My dad would make anything he needed or when repairing something. He simply was a genius and my go to for issues. I called him Papa MacGuiver. He would’ve loved your project, as do I. Thank you for showing step by step how you made it and demoing using it. Wonderful work!

My dad always told me to not be a consumer but a producer. You, sir, are a great producer! Great job.

Great innovation. I have a spare 44 gall drum and which I will keep now that I've seen how practical they can be. NOTE to anyone trying to imitate Aceman's use of grinders without safety covers: BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Obviously Aceman is very experienced. My dad nearly severed his finger doing this with a small grinder and steel blade with the cover removed while cutting door architraves.

The idea of welding the chain to the bucket is really ingenious! Nice machine.:)

great project. I have a few suggestions. A shorter barrel for better balance. A smaller mouth for pouring and metal wheels to reduce the wear. Rubber wheels won't last too long with all the weight .

Excellent design and fabrication it really can't be improved upon. I would choose this mixer over a store bought model.

I like this. Might end up making one for out work to be done later on the property/farm. Some ideas to think about: * Since using a DC powered motor: - you could actually reverse the motor for pouring. The same way a cement truck does. - slow it down for pouring * You have the fins in there already, just extend them a little closer to the opening to aid in pouring in reverse. Or add a 3rd row of them closer to the opening Great work above all! :) Good explanation, easy to hear (actually had to turn down the vol slightly), and clear videos.

I realize this was posted years ago, but had some suggestions for those looking to build a mixer. I've built a couple, the first small one used a HF 2500lb winch motor, it already has the gear reduction and runs on 12v. Used a car fwd hub. I also used golf cart wheels and it pivots on the wheels, so the balance is important, I can lift it and roll it around with the load inside. The chain sprocket is a good idea. One thing I found with my bigger one (used fwd hub and transaxle to get 10:1 ratio, then another reduction as input to transmission and used a big winch motor) is the mix paddles inside should not be up against the barrel, make sure to have a gap there and raise the flat bar. My smaller one used inline skate wheels and they held up just fine. Oh also, the square corner in the back just gets the concrete stuck there, you can see commercial mixers use a rounded or beveled edge in back. For my big one I did like you did for the front, for the plastic barrel, I had to stuff it with some metal plate with concrete behind it. This added weight to it, but the hdpe plastic barrels nothing sticks to it.

Awesome video! Great audio notation and I love how you include the mishaps and modifications as well.

Sweet design and build along with a good video and narration as a teenager working with my Father i hand mixed lots of concrete for a large addition on our Florida home that most homes in Florida are a concrete block construction. With a stucco finish The old man wouldn’t spring for a electric mixer since he had me a teenage boy to mix for him LOL yes it is a backbusting / tiring job Watching you guys use the mixer Really makes so much sense And using the motorcycle parts was a great idea

Love it! A bit of back yard engineering solves a lot of problems.

Super cool. Appreciate you taking the time to show how to make it. Parts descriptions are pretty vague making it hard to follow but still very rad you took the time to record it.

Love the idea, I wanted to make my own to help me make my tiny house when I go home after this lockdown.. Thanks for sharing

Fasinating project. If you try this, please wear protective goggles when cutting the barrel with a grinder.

Just great!! Im in the mid of making one. Right after I saw your design... which is way better than mine... early in the morning tomorrow... I will have to tell the guy in d workshop to pend the work... until I give them a new design. Great tx, buddy!

realy like using the chain around the drum , gives a great reduction , might use the front sprocket from a motorcycle as i have a motor without a reduction on it probably end up counting the links of the chain and the spocket to see the reduction first , might need to step it down a bit more

I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH PARTS COST AND OR HOW MUCH TIME IT TOOK HIM TO BUILD IT I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE IT AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS A NEIGHBOR!! : ) GREAT JOB!!

Salam from Azerbayjan. Very good design, work and presentation. Good luck on your future works.

I think I'm probably just going to buy one to replace the one I gave to a neighbor several years ago - just too much work for me compared with what I'm willing to pay to buy one. Having said that, I think you should be proud of the one you fabricated; you did a really nice job! Were I to have more time on my hands, I might be of mind to try making one, and would probably copy yours closely, as it's worth copying. Many thanks for sharing it with the rest of us.

Awesome build! Thanks for documenting everything and throwing this video together for us. Love the project, going to go build my own now!

I just watched an 86yr old man use a plastic bag to mix then pour concrete , didn't need/use a wheelbarrow/shovel/mixing hoe/bucket , simple quick easy cheap but I don't mean to take anything away from this guy either ! ;-)

Nice build...As a contractor in philly for 30 years I've mixed a ton or thousand of crete, stucco, mortar, etc...I can appreciate the work, The real mixers are EXPENSIVE...How is it for cleaning? I imagine the motor won't last for too long but it was free so no biggie...Hopefully she works forever...

Nice piece of work, I think if you put wheels on it and pull it into location to dump with a riding lawn mower might make it easier than using buckets.

I'm surprise the drum doesn't bend being supported by those small wheels. A 3 - 4" wide steel band around the drum may help IF it became a issue. Good job!

Man,this is one of the coolest videos I've seen in awhile. Thanks!

WOW IM VERY IMPRESS MAN, GREAT IDEA, AND YOU TOOK ALL SAFETY PRECAUTION IN EVERY WAY

Hi there, nicely done, one improvement maybe a chute at the front, ie half circle under the drum with a run off to the barrow or tub

Schultz is giving off a Clark Gable vibe with his current look.

Great & excellent job. I must confess that I'm impress. It's so hard to only get the proper measurements for the barrel to fit in the frame and get the wheels to push perfectly on the drum, so it can roll whitout being out of alignment. It's often that we can manage to have the idea. But being able to create a perfect scaled plan in another thing. 2 thumbs up!!

Thanks for taking time to share this. It's an interesting project. You did a good job narrating it too.

Nice build. Please get some guards on your grinders

Very well done, I am certainly going to use this video to build my own mixer thank you

I am very much impressed, you could never be poor. Continue innovating. How much could you sell it at to a Ugandan in Kampala. If some of the welded parts could be screwed and unpacked, I would love to have it here.

Very good video. I am gonna make one for myself. But in our part of the world it is very difficult to find a AC/DC motor fitted with reduction worm gear. SO I am kinda worried about that part only. Nevertheless , thanks a lot.

Thank-you for your time mate

Nice build. I like the motor cycle chain welded to the drum.

Excellent job! Will be nice to advise to use a non flammable used drum to prevent explosion or accident.

GOD bless you continuously. Great job. Thank you for the video.

G⁰dam Darud thank u for making this. I have all of 99% of this in junk in my stach, only thing I need to buy is a siX pk. Thx man.

Hey , great mixer, simple yet doing the job and has all build in thats needed for a cement mixer. Going to try this myself soon. thanx

Great job. One suggestion: make the base adjustable height so you can pour directly to the ground, as well as a bucket or wheelbarrow

Nicely done! Your design is well planned out. Have you considered using a spring on the hinge lock? Adding a hand lever (such as on a garden tiller) with a bicycle brake cable connected to the hinge. Then you only need one hand to pour the concrete.

Thanks for sharing this you are make the world a better place!

Very clever idea to use the trasmission chain in this mode👌 Nice job

MUITO BOM!!! SÓ FALTOU ADICIONAR UMAS RODINHAS PRA FACILITAR O TRANPORTE.

i. have to give credit for sharing the idea and for answering in the comments section very few people answer or reply back keep up the good work

Pretty cool. I'd keep an eye on that roller bearing though. They're not really designed to take that kind of rearward thrust against them. A tapered roller bearing would be what you should use, but hey if it holds up, it holds up. I'd just keep a spare handy in case it fails and you're not dead in the water on a pouring job. Keep up the great work.

Great video mate, you've done a really good job.

Brilliant use of materials.

You did great Job Sir. Can you tell me the specs of DC Gearbox Motor you are using? Volt, RPM, Ratio? wait for answer. Thank You

Amazing! Now I don't have to buy a Cement Mixer for home use. WAW! This is it.

The gear motor is too small, and also the sprochet, give a huge load to the gearbox. I m sure it wont last long, can not use it for heavy duty works. But i apreciate your work! Much better then doing nothing like most of us.

most needed concrete mixing machine made easy >>> Thanks a lot !!!

Fantastic... Necessity is the mother of Invention....

Great re-using and recycling of components and materials. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice build!

if need be, to counter the weight against the bearing you could put a wheel on either side to run on the rim of the barrel so it doesn't have as much rearward thrust. great job.

Very nice. The only downside is that drum will wear out a little quickly, a real shame considering your mixer is nicer than most factory built ones.

Nice n creative job man. Appreciation from Pakistan.

this is brilliant thank you. got a good way now to handle my drum roaster project l was finding difficult to come up with a way to drive it.

i am without words great job that shows anything is possible

perfect work, super idea. Thanks

brilliant idea & good explanation but i see not good soldering.. have nice day. thanks

Excellent idea

Exelente trabajo y fácil de realizar, estaba buscando una idea y por acá no la encontré (Chile) es decir hay pero no tan completa como esa agradecido por el buen trabajo, un gran saludo desde Quillon Chile.

Awesome build!

awesome stuff!!! Love that its readily made from easy available material

Thanks you have explained it well.

Man this is so cool and inexpensive to build.

Wow really great engineering. great job bro

Love it! I'm the same way if I don't have something and it cost more than I want to invest I'll make it out of scraps I find laying around the shop.

I always wanted to know if someone has made a mixer out of a drum awesome really awesome job....

Might be a bit much, but have you ever considered making a "guide to moving to costa rica" video? Would be very interested

My name is Thomas Junne Kaudia a Kenyan. Wonderful! Am in Nairobi and will be traveling to go and construct my house 400km away in the rural. I would like to make this equipment. Please give more incite and detailed drawing.

awesome! love seeing father and son working together like that. the mixer is badass tho! I'm gonna try something similar because i have lots of projects involving cement. oh btw shouldent you guys be wearing masks that dust is no bueno

You are a genius

You should have used a smaller teethed wheell (smaller circumference) against the drum, as that would greatly reduce strain on the motor and gears.

I liked this video espcially the food container lol keep the work up friend👍👍👍👍

Awesome craftmanship....well done...

Now this is a great idea! I was thinking of a dimmer switch when low and behold, you used one! :) The improvements you made were spot on, I noticed the issues as I was watching and you addressed them all... turned out very nice!

God bless you for your efforts. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Very good, next time grind the paint before weld for better result.

Great project, what is the rpm and torque of the motor, could you please share 🙏

That is just too cool. Great job.

You are a genius brother !!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😳

That's a lovely build

great project. Congratulations.

Amazing work, I'm going to build my own. I need it to prepare my backyard. Thanks for sharing.

Proud of you brother American made all the way

This is very resourceful and kinda strange for an american guy since you would guess is really easy to just buy one instead of going thru all the effort and trouble. This machine could be very profitable in poor countries.

great idea, super thinking

Very clever. Nice work and great use of left over parts.

I wonder if this could be powered by 2 x18v batteries? So I can use off grid and with my makita battery system

Good idea. Thank for sharing.

so everybody is going to ignore the homemade tank in the background?

Sweet big grinder. Can you give more information about the plumbing part/sleeve that fits into the 1-inch bearing? Future part for the VAWT project...

Great ideas and excellent work gotta make my own as well so 👍 thanks for the tips

You guy is brilliant. I love it.

Excellent work 👏 👍!

Might be a good idea to include a warning about cutting barrels open. Some people killed each year by doing this. At the very least, remove the bung from the barrel.