Re: [papercreters] Re: Simplicity

I have not. I live in a desert and sawdust isn't easy to get. The
closest mountains with trees are over 100 miles away so not really
practical.

Charmaine Taylor, a group member, has done sawdustcrete, and she swears
by it. IIRC she packed it between studs in her wall.

I can see where shrinkage would be a real problem for cordwood. That
could be a real disaster with all the joints. That's why I generally
don't recommend embedding things in pc. The shrinkage prevents a bond
from happening.

We have another member, Bob, who used really heavy pc, lots of clay and
cement. I don't think he had any shrinkage issues either. He also
developed an unique T lock system of forms. His album is at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/photos/album/1000048770/pic/list



On 5/28/2013 9:11 PM, john_mc999 wrote:
> Spaceman,
>
> Have you ever experimented with adding raw sawdust to PC mix? The reason I ask is I also read a Cordwood list as well. Now some members on there work with a PC like mix heavy in cement/lime. Also common is that they add sawdust to their mixes. They do not report shrinkage issues. (Would be rather important in a cordwood structure. :)
>
> Thoughts? Thx.
>
> McGinnis
>



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