sand, gravel, and water was adjustable, the cement metered out constant rate.
When loading a concrete mixer always start with water/additives before adding your agregates. Else you'll have a big clump of solid dirt that won't mix with the water and you will have to shovel it out. But then again, I've never used a hydraulic cement mixer... Only puny 1/2hp ones.
@2:30 "If'n you remember this part, it's time you move on to greener pastures, partner." Brother, that video was the one that subscribed me to your channel. What with the Swedish nut lathe, wife holding in your hernia, and sitting at the cool kid's table for doing it one handed while filming with the other....my that doesn't sound good a' tall! Loved the callback.
Well, guess we all need to get to pouring one, now... What with spring stirring your sap vigorously enough this year to achieve meringue... You were clearly foaming vigorously from un-specified orifice(s) as you went about composing your 2021 Magnum Opus, and it's barely June! You hit the top of that bell curve, your proverbial oven is cooling down now, the days of settling for half-baked at best are upon ye! Here's to watching the next 7 months of your 2021 ideas that will, inevitably, require adding additional entries to the "shade-tree project midwife's guide to complications of birth" handbook... Cheers!