Cob: flat cob surfaces

Fri Jan 17 03:02:04 PST 2003

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They are trimming the surface before the cob dries, either with a sharp =
flat spade-like thing while standing on the top of the wall, or with a =
sharp mattock- or adze-like thing while standing on the ground, or on =
something to raise them off the ground. This is standard cob-building =
practice in Devon and elsewhere, where cob is mixed, stamped and pared, =
not `hand-sculpted'. They are not using forms / shuttering.
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  From: Jill cox.net=20
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  Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 05:52
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  Can someone tell me how these people, shown making cob home, made it =
so smooth and flat?

  http://www.endersonbrowns.demon.co.uk/cob/index.html
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can someone tell me how these people, =
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