Harbor Freight Cement Mixer - Pizza Oven Construction - Tools - February 2024
After excavation, the first step of building my backyard pizza oven is framing and pouring a solid foundation for the oven to sit-on. This foundation is going to be a 5.5" thick, reinforced concrete slab. I've been probing for the boundaries of the in-ground drywell in our backyard ( post with photos here ) and have to decide on final location in the coming weeks. Once that location is set, I can begin excavation. Then, my brain will switch to construction material ordering - starting with bags of concrete/cement and concrete block for the foundation. The first consideration in that process is how I'll go about making/mixing the concrete. One of the recommendations from the builder community on the Forno Bravo forums is to buy a 3.5 cubic foot cement mixer from Harbor Freight. I went over to the local HF store this past weekend and sized the machine up. Here, below is a photo of the cement mixer below: Here's the product page - shows the specs and the price :