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| Laying out the forms for the first course. We have five 12″X12″ forms and one 18″X12″ form. |
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| Forms are all filled in. Now for the moment of truth, removing the first form. It’s had roughly half an hour to set up |
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| The form slid off fairly easily |
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| And the block kept its large fudge like shape |
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| The 12″X12″ was far easier to remove than than the 18″X12″ was. Note how the 18″X12″ block slumps a little at the corner. |
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| For the next course we’ll build a few more forms to allow a little more set up time. We may also try greasing the forms to ease removal. |
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| Packing the form seemed to work best if we filled the it half way and then gave it a good tamping |
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| Screeding the excess off the top |
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| Making a new batch |
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| Adding lime |
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| Adding more water. I played with mix over time drying to get it drier. |
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| Dispensing |
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| Two walls down |
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| Dad engineered a new screed that worked much better than the board I was using. |
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| I suggested we stop after the third wall but Jean and Dad wanted to keep going |
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| We were one block shy of completing the fourth wall when we ran out of mud and daylight. |