SB: Re: wood gutters

["Robert W. Tom" <ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>]

8/27/01 5:57:16 PM, Derek Roff <derek@unm.edu> wrote:

> However, creating reliable, waterproof wooden joints is possible, even 
>reasonably easy.  
[snip]

While I would like to agree with the Derelict, I would suggest a simple test
to prove the veracity of such claims. 
Please submit for water-tightness testing, a wooden drawer with joints 
cut using only a handsaw and chisel.  (This was a typical test
to asses the skill of cabinetmakers in the Olde Days.
 ie It is possible... but easy ?)

In areas in which  bamboo grows, an effective gutter can be *easily* made by
splitting the bamboo in half lengthwise (a la Gilligan's Island style architecture)

BTW, There's an outdoor eatery-in-the-woods in Japan where there are "stations" 
set up a various stopping off points on one's stroll through the woods, and all of 
the stations are connected by a bamboo trough with water running in it.
One places an order for food and it comes zipping down the bamboo trough in a 
origami boat made from a leaf. Snatch the boat, snarf down the food, 
discard the leaf and continue on your walk through the garden/woods.
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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
<ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>

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