Cob: Re: Light clay

[Patrick Newberry]

Well I'm in the process of moving and I'm even more disorganize than 
usual, so I can't refer to my books, but the name begins with an "L"
lienstenstein (I realize that was a horrible attempt)
anyway, The one time I used it this is how I did it:
I took two sheets of plywood and using a sliding frame on each side, I 
would take a bale of straw, mix a milk shake type mixture of clay slip 
and pour it over the opened bale. This all occurred on a tarp very much 
like making cob, only more straw and less  clay (and runnier).
Then I'd fill up the wall space bounded by the two sheets of plywood. 
when I got near the top of the plywood (4 ft). I'd move it up 2 ft, 
then continuing up the wall. I found there is a limit to how far one 
can span before there must be stablizing factor such as a pole in a 
pole building. When I first tried this I used it more like a strawbale 
wall but had a couple of walls leaning becuase of lack of support. I 
added a bit more support (more poles in my case) and it worked fine.

Pat
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> OK... either the coblist has gone dead quiet or I have been
> unsubscribed somehow... anyone have info on where to get info on the
> old light clay bit (is it the same as the German method I can't
> remember or hope to spell?)? Thanks much!