Michael Brown Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I was inspired to post this after seeing the vid from the fridge eating machine. This one doesn't eat fridges but you wouldn't want to fall inside it either. A few years ago (while working as a Millwright) we built this equipment and then spent a couple of months setting up the plant in Mexico. The vid is from the plant. Some might find the end of the vid quite interesting. Michael Brown DevWave Software Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 sweeeeeeet! I had no notion of the ultra panel. Michael, I had no idea you had these closet talents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Brown Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 sweeeeeeet! I had no notion of the ultra panel. You probably won't find it in any American home. Michael, I had no idea you had these closet talents! Just another from my odd project list. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I'm impressed as heck that you know how to get your hands dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 That's really interesting. Do you think you could come up with anything showing the actual application of the product? I'd like to see its actual part it plays in the structure of the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 The sound on my puter isn't working; what the heck were the making? It looked like a big toothpick pancake. Is it an air entrained wood panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Kurt, you got me snorting coffee thru my nose! It is from cane and I think it like the old homasote panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 The sound on my puter isn't working; what the heck were the making? It looked like a big toothpick pancake. Is it an air entrained wood panel? Spoon size shredded wheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 More info http://www.ktctilby.com/industry.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspectorjoe Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Kurt, Don't listen to them. Its an ingenious process to use the (previously) useless stalk of the marijuana plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 It can't possibly be that, pot heads don't have anywhere near that much ambition[:-drunk] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Brown Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 That's really interesting. Do you think you could come up with anything showing the actual application of the product? I'd like to see its actual part it plays in the structure of the building. They had a vid of building a small house with the board but it doesn't seem to be working. Ya... Chad like you I've got my hands dirty. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Using bagasse for an alternative building product isn't new. The original Celotex was made from it as early as 1920. Click to Enlarge 37.71 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Well, at three inches thick is it used as something more than simply a wall sheathing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Brown Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Using bagasse for an alternative building product isn't new. The original Celotex was made from it as early as 1920. Click to Enlarge 37.71 KB The big difference here was the separation process before making the product. They usually just grind it all up and make the product out of that, but the wax is never wanted and the inside of the cane isn't wanted in this application. Yes it was something more than simply a wall sheathing it was also for structure... made for developing countries where there is very little wood. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Using bagasse for an alternative building product isn't new. The original Celotex was made from it as early as 1920. Click to Enlarge 37.71 KB Bill I can't read the photo, but am surprised it was from sugar cane. Most of that product was made from wood sawmill waste. I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Using bagasse for an alternative building product isn't new. The original Celotex was made from it as early as 1920. Click to Enlarge 37.71 KB Bill I can't read the photo, but am surprised it was from sugar cane. Most of that product was made from wood sawmill waste. I thought. No sir. The original Celotex was made from the waste of sugar cane processing since the early 1920s. In the mid-late 1930s, the Celotex company diversified into other products including flooring, sheathing, wallboard, some of which contained stuff like reclaimed sawdust and newsprint. I don't know how long they continued manufacturing the original bagasse-based product, but I find it regularly in homes built up until WWII. It has a much different texture, density and sheen than the wood-cellulose boards. I can also usually find a label too. In the late 70s, Celotex Inc. was revived and manufactured the foam insulating board. Later it became Knight-Celotex and primarily made a sound-insulating product. It went bankrupt this year and the Celotex name sold to Blue Ridge Fiberboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Bill, now you got me going. Some of what you are saying I understand, however some is not within my frame of knowledge. I'll have to research it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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