Electro Mechanicals For Slip Casting Production

[robby]

I'm working on ceramics, and going through lots of trial and error. I learned you can't mix just 10 gallons of slip in a big slip mixer. The stir paddles are designed to agitate big production volumes, my guess is that 20-80 gallons would be correct. I figured out a work-around because I don't want to mix huge volumes while I'm learning.

I also discovered that my slip pump is clogged. The motor seems fine, and initially I'm just running water through the pump, in an effort to clear it.

I've actually got two blungers and 2 slip pumps, but they are disassembled and parts seem to be missing. Eventually I'll get everything working, but for testing, I can always pour by hand.

I'm making progress, but this work is wearing me out.

Comments

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

What is a blunger? (I hate Google.)

[robby.livejournal.com]

It's a big, slow electric mixer. At one end is a long steel rod with what looks like 3 boat propellers.

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

It was weird to find out there are manglers.

[robby.livejournal.com]

Do you mean a wood chipper? People get caught up and then dragged into them sometimes. It's not a pretty sight, yes siree.

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

"He was sawdust. They cremated him."

[robby.livejournal.com]

"They cremated what of him they could pick up."

My high school was near a rail line, and one night an old lady was hit by a train. It was a mistake to go over there and look, the next day. The coroner hadn't picked up all of her, and the mangled shopping cart lay there for months. From then on, I have always avoided train wrecks.

[ccjohn.livejournal.com]

I gotta work on that.