[Cob] sinking logs in cob?

[Amanda Peck]

Cut-off 2-by is going to be the cheapest way to go (if you don't already 
have the cedar, and if the truck is running--mine isn't right now!).  but 
with those slightly waxy feeling 2-by's I think I'd like nails sticking out 
of them.  Don't want to make it easy for my cob wall to separate into two 
walls and fall in a minor quake..

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Marlin wrote (snipped slightly--but the dots are his)
I'm still convinced that the best way to use cordwood/cob, in most areas 
that have regular construction waste, is to chop 2x4 or other construction 
cutoffs and lay them in the cob wall like cordwood (with an insulation 
gap)....this utilized landfill material and is the easiest to cut to perfect 
size (chop saw doing many per minute rather than a chainsaw rig getting 
difficult cuts) and have absolute stabilized wood that doesn't shrink or 
crack..

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