Cob: bicycle powered cob mixer

[j. gann]

I'm not sure that cob is mixed in a mixer. The little
I did, I mixed in a wheelbarrow by hand. Seemed too
thick for a mixer. If mixed with hands and feet why
add a bicycle.


--- brian besold <buffalokiller at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. The following message was received by
> Michelle Brooks, who suggested 
> that I foward it to this address for potential ideas
> with my project. Thanks 
> in advance for anything, Brian.
> 
> 
> I'm interested in building a bicycle-powered cob
> mixer. I have some ideas, 
> but without having ever worked with cob, there are
> things that I need to ask 
> some of you who have worked with cob. I'll explain
> my ideas so far. These 
> are based on the use of a cement mixer, but I'm also
> wondering if a cement 
> mixer, since it's so heavy to begin with, is the
> best container to use. 
> Initially, I thought I'd use the drive-train from
> the bike- connect it to 
> the gear on the mixer and it's done. The problem
> comes when it's time to 
> dump the mix. Either the drive-train on the bike has
> to disconnect or the 
> bike has to dump with the mixer. As fussy as I've
> found home-made chain and 
> gear driven toys to be, I don't think this is the
> best design. A simple 
> friction drive where the mixer rests on the back
> wheel of the bike might 
> work though. The back of the bike will be mounted on
> a stand lifting the 
> back wheel off of the ground, and be completely
> independent of the mixer. 
> I'm wondering if mixing the cob will even be
> possible though. Will it be too 
> heavy to get the mixer rotating?  Can anyone tell me
> where I might be able 
> to get an old cement mixer(w/out a motor) to play
> with?
> 
> 
> 
>
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