DIY brick factory
Make your own bricks. Knock out a few thousand of these & you'll have a house in no time.
HOW TO:
These type of bricks are known are formed by a cement and soil mix, then forced with a pressure of 70 to 100 pounds. The brick formed is then ejected, set in a cool place, and left to cure for up to 3 weeks.
These bricks may be labor intensive to fabricate, but are also strong, durable, fireproof, cost very few out-of-pocket dollars, and have good insulative qualities. In short, if you've got more time than money, you want to build with native materials, and you need a structure that will last .
Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1976-05-01/You-Can-Build-With-Soil-Cement-Blocks.aspx
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He needs to look around and try to find something to build a little foundation for that contraption. He could use bricks maybe, if he can find some, somewhere...
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByST0N3PONY (5025.72) 
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Minecraft 101 XD
Posted Jul-16-2012 ByiSeven77 (26.40) 
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Thats the kind of ingenuity that builds nations.
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByOnceproud (246.40) 
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@Onceproud I was thinking the same. Now if we could only get that spark back from China
Posted Jul-17-2012 BytihZ_Ho (402.22) 
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@tihZ_Ho or... a house
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByWsDennis (224.54) 
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@WsDennis lol
Its all interconnected, jobs left the US for China and later so did the houses.
Speaking of jobs
But as Steve Jobs of Apple spoke, Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: What would it take to make iPhones in the United States? Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.
Why can't that work come home? More..
Posted Jul-17-2012 BytihZ_Ho (402.22) 
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@tihZ_Ho i was speaking of a house :) chill
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByWsDennis (224.54) 
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@WsDennis Sorry, my rant mode got stuck, if it was a car I'd be here on LL smashing through a shop front
:P
Posted Jul-17-2012 BytihZ_Ho (402.22) 
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love how he holds each one up... "BEHOLD! a brick."
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByElhuero (154.08) 
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Only presses the brick correctly with your shirt off.
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByMikeNovember (331.80) 
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@MikeNovember
LoL
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByForty6Two (1441.20) Forty6Two View Channel Send Message
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That thar be sorcery, that is.
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByBl00d (37.02) Bl00d View Channel Send Message
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thats pretty cool actually.
Posted Jul-17-2012 Byspawn (253.50) 
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...well, that's just the first part, u need to cook them so the sand will crystallize and they will be hard enough to hold the load.
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByFenrry (52.16) 
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@Fenrry Fire them in a kiln hot and long enough so the sand will sinter ;)
Posted Jul-17-2012 BytihZ_Ho (402.22) 
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I know of a Danish project builing houses in Africa with a machine like that one (a little more sophisticated, but with the same results). It's not clay used, it's just ordinary soil that gets compressed. There is some specs for the amount of water in it though. These houses can actually hold for quite some years, if you protect the stones from rain with a proper roof. This is much better than the traditional African huts, that easily gets washed away when it rains.
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bymadcap1974 (75.60) 
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@madcap1974
buzz kill!
thinking of having my home 'washed away' makes me feel grateful for my vaulted cieling, sunken floor, pool and awesome parking spot!
Rain sucks!.....when outside..
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bymytwocents (2365.86) 
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@madcap1974 Cool, any idea what those machines are called? It would be nice to buy some for the gazans that are prevented from importing cement.
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bydesdinova (580.04) desdinova View Channel Send Message
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@desdinova It is build by http://www.egenvinding.dk/ homepage only in Danish. You can see the machine in this video - just press download. It's a long video, in Danish language mainly, but about halfway into the video you see the machine. The pressure applied to the stones is 40 tons, and it makes 180 stones a day. http://vimeo.com/28627189
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bymadcap1974 (75.60) 
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@madcap1974 Very nice. Thanks for the information, I shall forward it to some people in the ship to gaza movement as well as people on the egyptian side of the border and perhaps they can investigate if the earth in the gaza strip is usable in that machine. Perhaps they already have those there. Either way it deserves to be investagated. Thanks again
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bydesdinova (580.04) desdinova View Channel Send Message
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@desdinova my pleasure...
Posted Jul-22-2012 Bymadcap1974 (75.60) 
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Nice! add fire and mortar and a sexy woman and life is golden!!
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bymytwocents (2365.86) 
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100 years later.....achievement unlocked house complete
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByAlien Ado (30.78) 
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I find myself oddly wanting one of those machines.
Posted Jul-17-2012 Byvx1 (305.12) 
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@vx1
Nothing wrong with that!! start worrying when you find yourself oddly wanting the guy that makes the bricks.
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByCommon Citizen (182.70) 
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@Common Citizen
Mexispanics are a homophobic lot, aren't you?
Posted Jul-17-2012 Byvx1 (305.12) 
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@vx1
Not really....I was just kidding man.
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByCommon Citizen (182.70) 
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Another un-reinforced home (no rebar)in a third world country. Another house collapse in the works. D'oh!
Posted Jul-17-2012 Byakscooch (59.88) 
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@akscooch i think rebar would be overkill for a 1 story dwelling no?
Posted Jul-17-2012 BySte_0 (179.48) 
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@Ste_0 you wouldnt need rebar in a 3 story house if its done right. dunno what that dudes smoking.
Posted Jul-17-2012 By420pm (64.50) 
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@akscooch
Mix some polymer into the clay composition if you are worried about it.
Posted Jul-17-2012 Byvx1 (305.12) 
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@Ste_0 Not if they are in earthquake country, like Turkey.
Posted Jul-21-2012 Byakscooch (59.88) 
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Why does it always look dirty, overcast, and depressing in Russia?
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByMrHeteroErectus (85.00) 
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@MrHeteroErectus because it is dirty, overcast and always depressing.
Thumbs down I recon?
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bytomparko- (126.00) 
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@tomparko- You know I've been searching for an answer to that question all over google. Cool at least one person agrees on that...
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByIronman4891 (79.10) 
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@Ironman4891 Dont worry about it. Facts are facts :)
Posted Jul-17-2012 Bytomparko- (126.00) 
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@tomparko- looks better then your shitty island anyways + they got hot girls
Posted Jul-17-2012 ByNeo Genesis (96.40) 
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@Neo Genesis oooo banter! Come back when you have better stuff to throw at me ;)
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