Where can i find a hand-operated concrete mixer? Or can I build one?
Question:By hand-operated I mean the drum is rotated manually through some lever/handle arrangement: No diesel or electric motor. Does such a tool exist? It should be capable of mixing up to 2 cubic feet of concrete.
Anyone can help?
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I always used a wheelbarrow and garden hoe.
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There was a device like a dustbin with internal fins that you roll along the ground to mix - DON'T TOUCH IT - they're rubbish! Even for that small amount of mix a mixer is best, but for 2 ft3 you could get away with a good old-fashioned shovel. Focus sells a mixing board at about £10 that'll stop the mix spreading all over your garden/kitchen wherever, and it can be washed off. It also makes agood undertray for your birdtable.
You want it in which location.
2 cft, of course you can mix it with shovel/blade on a level platform or sheet od steel/ board. What is more important is the measurement of weights of ingradients and particularly control of water.
by the time you build something to use , you still have to shovel all the ingredients in, spin it by hand and then dump it in a wheelbarrow to get it where you want it. so just mix it in the wheelbarrow and save your self some unnecessary work.
If you have a bathtup and a ho you can mix it there.
The only hand operated cement mixer is a hoe or shovel.
Years ago we used a "Cement Boat" which is a big tub, sloped on each end. You will have better luck using a wheel barrel or a sheet of plywood.
How much concrete do you need?
When I did my front walk, I called a redi-mix concrete place and because I needed so little, they gave it to me for free.
I had to be prepared, and at the end of the day when they drive back to their yard to dump what's left of their load, they would come by my house and pour out as much as I wanted.
To show appreciation, you must be ready and not keep the driver waiting for you. (they will not wait)
Most redi-mix places will do this.
yes.. yes... I believe one does exist its like 5 or 6 exhibits down from the section of the museum that contains the invention of the wheel exhibit.
The point is why in the world try this when you can mix it in a wheel burro. its a big enough pain in the A#$ mixing in a little electric mixer as it is. Besides do you realize how much 2c' of concrete mix weighs,with water added? imagine turning that by hand..your arms would be so tired you wouldn't have the strength to jack hammer out the batch of concrete you just made because it set up while you were mixing the next batch.
If you really want to make extra work for yourself why not quarry and crush the stone yourself too. wait..wait then you can also dig your own well to get the water for the mix..and ...wait... there's more.. you can mine and then smelt your own iron ore to fashion the tools to finish the concrete..
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Not familiar with such an animal. You can buy the one you roll around on the ground but they are a nightmare and you can only do one bag at at time. To turn 2 cubic feet of concrete by hand you would have to be Hercules, so I would recommend renting an electric mixer and saving you back and mind..
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