Cob: small cob housing

[phil]

In Mary's case, she has a contingent of welling feet and hands within one hours drive. I my self live probably no more than 30 minutes away (Avery County, in the vacinity of Newland) and with the budding NC Natural Building Coalition quickly gaining momentum there will soon be building crews available for all of the coalitions members varied projects. We even have members with cob experience as well as strawbale and cordwood. 

Who needs machinery?

Phil



 --- On Thu 07/03,  < dkdale at earthlink.net > wrote:
From:  [mailto: dkdale at earthlink.net]
To: coblist at deatech.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:44:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: re:Cob: small cob housing

"Not to go fully industrial strength, but how could we utilize modern equipment to make the job easier on our old joints and/or speed up the work?"<br><br>As homes go I prefer small and manageable - but as someone whose joints have been known to creak on occasion, I second Mary's question.  Does anyone know of any resources on this aspect of cob?  Perhaps a small free-standing cement mixer (cleaned of its former contents) to replace feet for mixing?  <br><br>Deanne<br><br><br>

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