Cob: flat cob surfaces

Fri Jan 17 05:02:04 CST 2003

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.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jill cox.net 
  To: coblist at deatech.com 
  Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 05:52
  Subject: Cob: 

  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 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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  <A title=writejill1 at cox.net href="mailto:writejill1 at cox.net">Jill cox.net</A> 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=coblist at deatech.com 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 16, 2003 
  05:52</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cob: </DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can someone tell me how these people, shown 
  making cob home, made it so smooth and flat?</FONT></DIV>
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