almost every other tool has seen a price reduction and quality improvement over the last 10 years but cement mixers have defied this trend even though they are made from a few bits of tube, a drum and a motor.
what is the justification, if any, for the pegged price ?
Physically large and heavy stuff tends to have somewhat defied price trends.
Because its an essential tool for help building the house.
A spade and backache is three times as slow.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Probably because making them cheaper won't make many more people buy them. They aren't something you can just stick on a shelf until you need them. You'd only really buy one if you were going to use it a lot, then you'd want a good one.
Cheers,
Colin.
I did the water kept seeping through the holes. ;-)
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
They can make them cheaper in China but the shipping costs negate the saving. Same reason we still make wheelbarrows in the UK, big, bulky, heavy, comparatively low value.
Dave
and the spin cycle was a bitch at first but once you reamed out the holes in the drum it made for agreat but erratic tyrolean machine ?
:o)
Or if you're going to use it more than about twice, and don't want to spend more on hiring than buying.
I tried once, it is very difficult to turn with the weight in it. I gave up and borrowed one.
mrcheerful
And you have somewhere to put it in the meantime. Personally, if I had enough room for a cement mixer, I'd put a compressor and a TIG welder in it.
Cheers,
Colin.
It was/is! Well worth sending a huge volume of cars worth say £10K each a long way, not worth sending a comparatively small volume of cement mixers worth £200.
What shield gas do you use to weld bricks? And isn't the wire kind of fragile?
and cheap bed frames in China?
Regards Capitol
Makro had some at ~£100 before Xmas.
sponix
They're doing them again from 15/02/06< I just got Makro Mail No. 5 this morning, page 40, Nu-Tool (!!) 100L mixer 100KG mixed material weight capacity and 1/2HP motor £99.99 + VAT. It doesn't say but I presume it to be electric at that price.
Cheers
John
Pre-mixed oxygen and propane, I should imagine.
You don't use wire with TIG. Filler rods for brick are like mini kerb-stones. They're still quite brittle though.
Cheers,
Colin.
Don't they flat pack?
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