[Cob] Looking for answers (Henry Raduazo): mixing cob with rototiller

[Jill Hogan]

  Agreed, Instant gratificaion has become an illness, the connecting 
with the earthbuilding naturally cant be beaten.

On 2013/03/03 04:30 PM, Tim wrote:
> I may just be off the beam with the general consensus here, but isn't the whole point of building naturally to stay away using from fossil fuels and machines and to rely on our human strength and what the natural world provides?
> Using found materials and re-purposing concrete for a foundation is one thing...
> I know I'm a hopeless romantic about the potential of this movement.
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> Your brother in Christ,
> Tim
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> "But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."  John 3:21
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> Hi Ed! i just read your comments to Marlin Nissen in the "Coblist" regarding the production of cob with a rototiller. You mentioned that you do the mixing with a 5HP tiller.I am about to start mixing for a 1500 sq feet house. Could you please share with me your experience and perhaps pictures? What about the long straw? Doesn't it get clogged to the rotor? Doesn`t it get cut into smaller pieces by the blades from the tiller?  I was thinking about renting a bobcat, but perhaps the rototiller is a better and cheaper solution...and I'd appreciate it if you'd share your experience. Thanks a lot!  Eric (EW)
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