Cob: Baked Houses

[Rosemary Lyndall Wemm]

Charmaine Taylor wrote:

> Here's a wacky idea for " hand to mouth [or hand to clay]  builders"   Use
a
> Solar Stove Top cooker pattern to make a solar oven that heats ONE brick
at a
> time to 600 degrees plus...bake  for a while, then place fresh adobe brick
in
> place, bake again...the parabolic style oven is $12. to make a pattern,
and
> hey, 10 or 20 of those puppies all baking bricks all day is a cottage
> industry!!!

Not really too whacky, Charmaine!  It might actually be possible - if such a
pattern were available.  Anybody know where to find one?  I'm sure the
stoves
could be useful to cook mud pies in the "off" season ;-)

- Rosemary

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