Show CONCRETE MIXER MUST USE TOOLS implements shown herewith are essential for congenie Con convenience venie ca in mixing malarial Mat rial arial OLD W NTH BOX VERY HANDY important to see that forms form are ready and that correct mixture of cement and aggregates aggregate have been decided upon akil ikil I 1 mixing ng concrete at home by hand Is just as simple ns as the routine that cook goes through in III the kitchen when she makes a butch batch of biscuits what are called nt 1 in the cook book ore are known ns as aggregates aggregate 3 to the con dete man the dough as it goes into inlo the pan Is to the mixed concrete moncrete on crete in the forms and just as the domestic science expert uses measuring cups clips und and spoons and flavoring tile concrete mixer must employ similar tools to gain the best results the accompanying accompany ln drawing dra willig shows all the tools that are needed tor for ordinary concrete work for convenience in measuring ingredients and mixing lul X ing concrete a box with inside dimensions 12 indies inches long iong 12 inches wide and 12 inches deep and a platform 0 6 feet square preferably made of tongued and grooved lumber may be used if a smooth floor or an old mortar box Is 13 handy these will serve satis 0 simple tools for making and placing concrete water barrel and ducket bucket steel pan wheelbarrow fr for handling dry aggregate and hauling concrete to forms sand screen for proper grading of aggregates square pointed shovel for turning and mixing concrete and wooden float for finishing fact facto orlly rily as a mixing platform much bluch lifting a d carrying can be eliminated eliminate by placing the platform near the forms and the tools cement aggregates e anti anil water near the platform have forms ready I 1 before starting to nils mix the cement and aggregates be sure that the forms are ready to use and tile the correct mixture of the cement anti and aggregates has been decided upun upon the manying table can call be conveniently used in deciding upon what mixture to use for convenience in explaining how to make hand mixed concrete we will take a mix which weans means one sack of cement to two cubic t ic feet of s and to three cubic feet of I 1 pebbles or crushed rock blike the measuring box renter center of the mixing platform and fill with clean sand band that has been screened when tile box which by the way his hai been filled flitted end and emptied twice there will be two twe cubic feet of sand on the platform level off the sand until it is approximately two indies met ies thick and in the center of li it empty one lack of cement mix water with fill the cement and as ag gregaites gre gates until the mass is of a quaky jellylike jelly elly like ilke consistency do not use an all excess of water or the sarp th of the concrete will lie decreased As soon as the concrete is thorough 13 mixed place it in tile the forms tills this Is 19 1 9 necessary because the hardening process CUs begins immediately and ron con erple in order to gain its maximum maxI mUTU etrene th must not be disturbed after it lias has once readied reached its initial set table of recommended mixtures and maximum aggregate sizes max size aug ajay ll 11 Ws mixture for wearing course of two course pavements 14 1 in a 1 23 I 1 mixture fixture for or ono one courso course walks porch and basement noora pavements ernd steps aa in basement walls walla exposed to moisture 1 4 in I 1 ence P ats clothe clothesline allne posts gate ports benches 84 i in and lintels linkels without mortar surface in wells and cisterns watering troughs and septic tanks I 1 I 1 in n afi mixture x ture for fo foundation uri lation tor for farm arm machinery 2 in concrete work in general in 14 mixture for coal r ealr jin silo naiad and similar turee wn 31 4 W i walls walla above ground VA 1 in wal a of 0 pits or ha 1 lia in base of two course floor or pavement parem 2 lu in IS 12 mixture for or W wearing of two calir e walks floors and pavements vi in flower baxas 4 to in |