Building a Clay Mixing Pug Mill - Part 3

[@josephcurione2947]

Impressive that you built one! But the cost and time that go into it are big. For me, all things considered I think I would just buy one.

[@genboomxer]

Truly impressive and inspiring. Sure, you can buy one for about the same, but the satisfaction one gets from DIY equipment cannot be priced. I'm already imagining future videos for adding de-airing and other features.

[@thiagofrsilva]

Dude, this is industry-level diy. Amazing work, just subscribed. Thanks for sharing!

[@remmary100]

Like butter! You should take pride in your pugnacious creation.......good job.

[@Rody_le_Cid]

this is the 4th video of yours I watch, 1st was of you building your pottery wheel, then the 3 of your pug mill.. so far, all you've done is machining, welding, building, I have yet to see you do any kind of pottery but I still enjoyed and subscribed. So much work and effort gone into making the pug mill, Great job!

[@theindigenouspothead4542]

Nice clean design...looks very professional, great job!!!

[@kellydiver]

Wow. Awesome project. Now I really want a pug mill!

[@25787fdshj]

Excellent work!

[@benpatterson4452]

Don't forget to add your throwing water/ slop. A lot of fine clay particles in there!

[@barthanes1]

Awesome industrial grade equipment there, and as much of a work of art as your potter's wheel.

[@CIA_Alien]

As much as I appreciate this build, it doesn't seem to be worth it vs. just purchasing one. How many man hours were put into making this? 40-80 actual hrs. plus cost for everything. Neat though!

[@darrellmelton1215]

Wow! Awesome Justin.

[@shimmerite_ua]

Amazing work, and amazing channel! Quite a workshop you have there, I'm in ave of your skills

[@Scott_C]

I am in "AVE" with his skills too. 😄

[@janetjohnson998]

Jeesh several hundred pounds of reclaimed clay! Great job. I was thinking about coming to California to visit my daughter. Maybe I will lug several bags of clay with me and bust you too!

[@janetjohnson998]

It won’t let me edit my comment. Visit you not bust!

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

This should be titled "How to build a $2000 machine with only $1500 cash and $40,000 worth of equipment ". Lol, but awesome build!

[@jasonj7904]

Was thinking the same! I'm definitely jealous of the level of shop equipment Justin has!

[@Pentamonium]

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your inspiring approach. I absolutely love the various tools that you buy with the money that you had 'saved' ;-)

[@PaulsGarage]

Success!!! That looks awesome, super envious

[@JustinsMakery]

Thanks!

[@freddiemoretti8456]

Well done....most satisfying build for you, especially getting to use it. Now can you design/build a smaller version using schedule 40 PVC that would hold up ? Thanks for sharing.

[@daxgaz]

I have read about people trying this and trying meat grinders. The result was always the same: Catastrophic failure on first use.

[@MaxamArchitecture]

Impressive. I’m working on dies to get my new PP VPM30 TE to extrude structural tile bricks, but this is next level to diy the whole pugmill.👍

[@JustinsMakery]

That sounds like a fun project. I'd love to see it.

[@MaxamArchitecture]

Justins Makery project into is here, next vid will be about the pugmill ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIOWfod4aJmEgtU

[@nathanspevack1697]

glad to see your success! great work!

[@rondoc1936]

Hiw did you decide on the augur blade configuration? I built a plugger but it doesn't self feed. Advice please.

[@viktorboman1939]

Justin! Thank you for great content and solid work, work that resulted in me watching this build on repeat and it sure brought out my diy spirit. Curious how you gonna procedd with the vaccum, have you incorporate it in to your build yet? And if, how? Best regards/ V

[@Freaqer]

Hi, love the final product but I’m wondering how many hours build time you have in this project and what would you value that time at if you were to make more to sell at a later date? If you add those together wouldn’t that be a truer build cost?

[@JustinsMakery]

Thanks! Hard to say how much time. Maybe 30-40 hours of actual contact time. I enjoy the prototyping, so it is hard to say what my time is worth. Just like the labor, another important unconsidered cost is the cost of keeping my shops up and running. This overhead is a major "real world" cost that I ignored as well.

[@wacimo16]

@@JustinsMakery amazing , sharing knowledge resolving problems is priceless !!!

[@janeneh.3093]

WOW ‼️ IMPRESSIVE‼️ That was alot of work, but you did it‼️Are you a Engineer too?

[@eggsoups]

Man, totally awesome work 👏 Do you think the ss fittings could be approximated with Frankensteined gas cylinders?

[@JustinsMakery]

Depending on the cylinder, I bet you could do that.

[@markpupetx]

Could you say the components you have used? Can you share drawings?

[@abzurdo]

thanks for sharing all the process and costs. I was wondering, is there a reason why you went with schedule 40 pipe instead of something lighter and possibly cheaper?

[@JustinsMakery]

There might have been a thinner schedule in stainless, but I wasn't sure how thick and strong the walls needed to be to handle dry clay. I also ran into problems finding the cone pieces from 8" to 3" and would probably have to have it custom made. The flange ring and back plate is where some money and weight could certainly be saved. Having them machined out of a plate of stainless might have saved money. There were so many possible directions to take.... I ended up going with what was "easiest".

[@ashitoshujjainkar7564]

Please make a video about control box and it's wiring

[@horses19771977]

do you plan to add deairing to your build, and if yes then how auger bearing will be sealed?

[@AJTarnas]

i'm new to ceramics. i was told by a ceramic artist that pug mills are great but the clay still retains a "memory" of the auger shape, so they wedge the pugged logs more to randomize that memory. can you comment on this? looking up "machine wedge clay" or "mechanical wedging clay" does not turn up any other machines. are pug mills the only mechanical form of wedging in use?

[@JustinsMakery]

The logs that come out of the pugmill do have a spiral pattern in them. It's not extreme, and I do usually wedge them a few times and slap them into balls before throwing.

[@AJTarnas]

@@JustinsMakery do you know of any other mechanical method of wedging besides pug milling?

[@robertharris1748]

Very late reply, but commercially made pugmills have various ways of counteracting this. For a start they have at least one grate that the clay is pushed through, which is usually where the deairing chamber is located, and which also removes auger memory. If you see spirals you either have a very cheap (old) pugmill (or a DIY job), or someone has left some pieces out. One of my favorite throwing videos is this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4XHaKSCbZeAqc0 and he just jams a massive pug right on the wheel (9:25).

[@gabrielgranillo192]

De-airing chamber video pls!!!

[@ClownWhisper]

Why in the name of Bob would you use a wood bowl Chuck to turn round stock any wood laith

[@abdullahalshuaibi8588]

List of Materials please

[@nileshbrana1]

I also want one can you please help me out

[@bhartley1024]

$5,000 doesn't seem so bad now.

[@jasonj7904]

I, too, was pondering the hours of labor which should be added to the total cost for a more accurate comparison.

[@hugoamkreutz2081]

Noice

[@leobrent7926]

So... I guess this means that the channel Justin’s makery is now an industrial equipment channel? Hehe awesome build! And thank you for sharing