Brick molding machines

Here are two brick molding machines I constructed, primarily of styrene.  You can compare them to the two views from a vintage brick industry book.  The machines show the molding machines in two modes, one where the wet clay bricks have been forced through the mold and the other where the bricks have been moved forward completely cut and ready to be removed for placement in the cart to go to the ovens.  The molded clay is cut by wires placed at the correct spacing for the bricks.  The levers at the left of the machine are used to move the clay through the wires and forward for removal.  There is a bucket on the painted/finished machine which holds the wet clay to be forced through the mold.  As mentioned before, this is a very old early 1900's process which is still being used on my very old brick works operating in 1939.

HO Model brick molding machines - 1 1/2 inches long

Two views, hand cutting, stiff mud, board delivery brick molding machines