Cob: cob: commerce

[David Knowlton]

Hi,

I am politically conservative. Put down your guns please!

I believe in economic progress, and capitalism. I look forward to seeing 
home kits available: some sensible combination of straw bale, rammed earth, 
beautiful cob, whatever is locally needed. This way
the seller could make a profit - and the buyer would still meet the goal 
some of you have expressed of being free of a 30 year mortgage payment. 
Economics and ecology will come together - some day.

david








>From: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Cob: Rammed earth, pise, Easton's book etc.
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:31:37 -0600
>
>
>Pise/rammed earth mean different things to different people.  This is the 
>glossy book by an American.
>
>"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930031792/qid=1044022780/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6977152-4198211?v=glance&s=books"
>
>Also, following links, these guys are not doing (all, anyway) 3500 square 
>foot monsters for two people part time.  And while they are using the 
>pneumatic tamping in their forms, they do say that there are other things 
>that work a whole lot better for curved walls.
>
>Pneumatic tampers, I'll bet, only work for the young and strong who have no 
>tendencies whatsoever to carpal tunnel syndrome. Not me, who had surgery 
>after a month of rivet guns.
>
>http://www.rammedearth.com/index01.html
>
>Jill asked
>what is the equipment needed? I can't seem to find it. Also, when I look at
>the foreign sites using "pise" the photos show hand building methods not
>equipment. Though I know the other link for Earth Rammed Works is machine.
>
>
>
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