Mini Mite Muller Mount

Discussion in 'Sand Mullers' started by oldironfarmer, Jan 22, 2019.

  1. When I set up my foundry I didn't know anything but was reading some. I thought I had seen a sand heap in a box under a molding bench so that's what I built. I made it waterproof with a lid with a seal and my sand stays moist for a long time. Before I got the muller I was mulling by turning the sand several times with a shovel. That worked good. With the muller I find it slow to load (so I made an extended funnel) but the sand dumped under the muller and had to be scraped out of the muller bin. I added a couple of brackets to the muller tub and removed the bin.

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    Made a bracket to hold the muller
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    The muller clears the storage shelf by a little. This is it's stowed position.
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    It's out of the way while using the molding bench
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    It can be swung around to load so any spillage goes into the heap storage
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    And swung on around to dump the mulled sand directly into the heap.
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    My heap storage and bench design is different but I can tell it's going to work for me.

    Next I think I need to make a metal tray to deflask the sand into so it's ready to load into the muller. Been thinking about making an aerator but I think I can use the muller effectively. It does create nice fluffy sand.
     
  2. I still haven't had a good way to handle sand fresh out of the flask so I made a pan to set in my sand storage. I think I can break out into the pan then slide it to the muller to load.

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  3. DavidF

    DavidF Administrator Staff Member Banner Member

    I hope to get my shop together so well some day... looking good!! :D
     
  4. PatJ

    PatJ Silver

    I like that arrangement a lot.
    Looks pretty well thought out.

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  5. Petee716

    Petee716 Gold Banner Member

    You may have shown your method before, but how did you go about bending the metal for the tray?

    Pete
     
  6. I cheat, I've got a finger brake.

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  7. Thanks, guys. I'm blessed in that I've got plenty of room to work with (although I keep it stuffed full). I'm too old to work on my knees like I see a lot of guys do. I feel like the shop is a total mess so I really appreciate the kind words.

    I must say I like the muller arrangement a lot. It only holds 25# of sand, and I think I'm putting less than that in it, but it's quick and I'm using a lot dryer sand with it. What I've not heard people say about green sand is I think it should look loose like dry sand until you compact it. The muller is quick to just break up clods and mix moisture, probably no more than a minute so by the time I have it loaded it's time to check for moisture, then if a little is added it's ready to dump. I can do three loads in ten minutes easily. Dumping right onto the heap is working very well.
     
  8. Al2O3

    Al2O3 Administrator Staff Member Banner Member

    That's a good set up OIF.

    Best,
    Kelly
     

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