[Cob] RE: Cobber's thumb- tool Coblistqueries

[dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine Taylor]

JOHN FORDICE- a green architect, and cob  builder  makes a wooden stick 
called " a cobber's thumb" I think you can buy them from him, that are 
shaped just right so your own hands don't work so hard.

this is the last addy I have for him... I saw the  sticks in a 
photo...they are  good looking and very practical

maybe a web search will turn them up..?


John Fordice  Other Fish Architect
COB CODE PROJECT   c/o John Fordice, 1828 Fifth Street Berkeley, Ca. 
94710,
(510) 549-1033 phone/fax

On May 2, 2005, at 10:09 AM, jane at kirstinelund.dk wrote:

> Shannon wrote:
>
> "when applying cob, you should be "knitting" them together by pushing 
> your
> thumbs repeatedly through the new cob and into the preceeding cob 
> layer so
> that the straw fibers from each new piece will be locked into the layer
> below."
>
> You can also use a stick or something like that, to save your thumbs. 
> We
> have even tried hammering the cob together, but that didn't seem to 
> work
> so well.
>
> Jane
>
>
>
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