Monday the 24th.
One Two Three!
Number one: A happity hap happy birthday to Camilla! As a present? Your very own Caustic Resin Mix CD! (I know I know, I can hear your shrieks of excitement from here!) But hold on girlfriend--there a catch: you have to come to the site and get it. While you're here, you can see what Grant's been up to.
Number two: As earth builder Simon of British Columbia pointed out, "the method of connecting the form-ply is lacking."
Simon, you are absolutely right. Mind you, what we are doing here is known in the "industry" as "DIY" or "Agricultural Formwork" (I know I know, I can hear your shrieks of horror from here!) and as such, there's bound to be a little lack here and a little lack there--even in the explanation. I've also been told in no uncertain terms that "DIY" or "Agricultural Formwork" is dangerous, unreliable and prohibitively expensive to all but the richest of the rich, but that's another conversation for another blog.
To connect the form-ply, we use flat bar. Steel flat bar as opposed to aluminum. (Anyone remember steel? I hear it was once made in North America.) One of the fun things about steel flat bar is that it costs $0.40 a foot. One of the not so fun things about aluminum flat bar is that it costs $4.00 a foot. (I don't know why people would use aluminum flat bar to connect their form ply either.)
A channel is routed into the form ply and then the steel flat bar (or spline) is inserted. Form ply with a similar channel can then be placed with some measure of security and accuracy on top of one another.
Number three: What does that say and what does that mean?
Underfills
and wall K
are next.
Number one: A happity hap happy birthday to Camilla! As a present? Your very own Caustic Resin Mix CD! (I know I know, I can hear your shrieks of excitement from here!) But hold on girlfriend--there a catch: you have to come to the site and get it. While you're here, you can see what Grant's been up to.
Number two: As earth builder Simon of British Columbia pointed out, "the method of connecting the form-ply is lacking."
Simon, you are absolutely right. Mind you, what we are doing here is known in the "industry" as "DIY" or "Agricultural Formwork" (I know I know, I can hear your shrieks of horror from here!) and as such, there's bound to be a little lack here and a little lack there--even in the explanation. I've also been told in no uncertain terms that "DIY" or "Agricultural Formwork" is dangerous, unreliable and prohibitively expensive to all but the richest of the rich, but that's another conversation for another blog.
To connect the form-ply, we use flat bar. Steel flat bar as opposed to aluminum. (Anyone remember steel? I hear it was once made in North America.) One of the fun things about steel flat bar is that it costs $0.40 a foot. One of the not so fun things about aluminum flat bar is that it costs $4.00 a foot. (I don't know why people would use aluminum flat bar to connect their form ply either.)
A channel is routed into the form ply and then the steel flat bar (or spline) is inserted. Form ply with a similar channel can then be placed with some measure of security and accuracy on top of one another.
Number three: What does that say and what does that mean?
Underfills
and wall K
are next.
posted by Rammed Earth at 5:39 PM
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