Re: SB: Tools for SB building...

["Lars Keller" <larskeller@livinghouses.net>]

The plaster applying-tool referred to below is an exact copy of the type we have been using in Denmark the last 4 years.

* Info
In Europe we get them from Italy, where they are used for applying plaster.
The Italian Work Authorities are not satisfied with this tool though, as it is indeed very hard on the wrist.
We buy it for app. $300 apiece.
We also get it in an edition on which the holes are pointing app. 45 degrees upwards, which makes it appropriate for plastering ceilings.

* Ups
It is very simple to use and maintain.
It is a small investment for a tool which combined with a compressor can blow a lot of plaster.
It is a good tool. Effective.

* Downs
It is hard on your wrist. A few houses is OK, but if you are a contractor and do this day in and day out ?
Is very good with clayplasters. If you use lime-plasters then beware, as it can send a lot of dust into the air.

Best Regards
Lars Keller


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Danish sb-networker and organic builder.
Member of  "The Building Company Happy & Mortgagefree".
Co-writer of http://www.folkecenter.dk/strawbale/halmbog_2001.htm
Board member in the Danish Association for Sustainable Building.










----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Athena and Bill Steen" <absteen@dakotacom.net>
To: "John Kingsley" <johnk@magma.ca>; "Straw" <Strawbale@crest.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: SB: Tools for SB building...


> John,
> I don't know if you are interested, but I came across another unit that is
> being imported from Mexico and sold by a fellow in Oregon.  I was told about
> it by a plasterer from Utah who used it to do a 3,000 sf sb home in Utah
> last year.  It's a 1 1//2 gallon hand held hopper with three or four holes
> at the bottom.  The material simply falls to the bottom while air provided
> by a hose blows it out.
> 
> I don't know what you are doing, but perhaps there is something of interest
> to take note of.  There is a web site with photos of this contraption, but I
> don't have the address. Perhaps Nolan can help.
> 
> What interested me about it was that I immediately recognized that I could
> make the holes bigger to accommodate the heavy straw mixes that we use.  So
> therefore it got my interest.  Plus it was simply and I couldn't see anyway
> it could clog up.
> 
> Here is his communication below along with his email address:
> 
> Hello Bill,
> I  use a 5 horse compressor with a large tank. It keeps up OK. In the
> beginning I started by ganging together a couple of portable compressors and
> a extra air tank. I sprayed a 22' diameter air form that way. It worked but
> was marginal.
> Yes, The $220 includes shipping. I did it that way to make it easier for
> everyone so they wouldn't need to worry about getting stuck with a over
> sized shipping bill.
> I am in Eugene Oregon. Where are you?
> Take care,
> Nolan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Athena and Bill Steen" <absteen@dakotacom.net>
> To: "Nolan Scheid" <nolan@clipper.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: sprayer
> 
> 
> > From: John Kingsley <johnk@magma.ca>
> > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:42:37 -0500
> > To: Straw <Strawbale@crest.org>
> > Subject: SB: Tools for SB building...
> > 
> > Hi Folks,
> > 
> > On to something a bit less contentious (hopefully!).
> > 
> > I like to day dream about gizzmos and tools.
> > I guess its the inventor streak in me.
> > Ok ... call me weird!
> > 
> > What kind of tools for SB building need improving
> > or inventing?
> > 
> > For example, perhaps we need a better gadget for notching bales.
> > Or perhaps we need a software package for calculating cost of
> > different sb options.
> > Or perhaps we need a better tool for compressing bales.
> > Or...<you fill this in>
> > 
> > Dream on!  Maybe your dreams will come true one day.
> > 
> > (please - no critisms of any ideas that are presented)
> > 
> > By the way, I have a new and improved version
> > of my home-built stucco sprayer.  I am almost
> > finished drawing up the plans and will put them
> > on my web page for free and announce it here when they
> > are ready (hopefully in a week or 2).
> > Ben Polly is coming to visit this weekend and I'll put
> > some snow balls in it and shoot him to test it out!!!
> > 
> > cheers,
> > John
> > 
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