1/4" plywood works well if you frame it and then use lots of stakes and braces. I used the metal ring from an above ground swimming pool that had been lying around for fifteen years or so. It is about three feet tall and forty feet long. I used 4' pipes (scrap electrical conduit) as stakes, driven 1' into the ground.
If you want to make shorter lifts try 1x12 boards long enough to take a full mixer load in one shot. After the first pour you only need one end, with the other end sealed by the previous pour. When you come back for subsequent lifts, make sure your seams are staggered.
If you cut both sidewalls off a tire then you could stake it into a rectangular shape for making blocks. Since a traditional block mold would be easier, maybe the tire would make a nice raised bed for veggies.
Spaceman
canineaficionado wrote:
I keep thinking that tires with small drain holes would make a good, permanent form for a cement rich papercrete slurry. Has anybody tried this? Or does anybody have any ideas for a simple, cheap slipform? We are really wanting to get something out on the land this summer for a sturdy, semi-permanent shelter for the fence building week. All ideas are welcome. Thanks! Tina and Mike in Colorado ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com mailto:papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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