[Cob] Easier mixing techniques to keep people loving cob

[howard at earthandstraw.com]

I believe they still use animals, when available, to mix mud in some places in Africa.


Howard Switzer, Architect
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shannon Dealy 
  To: William Bates 
  Cc: coblist at deatech.com 
  Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [Cob] Easier mixing techniques to keep people loving cob


  On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, William Bates wrote:

  [snip]
  > Has anyone ever used an animal to make COB?
  >
  > Has anyone ever heard of a " turn style "?
  > It is a gadget that, when a horse or cow is hitched up to it, causes the 
  > animal to walk around in the same circular path.
  [snip]

  This approach is documented in a number of places relating to historical 
  cob, not having the traditional kind of farm animals for mixing handy, I 
  never considered it, hadn't thought about sheep though . . . 
  unfortunately, my brother sold his sheep, I'll have to wait and see if he 
  replaces them with anything useful I can "borrow" :-)

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