Zac Holtzman

Hi Alexander,
 I was wondering if you made a decision on CEB vs Rammed Earth. I’m with you on the appealing look and feel of the finished rammed earth walls. I’ve got a Hilti combi-hammer that I was concidering getting a tamping bit for. I’ve also been looking at all the manual CEB machines. So far the ones that look good to me are the;
Auram 3000 (India) kind of pricey $2600+?
QMR2-40 (China) $1000
Startop Hitop (Thailand) $1700

 There was someone on Permies (I think his last name is Cantrell) that converted a metric design to inches and built it. He shared lots of great info on how to go about building your own for around $300. I can TIG weld and fabricate but with all those moving parts camming off each other, I’m leaning towards just buying one.

Good luck!

Hello Everyone,
 I bought Tim’s book, read through it, and plan on building something in the “white oven” style. I have a few stainless steel beer kegs that I was thinking of using instead of barrel drums. The kegs have a 15.5” diameter. Do you guys think this is too small of an inner oven? Thanks