[Cob] straw chopper-chipper shredder

[ocean]

Charmaine -

Well, my super-cheap $30 electric blower/vac/mulcher requires several 
passes to shred the straw fine enough - MAYBE your more costly one will 
do a better job?

Ocean

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
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