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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Dear Derek & Darcey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Thanks, your input is no doubt going to
prove invaluable to our project and I look forward to seeing your further
input. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>The one drawback is that other than
stands of more mature cedar trees, they don’t have a real abundance of
timber available, so we will probably stick with making adobe for the internal
walls. They also have an abundance of stone and have really fine examples of traditional
stonework that I want to highlight.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com
[mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Derek Roff<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 04 November 2011 12:06 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> darcey@paksbab.org; Global
Straw Building Network<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [GSBN] Hand
Compressed bales</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font></span><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
color:green'> </span></font></span><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Are there certain car or
lorry jacks that work better than others?</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#2c2c2c" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#2C2C2C'>The Hi-Lift jack
(which Darcey mentioned), and similar designs, have a couple of useful design
features for making hand-compressed bales. One is that they have a greater
range of travel than most auto jacks- sometimes a meter or more. Another
is that they offer controlled movement in both directions, rather than relying
on gravity, and/or potentially releasing too quickly or incompletely, as some
jacks would when adapted to a new use. They often come with a square
metal base, and a larger lifting surface than many jacks, which makes
attachments and modifications easier. They lack the finicky precision
mechanisms of hydraulic and screw jacks, which makes mud and dust less of a
problem, and servicing/cleaning easier. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Derelict<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Derek Roff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Nov 3, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Darcey Donovan wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Hi Andy and everyone,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>The PAKSBAB team is
making great little 1' x 1' x 2' bales in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> using our hand balers
(compression moulds and farm jacks). I initially took an American made
Hi-Lift jack to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region>
which is still in use, and we have since imported additional ones from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>The straw is cut by
hand using a sickle and is wrapped into sausage-like bundles and placed
side-to-side in the mould. Andy, I will email you some pictures of the
moulds and bale fabrication process, farm jack specs, and our fabrication
procedure off list. I need to update my compression mould drawing, but I
can do this in the next week and email it to you as well. If anyone else
is interested in this information please send me an email off list and I will
cc you on my correspondence with Andy.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>We often use wattle
and daub for our interior partition walls. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I haven't been to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> in
almost 2 years but Surkhab Khan and the team are forging ahead. We're
about to start our 27th straw bale house - our 3rd one in collaboration with
the organization SCIPPER (Spinal Cord Injury Project for Pakistan Earthquake
Rehabilitation). We also recently formed an advisory board and are working hard
to bring straw bale construction to scale in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Step by step...<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Darcey<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Darcey Donovan,
P.E., C.T.O.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Pakistan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#1F497D'> Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>
1083<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#1F497D'>Truckee</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>,
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">96160</st1:PostalCode>
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA<u1:p></u1:p></st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>(530) 902-5516 cell<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>(530) 582-4965 fax<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>darceydonovan Skype<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><a
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Andy
Horn <a href="mailto:%5bmailto:andy@ecodesignarchitects.co.za%5d">[mailto:andy@ecodesignarchitects.co.za]</a> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 03,
2011 7:29 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'Global
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Straw</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Network'</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:ecoengr@sbcglobal.net">ecoengr@sbcglobal.net</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Hand Compressed bales<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Dear Darcey & others<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Some time back in the Dec 2006 Last Straw
there was an article about the work of Darcey Donovan and Greg Zaller in an
earthquake struck area of Pakistan, where they used hand compacted bales using
car jacks to make their bales for some community projects.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>We have a Hospital project in the icy
highlands of the small mountain <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:placetype u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">kingdom</st1:placetype></st1:PlaceType> of <st1:placename u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Lesotho</st1:placename></st1:place></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
where the locals are growing wheat (organically) and harvest by hand. We intend
to build using straw bales and I am looking specifically for information about
how best to make and utilize a hand compactor.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>We did already make up a simple timber
mould simply to establish the quantity and hence cost of the supply of the
straw that we would likely need to bale with. We used a hacksaw (with a fine
steel cutting blade) to cut the straw, placing the cut ends to the outside and
thinning ends towards the inside alternately so as to lay it in a regular
fashion. We did not try use a car jack as at that stage we were just looking at
quantities. The locals sell their straw in bundles for roof thatching. We found
that it will take approximately 20 of their bundles to make a single bale.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>In order for the idea to be replicable we
need to keep it as simple but effective as possible. There is a local metal
worker who could weld up a mould for us and I am sure we can lay our hands on
some car or lorry jacks. I have never been down this road before and have no
idea of the finer technicalities of making your own bales.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>Are there certain car or lorry jacks that work better than others?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>how to best design the mould?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>how best to lay the straw into the mould?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>What kind of level of compression is one looking for and how does
one establish the right level of compression?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>How to get this as efficient as possible?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
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size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>What can go wrong?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>-</span></font><font
size=1 color=green><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'>etc etc<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>I did already try follow John Glassfords
link on his web site that he mentioned (see his mail below) in regards to
looking at this for th Haiti project, Thanks John ….but would appreciate
much more specific detail.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>The other thing that came up was the
possibility to make thinner bales for internal walls ….but again I have
had no experience with this.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Any input would be hugely appreciated.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Many thanks<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'>Andy Horn<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'>G ' day Balers<br>
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Sounds good to me bales for <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Remember it was an earthquake and if you have not seen the work been done by
Darcy Donovan here is a story posted some time ago now:<br>
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(Just scroll down)<br>
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<a href="http://glassford.com.au/main/?paged=5"
title="blocked::http://glassford.com.au/main/?paged=5">http://glassford.com.au/main/?paged=5</a><br>
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Also you must all have seen the video of the test done in <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Reno</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:City>:<br>
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<a href="http://imedia.unr.edu/shakertables/straw_bail_house_test_270.mov"
title="blocked::http://imedia.unr.edu/shakertables/straw_bail_house_test_270.mov">http://imedia.unr.edu/shakertables/straw_bail_house_test_270.mov</a><br>
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I love the hand baler that the Pakistanis are using.<br>
<br>
Seeing there is high unemployment in <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Haiti</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> and
if there is any rice straw in the paddocks then the hand balers would work.<br>
<br>
Anyone know how Darcy is going last time I heard Darcy was still in <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>?<br>
<br>
Kind regards<br>
The Straw Wolf<br>
Huff 'n' Puff Constructions<br>
<a href="http://www.glassford.com.au/"
title="blocked::http://www.glassford.com.au/">http://www.glassford.com.au</a><br>
61 2 6927 6027<br>
In <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> (02)
6927 6027<br>
<br>
Mountains of the Moon 2011<br>
<a href="http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org/">http://www.mountainsofthemoon.org</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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