Cob: Insulation/stoves

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Charmaine,

Yes, I did.  Laura had them out on her table for all to see.  Her table was 
rain proof, but Chuck's was not (Chuck was constructing a wattle and daub 
display).  :-)  I don't know if there was any left or not.  After I left the 
fair, I decided to get a copy from you next time I get a book from you.  I 
still have one of the rocket stove kits left and thought it would be a great 
boy scout project (although my supply of wood ashes now has got wet).  This, 
of course, is my alternative to our cob oven which is not built yet either.  
The cob oven in which we started working on at CNBW has inspired me to get in 
action again.

Meeting Laura Solberg at the Earth Quarterly booth at MREF was really great.  
With in five minutes we had an invitation to go down to visit them in Radium 
Springs, NM.  It was also great to visit with Mike Oehler there too.  In 
fact, our whole trip to Colorado was filled with meeting the folks we had 
only known as electrons before.

Dave

In a message dated 7/8/99 10:48:36 PM Central Daylight Time, 
tms at northcoast.com writes:

> To:	coblist at deatech.com
>  
>  >Shane,
>  >
>  >Ash is a very good insulator, but only if kept dry.  It was one of the
>  >ingredients we used when making a portable rocket stove.  Kind of a Y2K
>  >camping stove made out of a 5 gallon pail with a 3 inch metal vent pipe 
(w/
> 90
>  >degree elbow coming out).  Fill the pail with ashes and the vent pipe with
>  >small sticks and you have a snappy little camp stove that gets hot very 
> fast
>  >and burns a surprising long time on a little scrap fuel.
>  
>  >Dave
>  Hi Dave..speaking of stoves... and ashes... did you see my "How to Build a
>  Rocket Stove" booklet at the MREA fair over at the Earth Quarterly  booth?
>  I can't rememebr if you sent me a message back?  thanks
>  
>  Charmaine R. Taylor
>  Taylor Publishing & Elk River Press
>  PO Box 6985 Eureka CA 95502  1-888-441-1632
>  More than 300 books for Building & Sustainable living
>  http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/
>