On March 6, 2006, 12:03 pm Chris Bacon wrote:
On March 5, 2006, 7:33 pm Lobster wrote:
That's certainly the grade and length of chain you'd expect for that
sort of job; but no, there's nothing like a locking pin anywhere.
It's actually one of the machines's disadvantages which I can see
immediately IMHO, which is that it doesn't collapse easily (ie you'd
need spanners and it would be awkward) like those proper Bell jobs
which sit on removable stands; ie, really it needs a trailer or van
to transport it.

Where's Chris P. Bacon when you need him!? ISTR he bought one of
these too?
David

You saved �70 compared to buying the same product from Tesco...
I'm glad you started this thread - I haven't put mine together yet!

Well, I retrieved the box from under the bench in my small workshop
(where I had moved it to, from the dining-room, in about 2008), and I
have put it all together. Looks nice now, back in the dining-room, where
I assembled it just now, with its nice orange glow.

Anyway, I've got a delivery of ballast coming tomorrow (and another one
the next day), so that will keep me busy shovelling and barrowing it
around the back nearer to where I'm making my bigger workshop. The
mixer's instruction manual says it can mix 100kg of concrete, which does
not sound much, being only about 40l of concrete in a 100l drum, so it
may take 25 mixers worth of concrete to the cubic metre... perhaps it's
possible to fit more than 40l in... 50l?

Is Lobster still about? I feel like Rip Van Winkle.

How much cement and all-in ballast should I use for each fill, by
volume?? I'll be having dumpy bags of all-in ballast and 25kg sacks of
cement.

This is for a floor slab which will (eventually) be about 6m x 5m, and
will have a concrete prefab on it, so C20-ish.

On 22/07/2020 22:35, Chris Bacon wrote:

How much cement and all-in ballast should I use for each fill, by
volume?? I'll be having dumpy bags of all-in ballast and 25kg sacks of
cement.

This is for a floor slab which will (eventually) be about 6m x 5m, and
will have a concrete prefab on it, so C20-ish.

My guess, which I forgot to post, is 1/2 a bag of cement = 12.5kg, plus
6 times that of ballast = 87.5kg total = 100kg plus abou6 6 1/2 litres
of water.

On 22/07/2020 22:44, Chris Bacon wrote:
On 22/07/2020 22:35, Chris Bacon wrote:

How much cement and all-in ballast should I use for each fill, by
volume?? I'll be having dumpy bags of all-in ballast and 25kg sacks of
cement.

This is for a floor slab which will (eventually) be about 6m x 5m, and
will have a concrete prefab on it, so C20-ish.

My guess, which I forgot to post, is 1/2 a bag of cement = 12.5kg, plus
6 times that of ballast = 87.5kg total = 100kg plus abou6 6 1/2 litres
of water.

For general purpose concrete I tend to do about 5 or 6 shovels full of
ballast to each of cement. (its easier to judge by volume rather than
weight when mixing from bulk bags IMHO).

Doing a full barrow full (I think my barrow is about 85L if you brim it)
seems about right for my mixer (fairly typical Belle) - it won't take
twice that anyway without slopping loads out the front as it mixes - and
1.5 barrows full is less useful in the end.


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John.

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On 23/07/2020 02:58, John Rumm wrote:
On 22/07/2020 22:44, Chris Bacon wrote:
On 22/07/2020 22:35, Chris Bacon wrote:

How much cement and all-in ballast should I use for each fill, by
volume?? I'll be having dumpy bags of all-in ballast and 25kg sacks
of cement.

Doing a full barrow full (I think my barrow is about 85L if you brim it)
seems about right for my mixer (fairly typical Belle) - it won't take
twice that anyway without slopping loads out the front as it mixes - and
1.5 barrows full is less useful in the end.

I have bought a beautiful new wheelbarrow, from Wickes of all places. A
Chillington County 120l, galvanised, steel wheel. Worse than useless
plastic handgrips, but they will pull off easily.

Re cement mixer... withe these cheaper ones where the drum's drive is a
gear on the motor's shaft meshing with slots in the pressed steel drum
itself, I assume it's a good idea to apply a quantity of grease?

On 05/08/2020 15:13, Chris Bacon wrote:
On 23/07/2020 02:58, John Rumm wrote:
On 22/07/2020 22:44, Chris Bacon wrote:
On 22/07/2020 22:35, Chris Bacon wrote:

How much cement and all-in ballast should I use for each fill, by
volume?? I'll be having dumpy bags of all-in ballast and 25kg sacks
of cement.

Doing a full barrow full (I think my barrow is about 85L if you brim
it) seems about right for my mixer (fairly typical Belle) - it won't
take twice that anyway without slopping loads out the front as it
mixes - and 1.5 barrows full is less useful in the end.

I have bought a beautiful new wheelbarrow, from Wickes of all places. A
Chillington County 120l, galvanised, steel wheel. Worse than useless
plastic handgrips, but they will pull off easily.

Re cement mixer... withe these cheaper ones where the drum's drive is a
gear on the motor's shaft meshing with slots in the pressed steel drum
itself, I assume it's a good idea to apply a quantity of grease?

Not seen one like that... does the manual have anything to say on it?


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Cheers,

John.

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On 05/08/2020 20:03, John Rumm wrote:
On 05/08/2020 15:13, Chris Bacon wrote:
Re cement mixer... withe these cheaper ones where the drum's drive is
a gear on the motor's shaft meshing with slots in the pressed steel
drum itself, I assume it's a good idea to apply a quantity of grease?

Not seen one like that... does the manual have anything to say on it?

Manual? What? What?? Pffft!

The instructions that come with it say about how to put it together, and
various mortar/concrete mixes, that's about it.

That's why I wondered whether Lobster still posts here (he bought one at
the same time I did), possibly crb, who bought a Machine Mart one
described as a "clone". They might have used theirs by now....