Power Concrete Mixer
Eases Home Improvements
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just right for a one-man
job. It'll mix concrete
as fast as you can spread
and smoot
ATEW spare hours spent built
ing this mixer will save’ vou
‘many’ hours with
when you tackle
or barbecue
Though its capacity is small, the
mixer is no bottleneck on the job.
1 get through more bags of cement
fnless time than I did with a rented
auarter-bag job. The T0-gal. drum
{8 a type commonly used for soa,
fountain syrups, paint and. bakers
supplies, ‘Mine is 15” in diameter Sanee
and stands 18” high, Cs elects teat
In or out of doors. The con SPEED-
venient handlebars permit you to
voll it like a hand truck, and easily ae
fet through a basement doorway
The front legs of the frame cos
stand ina shallow form when you
Pour, eliminating the need: for a
chute or wheelbarrow.
Construction, A ight welder,
electric dil and hacksaw are the
tools youll need. "Materials can
come from a phumber'sserap pile
X" and %° pipe, and afew sho
Pieces of "rod. The mixing blades imonen
ae bent from l6-gauge shect steel Senses
and bolted tothe inside of the
from at a slight angle in the diree- gem,
a mixing hoe
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Vebelt drive. Power ig transmitted through
& speed-rethiction. shaft. mounted ‘on yoke
Tumbuckle adjusts tension of belt runing,
from motor. ‘Other belt nist fit closeMaple beari
graphite, support drum shaft Stee
trunnions. 1
ance point so drum swings up.
tion of rotation to toss the mix tow
bottom of the drum.
Speed-reduction shajt. 4%”
diameter ball bearing is housed in
cap to support the pulley: shaft
assembly pivots on 1%
the yoke cross members
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