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Cinva Ram Compressed Earth Block Press Plans

Cinva Ram Compressed Earth Block Press Plans Item# 2010 $50.00

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Charmaine Taylor's Cinva Ram Plan Set is a detailed set of plans for making your own compressed earth block (CEB) press ...aka the Cinva Ram. The photo above is a Cinva Ram manual press made from these plans by Mike Gross, President of Terra-Block Inc., Orlando, Florida. This press was developed and engineered in third world countries for manual use. Welding of parts is recommended as part of assembly, and mechanical expertise is necessary to build these block presses. (Be sure to read the Windward Sustainable Community Blog Building the Rammed Earth Brick Machine from Charmaine Taylor's plan set.) The Cinva Ram Plan Set contains 30+ printed pages, including 11 detailed pages of plans on heavy cardstock.The plans are sold "as is," with dimensions shown in millimeters, not inches. You will need a CAD or other program if you want to convert millimeters to inches. No lengthy assembly description is given. But there is enough obsevable data from others who have built these manual rams to guide you. Also included in the package is the Adobe & Cinva Ram Resource Guide on CD with approximately 3,500+ pages of earth construction related information, plus FULL BOOKS on CEB block press use, brick making, resources, links, and PDF articles on all aspects of natural and alternative construction. This CD includes information and articles about making and building with adobes and earth blocks. Some materials are from the 1930s and 40s, including photos of a compressed earth block ram and its operation to make soil blocks. Information describes soil testing, mixing, additives, curing, plus adobe construction codes, and building with soil blocks. This CD duplicates much of the information included on the #1500 Earth, Adboe , Cinva Block Press CD & Booklet, so there is no need to buy both. Here is a sample of the documents included on the Adobe & Cinva Resource CD: Compressed Earth Block (Mardini) Compressed Earth Block (Hydraform) Compressed Earth Block (Balram) Earth Block Technology For The World VITA-CINVA-Ram Block Press Understanding Stabilized Earth Block Construction using the Cinva Ram UNDERSTANDING ADOBE-VITA This Brickmaking Machine Makes Nothing But Money The compressed earth block-Basin 1991 Terrablock-CEBs SUPPLEMENT 5-PRESSED EARTH BLOCKS Stabilizers and Mortars for CEBs Stabilized Earth Construction

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SPORE-1996-Earth fights back Soils for Rammed Earth, Caliche Block Soil Preparation Equipment AECT BLOCK PRESS Aureka Earth Brick Presses Compressed Earth Blocks-Wayne nelson Compressed Earth Block (CEB) Machines CEB Vol 2 BOOK.pdf -A COMPLETE BOOK CEB Vol 1 BOOK.pdf -A COMPLETE BOOK CEB vs. Adobe blocks Building materials- earth fights back PDF BASIN 1991-The compressed earth block PDF Basics_of_CEB Making Building Blocks withCinvaRam-VITA PACKER PRESS-CEB NM Code-earth-adobe PDF Manual Minke PDF - 52 PAGE BOOKLET The CInva Ram Planset comes in a portfolio that includes the plans, CD, and related literature. The following question and reply are posted at The Mother Earth News website: Question: My wife and I are very interested in using compressed earth block (CEB) building techniques for the homestead we are planning in northeast Georgia. I know there are currently several manufacturers of CEB making machines, but wondered if the original CINVA Ram was still available. Also, have there been any new developments in sealing CEB walls against moisture? D G, Florida Answer: The original CINVA ram was engineered by Raul Ramirez of the Inter-American Housing Center (Spanish acronym: CINVA) in Bogota, Columbia, in 1952. The name CINVA has come to stand for most lever action presses that make compressed earth blocks (CEBs) one at a time, whether of the original Ramirez design or something similar. One of the design features of the original CINVA ram was that it could be fabricated just about anywhere a welder and plate steel are available. Local fabrication, compact size, and manual operation have made it ideal for international development projects and owner-builders such as you. So, where will you find one today? There are probably a few companies still making them, but the only one I know of in the United States is Fernco Metals in New Mexico (They bought the plans from DirtCheapBuilder.com.) You could also fabricate your own by purchasing plans from www.DirtCheapBuilder.com. (You are here!) Internationally, the Auram press (made in India) is an excellent manual press. As for sealing CEB walls against moisture, there are not any new developments that I am aware of. Most of the tried and true methods, some of which are centuries if not millennia old, such as lime plasters, have been working just fine. Its also important to distinguish what you mean by sealing. Some people may refer to the application of anything from plaster to bees wax as sealing. I would consider a sealer(*) as anything that protects the blocks against liquid water but allows water vapor to pass. A linseed and bees wax mix would be an example. You can make it yourself or purchase it from several companies that recommend it for sealing wood; however, some brands are much better then others. Land Ark is one company I have used successfully in the past. Standard masonry sealers will also work. When looking for a sealer, choose one that is non-toxic, biodegradable and vapor permeable. Dan Johnson, Midwest Earth Builders Note from Charmaine: Thanks Dan. Builders can also purchase a pre-made manual ram (for under $2,000) or a hydraulic version from Fernco Metals. For bigger operations, see the many-blocks-per-minute models at Terra-Block Inc. or see Adobe Builder magazine. (*) Sealers- there are sealers like waterglass (Sodium Silicate) available by the gallon at Chemistry.com and other garden/hardware shops, and modern engineered sealers for natural stone and granite which have been tried, but do not use "cement paint" or any cement based plaster over natural clay adobes.

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