[Cob] straw chopper-chipper shredder

[dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine Taylor]

On Nov 15, 2006, at 2:25 PM, dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine Taylor wrote:

DANG!  I bought one of these 2 years ago... to shred paper and fibers 
for fiber-crete mixes. of course it is STILL unassembled.. too many 
projects, but this is a great tip...  they cost about $100-150 on ebay 
or  maybe Harbor Freight...try  discount tool outlets too.

Charmaine

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On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:17 PM, ocean wrote:

i found a quick way to get fine straw, after using the stinky 
weed-whacker way for many yards of plaster...

just get a cheap ($30?) electric blower/vacuum/mulcher from Home Depot 
(eek!) or other hardware/home improvement store

then just suck the straw through the vacuum/mulcher into the provided 
collection bag.  run it through a few times to get the desired fineness 
of straw.  you might need to sieve it through a 1/4-inch mesh for fine 
plasters.

ocean