Another Sunday afternoon job was to address more of the wear and tear from abuse to the mixer.
A bit of grinder and welding action resulted in what will hopefully be an extended life.
Both the paddles in the barrel showed holes where the welds had torn away over time, and obviously leaked out when mixing cement.
Started by cleaning them up and cutting patches to weld over
The rolled rim was broken and barrel torn and one could see the metal was worn thinner around the edge.
So I took a 6” nail and bent it, cut a 50mm length off the top, including the head to slide into the rolled rim.
The nails head would partly fill the gap and allow me to bridge the tear.
Aligned and kept in place with my extra fingers.
Gluing metal.
Camera menace
Barrel patches.
Rim.
And finally late afternoon, just because I am like that, I took a belt sander and ran the mixer and sander in different directions to clean up the barrel a bit more.
Then added some random Dulux paint I bought unidentified years ago for £1.00 for a litre tin .
Ready for work once all the prep is done and materials ordered in.
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