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RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - EdK - 11-06-2012
(11-05-2012, 07:28 PM)dalee Wrote: I want to add a 3 ton arbor to my shop. But I wouldn't part with my little 1 tonner.
dalee
I want to get one of the ratchet type when I get the 3-ton arbor press.
Ed
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - stevec - 11-06-2012
Wait! Am I the ONLY one curious as to what those things DaveH makes are?
Or is everyone just afraid to ask?
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - TomG - 11-06-2012
I know! I know!
Fireplace logs made from dried elephant dung.
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - sasquatch - 11-06-2012
Geez, i just presumed he loved "THICK " Burgers , and they were his version of hamburg patties.
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - Wawoodman - 11-06-2012
I have the Grizzly 2-ton. Selection was driven by the weight (83#.) It was the heaviest one I thought I could get up on the bench!
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - EdK - 11-06-2012
(11-06-2012, 07:54 AM)stevec Wrote: Wait! Am I the ONLY one curious as to what those things DaveH makes are?
I assumed they were some sort of burger log. Cut a slice off and you've got a burger. Looks like some good roughage in his recipe.
Ed
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - Mayhem - 11-06-2012
its moist when he collects it Tom!
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - TomG - 11-06-2012
Mmmm...burger!
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - DaveH - 11-06-2012
Well done Steve, I didn't think any one was going to ask.
They are 'fire logs' made from 1/3rd paper 2/3rds wood chips. Just normal everyday house hold paper and cardboard left in water for about 12hours then mixed with a paint stirrer in an electric drill. The wood chips are also soaked in water for about 3hrs then the two are just mixed together again with the paint stirrer.
The mixture is poured into a 'mould' which is a 110mm dia. plastic sewer pipe 300mm long. The 3ton arbor press compresses it to about 150mm long expelling the water. That's it, leave them to dry in the sun for 4 days - store for the Winter.
Just don't let them get wet 
And that is my greeny bit for the Planet - recycled paper and wood.
Which leads me to ask this - "what can you fill a barrel full of to make it lighter?"
Glad you asked Steve
DaveH
RE: Arbor press -- what is it used for? - Wawoodman - 11-06-2012
Which leads me to ask this - "what can you fill a barrel full of to make it lighter?"
Helium!