[AT] another new shop

[Gilbert Schwartz]

George; This out fit I worked for wasn't near sofisticated enough to have a
drying kiln. I never worked in the mix room and we only had one, hand
operated, single 8X8X16 inch machine. Doing the work was like slave labor.
Four people made 1000 blocks a day and unloaded off the racks the 1000
blocks from yesterday. One guy mixed, one ran the block machine, one beared
off and one stacked. The machine  was in the basement  and the blocks stayed
there till morning. Made $88 a week before tax and SS. Thought I was rich.
Gil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] another new shop


> Gil,
>
> That's how they are made here too... except that they then spend overnight
> in a steam curing kiln where the needed water is supplied via the steam.
> This is an important step.  It's my understanding that a bag of cement
(96#)
> requires 6 gallons of water to cure properly.
>
> George
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gilbert Schwartz" <gschwartz1 at mchsi.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] another new shop
>
>
> > I worked in a concrete block plant for a year, a bunch of years ago. The
> > form stayed on the finished block for about 10 seconds, the block was
then
> > vibrated out of the form onto a pallet where it was moved to a drying
rack
> > until morning. In the morning it went to the outside for stacking. All
of
> > this depended on the mix being DRY enough.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> > To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 9:36 AM
> > Subject: RE: [AT] another new shop
> >
> >
> > > The next time any of you travel through a construction zone where they
> > > are pouring a continuous divider wall on an Interstate highway, notice
> > > the process.  The form isn't more than eight or ten feet long, and
they
> > > move it along as they pour -- within minutes of when it came out of
the
> > > truck.  City street departments do the same thing with poured curbing.
> > > I grew up with the concept of letting concrete set for at least 24
hours
> > > before removing the forms, but that's obviously an old-fashioned idea
> > > nowadays.
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> > > DAVIESW739 at aol.com
> > > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 12:48 AM
> > > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > > Subject: Re: [AT] another new shop
> > >
> > > In a message dated 8/12/2004 6:35:39 PM Pacific  Daylight Time,
> > > gremaux at tein.net writes:
> > > my turn Walt....
> > > first if you took  the forms off while the truck was still
there.....how
> > > did
> > > you pick up the  mess......cause it would not stand upright that soon
> > > ....next morning yes but  not while the truck was still there.
> > > Agreed that cured in the air is  best
> > >
> > > Frank I don't know how wet your pour your concrete But I have worked
in
> > > it
> > > for over 40 years and I alway pull the forms right away not the next
day
> > > as i
> > > don't like to pry them off with a sledge hammer.  I don't know who you
> > > work
> > > for but I bet its like the stuff we get out here now sloppy wet with
no
> > >
> > > strength. The dryer the concrete the stronger it will be that's what I
> > > was  taught
> > > and none of you will ever change my mind on that. I have seen wet
> > > concrete
> > > poured where it flaked off until there was nothing left. You only get
> > > cracks
> > > from freezing if water can get into the concrete simple logic.  Also
to
> > > stop
> > > cracking then besure that you have a solid foundation to put it on.
Sand
> > > or or
> > > small gravel is not enough you need a good rock base start with large
> > > ones
> > > then add the smaller size up to the top of the base where sand and or
> > > gravel can
> > > be used.
> > >
> > >
> > > Walt Davies
> > > Cooper Hollow Farm
> > > Monmouth, OR  97361
> > > 503 623-0460
> > >
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