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Free association just for the heck of it…who knows where it will lead.

For me right this very second…I think it would be interesting if we had a field of experiments in alternative energy and building…solar powered cooking things, that wind based air conditioner, houses made from coke bottles…it would probably look like hippie disaster pile. Cob houses…I’ve always been down with the idea of a cob house.

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This but as a collaboration between seasoned and new blacksmiths, new get to practice making leaves seasoned gets the challenge of forming trunk and branches and whoever wants to learn to weld

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Flintstones. It’s the Flintstones. They’re the modern stone age family.

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From what I’ve seen of it on various YouTube videos on tiny houses and other alt dwelling channels, cob is both incredibly labor-intensive and unforgiving.

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We just watched a show a few days ago(I think it was shot in 2011-2013)


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You guys are supposed to be answering the question/ wouldn’t it be cool if we built…

See what wacky ideas people come up with.

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Wouldn’t it be cool if we built a blacksmithing trailer, self-contained, fold/glide out. So the whole thing only need be parked in the center of a set of 6-8 parking spaces, then, whir-gronk: 4 or so station forge.
I’ve found several examples on the Internet, but nothing exactly like what I’m thinking.
Most of them are very small, as for farriers, but the general idea

This one’s a little closer,
trailer & helve
but I’d like to combine that idea with this stage trailer

to make it more “self contained” and a more “rollout” affair…
Meh. Fantasy.

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I’m knee deep in building a structure that could be converted into an exceptionally compact standalone residence.

But that’s some ways down the road.

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wouldnt it be cool if we built a quad bike?

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Laser. Shotgun. 1.21 gigawatts I don’t want to pop balloons I want to turn any piece of metal I want into Swiss cheese

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I am almost over my lust for a monolithic concrete dome house - almost.

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Russell Ward

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Don’t give up the dream!

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just for you Nicole!

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OMG Let’s go to Thailand and hang out with them!

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Cancel that they are in Hawaii
and selling stuff to make houses

Who has some land - let’s have them come out for a workshop!

Go go go nicoles new hippie phase

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I’ve participated in hempcrete construction. It is a fascinating renewable material - breathable, fireproof, insect proof, excellent thermal mass and acoustic properties, etc.- but we need to be able to grow it here to be affordable. A few states are already experimenting.

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How does this grab ya?
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Love it. Someone’s going to need to build a life size prancing soft robot unicorn to beat that.

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Wouldn’t it be cool if we built life sized rock em sock em robots?

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Never give up on the Monolithic Dome dream!

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