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  Harbor freight cement mixer warning -- the
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  @Ignacio-DHOME Ami finding the right stucco mixer for $1000 plus, discharges by tipping to the side?
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  purchase
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  Need help in buying an air compressor
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  I appreciate your efforts here @waynesmith. You can also try here for buying a new air pressure https://indoor2outdoor.com/ Much reliable with professional customer service.
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  Air Compressor
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  @Traveler004 Lucky you! I have poured on the light side due to human error and the aircrete collapsed.... There are allot of variables present when pouring, even weather and barometric pressure affects the crete!
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  Pumping Aircrete overhead?
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  While we haven't pumped vertically, we've successfully pumped horizontally by making our aircrete mixing container air-tight, then pressurizing the top with an air compressor so that the mix would flow through a hose attached at the bottom. Doing so seemed to have little effect on the foam, which set fine under the concrete slab we filled beneath.
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  Issues with foam generator
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  @bvad8486 that was a problem I first ran into when I was building my own foam generator, and running a separate air and foam solution line fixed the back feed problem for me.
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  12v foam generator SUCCESS 8)
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  Off-grid Foam Generator
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  so i need an air compressor on top of making the little dragon?
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  California Air Tools suggestions are good, a 1750rpm motor spinning around 700-800rpm pump will always be more quiet then those typical "5hp" big box store compressors. Champion is a great choice, but Emax Compressors have been impressing me lately. Check them out- Silent Series, made in USA, lots of nice features: Emax Silent 5hp 1ph 80 gallon - ESP05V080I1 Read more about air compressors in this review!
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  Review of my purchases from domegaia
  little dragon workshops mixer foam injector • • Kintore  

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  Urschel Wall Building Machine - can this be done with aircrete?
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  @upwinger perhaps something like this igloo maker
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  Trouble shooting
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  other soaps....
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  Maybe it was the foam density and weather at your location ? I’m finding out the same thing it’s his cement is processed as well foam destiny and cement itself climate I know sodium larly sulfate that’s makes all the bubbles foam .. last in Sedona wants build her done looking for people on this site help volunteers help build some .. Ive scene domes peeling cracking because they strayed from domegaia building instructions domes cracked in have over using stucco wet aircrete improperly .. most running to dawn and Drexel.. guy Mexico been upset he can’t get access to Drexel or 7th generation he bought bag of sodium larly sulfate add to his cheapo dish liquid bricks fall apart etc.. he’s really upset frustrated
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  supplier of reinforcing fabric in Thailand?
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  Making easing the steps of making aircrete and molding
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  I don't understand HOW your mixer works, but the blocks you made do look amazing. Do all your blocks look so good as that photo?
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  Down-n-Dirty DIY Foam Injector
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  I tried it out at the recent workshop. Unfortunately the bottom of the injector was a little too low and it was banging on the top of mixer blades. We were pressed for time and so we continued to use it like that until the constant banging finally broke it. It's important to get the bottom of the injector close as possible to the blades, but if it touches that's definitely too close. The other problem I had was getting the dang chuck tight enough. The mixer paddle fell out a few times while mixing and the key just didn't seem to fit right, even though I'm pretty sure it was the original key. Overall I think this setup could be very practical and could be an excellent solution if done properly.
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  DIY Cement Slurry Whisk
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  very cool!
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  10 GPM continuous flow air Crete machine.
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  My insider source tells me that this is an active work in progress. It is a high priority project actively being pursued.
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  Air compressor setup to suit the Little Dragon???
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  Just came across this video and decided to put in a plug for California AirTools (they are not sponsoring this in any way). It was fairly boring until I got to the end, at which point I was quite impressed with the demonstrated differences between their compressors and the normal type. https://www.californiaairtools.com/how-to-videos/pump-motor-features-wear-parts/
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  Sizing Air Compressor: What's the best size air compressor to create 90 lb of constant pressure that doesn't cost $1,000? Thank you
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  Combining two smaller air compressors may be a cost effective technique, as suggested in this video: Youtube Video