[Cob] Dry mixing & Cement Mixers familiar methods

[karl and tabitha o'melay]

although I'm also relatively new to cob, frankly I'm glad to interact 
with and read the interactions from this living source. if all of this 
data were simply collected categorized and published via some database 
or reference book, the communal soul would be lost. As conversations- 
some of them topically iterative- float through i get new ideas that 
none of the books on cob i've read have inspired.
reinventing the wheel with newer technology and different perspectives 
can make a better wheel. becky bee mixing cob with a tarp is good 
example--since tarps are relatively new to the world of mixing clay, 
sand, water & straw.
I'm not suggesting not documenting great ways to cob--i just would hate 
to miss people trying to convince me that their way is a really really 
great way. since i might discard a method I simply read about but when 
a passionate voice tells me of a method i'm much more likely to try 
it--or worse yet, i'd hate to miss some of the wonderful tangents that 
this living source has sent me on (however long and involved they might 
have been).
there are great books on cob and plenty of cob classes that usually are 
(however loosely) based on outlines and linear recipes.
i personally view this list as a support mechanism to the fore 
mentioned books & classes--better yet, it is community.

k-)


On Mar 4, 2005, at 6:57 AM, Bill&Julie wrote:

> Ah Ha,,, I love brain storming,,,
>
> : Premiss, to do something, is better than to do nothing...,,,?
>
> If we were to treat Cobbing as a science, and were to document
>
> our findings in the same manner, IE an outline to keep notes by.
>
> And we were to publish said data on this forum. Then we would not
>
> have to re-invent the wheel each time an aspect of cobbling would
>
> be encountered.
>
> I understand that there are people on this forum that are much more
>
> versed at cobbing than I am... And it will take someone with a
>
> " done that, been there " experience to put together an outline for
>
> documentation...
>
> Am I all wet,, or would an outline for independent research be useful?
>
> All wet willy???
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
> To: <coblist at deatech.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Dry mixing & Cement Mixers familiar methods
>
>
>>
>> Unfortunately I also know people for whom the opposite is true--the 
>> method
>> that they've used is the ONLY method worth using, ONLY house design 
>> worth
>> building, and so on ad nauseum.
>> ................
>> Lance has a point (snipped from a long message):
>>
>> I've tried a number of earth building techniques and formed the 
>> opinion
> that
>> any other method is probably better than the one you are using at the
> moment
>> <g>
>>
>>
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