Re: Muller

Smoke,

I think you've got your riddle mixed up with your muller!

The riddle is the sifter; the muller is the mixer.

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

P.S. A mullers' job is not to "blend" but to "coat" the sand grains
evenly with the binder (traditionally clay, nowadays synthetic). The
difference is subtle, but important. The grains are "rubbed" into the
binder, rolling as they do so. Point of all this is too make the sand
hold its' shape in the mold.

> No...they are basically just a big screen made from small mesh
>1/4" or so) hardware cloth for "sifting the sand used in sand
>asting to break up any clods that develop in the sand pile.
> Smoke

>>All this talk about mullers and I'd never even heard of one until
>>you started posting about them. I understand they're used for
>>preparing sand's but are they basically a big food blender for sand?
>>John