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Thread: Our New Mudbrick Press
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16th July 2011, 06:11 PM #1Senior Member
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Our New Mudbrick Press
We are shortly about to start building on our 4.5 acre property at Cassilis just out of Swifts Creek. Finally got planning permission in May.
Picked up our mudbrick press today. Uses a 32 tonne log splitter that has been modified to press bricks. Curtis Engineering at Bairnsdale have done a top job.
Check it out:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiyJm5_T7po]‪MVI 1840‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
Very happy with it - soil is virtually pure clay and very sticky as you can see by my struggle in sliding back the top plate. A wet rag on top of the mud fixes the problem.
The top latch is a bit tight at the moment but I'm sure it will loosen with wear.
As you can see the clay is just broken up and pressed - no additional water. Motor is 13hp and handles it easily I reckon.
Will be interesting to see what they dry like. If they were puddled mudbrick they would be cracking already.
The dirt we will be using for our house will have nowhere near as much clay.
Regards
Rickey
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16th July 2011, 08:14 PM #2
Looks good, Im sure with more use and experimentation you will develop a technique.
If you dont mind me asking how much did the press cost?
Have you done a wet test on the soil out on your land, I did a few out on my block and got variations from 40~80% clay!....................................................................
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16th July 2011, 08:22 PM #3Senior Member
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It cost us $3200 which we think is very reasonable. The soil we will be using has been carted in and is surplus soil from a mudbrick house up the road. We made some test bricks using the 'puddled' mudbrick method and also got one pressed and they worked out fine. I'm not sure how much clay it contains but it it seems to make good mudbricks. We built a mudbrick house about 25 years ago - ended up making around 10,000 by the time we did the garage, workshop, chook house etc. Just using a 5hp rotary how and a couple of moulds. The press is certainly easier.
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25th July 2011, 10:07 PM #4New Member
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Can i try it
Hi,
I was the video which u had posted on the site.
I looked very easy to make that bricks.
I am from India can i try the same here also.
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25th July 2011, 10:35 PM #5
10,000 bricks
86 seconds to make 1
86 seconds x 10,000 = 860,000 seconds
/60 = 14,333 minutes
/60 = 238 hours
/24 = about 10 days @ 24 hour days
say work 8 hour day:
30 days to make 10,000 bricks
Pretty cheap investment really, good onya Rickey, thanks for showing.
Can someone check me maths pleaseLast edited by springwater; 25th July 2011 at 10:45 PM. Reason: opps, lol
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25th July 2011, 10:38 PM #6Senior Member
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Certainly Phani you can try it in India. Main advantages over puddled bricks for us is that there is less water used, the bricks can be stacked and covered straight away and it seems less dependent on having the 'right' soil.
If you need further information let me know - I can take some photos of the detail of the press and post here if you want.
Rickey
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