WELCOME TO CORDWOOD...IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CORDWOOD / STACKWALL CONSTRUCTION YOU CAN FIND HELP HERE.YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING TO MY MAIN BOARD. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cordwood GO INTO MY BOOKMARK SECTION AND READ THE CORDWOOD NEWBEE PAGE TO LEARN THE BASICS.THERE ARE PHOTO ALBUMS TO VIEW AND OTHER LINKS THERE AS WELL.PLUS WE POST ALL NEW CORDWOOD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE KNOW ABOUT SO ALL THE NEWBEES CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO GET SOME HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.THESE ARE NORMALLY FREE BUT I ALSO POST WORKSHOPS CARRIED OUT BY PEOPLE I FEEL QUALIFIED TO TEACH IT.THIS DOESN`T INCLUDE EVERYONE PRESENTLY TEACHING OUT THERE NOW.PEOPLE WHOSE WORKSHOPS I WOULD SUPPORT ARE:

[1]ROB ROY...518-493-7744 robandjaki@yahoo.com [2]JACK HENSTRIDGE...506-488-2477 [has e-mail address but i don`t know it] [3]RICHARD FLATAU... flato@aol.com [4]UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA`S ENGINEERING BIOSYSTEMS STAFF 204-474-9495 [5]JIM JUCZAK...315-782-8714 jsjuczak@gisco.net

MY INTEREST IN LOG BUILDING STARTED IN 1966 WHEN I WORKED ON MY FIRST LOG CABIN.THEN IN 1974 I SWITCHED MY INTEREST TO CORDWOOD.THEN IN 1979 I SET UP A PRIVATE TRADE SCHOOL.WITH A LOG BUILDER TEACHING SCANDINAVIAN SCRIBE FIT AND ME TEACHING CORDWOOD. THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF CORDWOOD OVER 1000 YEARS OLD IN CRETE AND SIBERIA STILL STANDING.THERE ARE ALSO THEORIES ABOUT VIKINGS HAVING BUILT THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE IN EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA.TTHIS SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE EASIEST ALTERNATIVE BUILDING SYSTEMS TO BUILD.IT HAS SO MANY BUILT IN FAIL SAFE OPTIONS THAT IT IS ALMOST FOOL PROOF.TO HELP MAKE IT 100% FOOL PROOF I DO RECOMMEND BUILDING A PRACTICE WALL OR STRUCTURE BEFORE BUILDING A STRUCTURE TO LIVE IN.PLUS DOING SOME HANDS ON ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEONE QUALIFIED. I RECOMMEND YOU READ ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THE SUBJECT THEN PROVE ALL THAT YOU READ WITH EXPERTS.THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION IN PRINT OUT THERE NOW.SO IT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO BELIEVE ON CERTAIN PRACTICES.

CORDially YOURS CORDWOODGUY

WARNING:I HAVE A FLAMER THAT HUNTS ME DOWN ALL OVER THE NET.HE FIRST READ ABOUT CORDWOOD TWO YEARS AGO AND HASN`T EVEN BUILT A CORDWOOD HOUSE.HE CALLS ME A NEWBEE.SO EVENTUALLY HE WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE.I WISH HE WOULD GET A LIFE AND STAY OUT OF MINE.SO LETS HOPE AND PRAY HE MISSES THIS BOARD AND STOPS GIVING WRONG ADVICE ON BUILDING CORDWOOD.

-- CORDWOODGUY (cordwoodguy@n2teaching.com), October 11, 2001

Answers

Hey cordwood guy; you've got the switch. If he gets abusive just go to your "a private page for deleting old threads, etc.." and delete him. It's easy.

I'm not into censorship, but if the guy's really being an asshole...

JOJ

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@ecoweb.net), October 12, 2001.