ferrocement
March 8, 2003 2:44 PM Subscribe
Ferrocement made from sand and cement applied by hand to chicken wire is a cheap and simple yet long-lasting building material that an unskilled practioner can use to build Anything you imagine for example Ships Dinosaurs Bomb Shelters Computer Desk Sailboats Hobbit Houses Furniture and Lawn Gnomes.
gee, some of the furniture is pretty funky, but that lawn gnome is god-awful. (Begging the question, are there any non-god-awful lawn gnomes?)
Interesting stuff stbalbach! Seems like I should buy a 20 lb bag to go with my duct tape and plastic sheeting for the fabrication of a kiss-my-ass-goodbye MeFi safe surfing station.
posted by madamjujujive at 10:19 PM on March 8, 2003
Interesting stuff stbalbach! Seems like I should buy a 20 lb bag to go with my duct tape and plastic sheeting for the fabrication of a kiss-my-ass-goodbye MeFi safe surfing station.
posted by madamjujujive at 10:19 PM on March 8, 2003
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There's also a textbook on using Ferrocement.
Some explanation of the material, including disadvantages: Mostly found this stuff while googl'ing for tensile, shearing, and compression strengths of the material. I haven't found any numbers that mean anything to me yet. Anyone else?
posted by namespan at 3:35 PM on March 8, 2003