[Greenbuilding] Crushing Clay

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

depending on how much you need to do the easiest way is to crush the
clay between two smooth layers, one layer being heavy. Like two pieces
of marble. For larger quantities some sort of set up with two rollers
like a pasta roller would work. imo

Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231




On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:45 PM, natural building
<naturalbuilding at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Ladies and gentlemen,
> I wonder if I can tap into your collective intelligence and ingenuity to
> come up with a simple, cheep, mechanical system for crushing dry clay into a
> coarse powder.
> The mechanism could be store-bought or home-made and needs to be able to
> stand up to the task of crushing lumpy dry clay - typically 1 inch minus -
> down to powder.
> It could be hand-driven but would preferably be electrically powered.
> I tried using a cement mixer with a large smooth rock to pulverise the clay
> but, while this system did produce good results, it also damaged the mixer
> by creating bulges on either side where the rock impacted.
> For those that are curious, the clay powder is part of my rammed earth
> mixture which will be used - either unstabilised or with 1% lime
> stabilisation - to form the foundation of my new workshop. (see website
> below)
> I look forward to your suggestions!
> Regards,
> Steve Satow
> www.naturalbuildingsite.net
> naturalbuilding at shaw.ca
>
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