How to make adobe bricks

3/14/26:

This one couldn't be edited here, or at least not convenient at the moment. So I just copied it from the main blog, and reposted it here.

It's an old post I made just before I bought the property out west. The link below is actually in the county where my land is. (If memory serves.)

Some of the links don't work anymore, but I won't change anything. However, I will embed a video from a website mentioned in the links down below:



June 2014:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q451eExJlfw
The county seat of a west Texas county is made of adobe bricks

Update:

There's a bit more to making adobe bricks than the above video.

Here's another source, which describes how in a written format.

More pointers on how to find the right kind of soil to use.

Here's more in a pdf file.

Important!

How to process soil into its clay components.  This isn't as hard as it sounds.

Amazing video

There's a scene in the spaghetti Western called "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, which features an adobe home. I've wondered about that. It seemed to be rather airy and open.

Also, I've experimented with the soil out there. I don't think that it is necessarily as easy as this video suggests. Nevertheless, this is an amazing video.

Man builds cabin in the woods

Compare and contrast this with the quonset concept. This looks like a lot of heavy duty work. Not bad if you want the exercise. But for me, not a chance. Not that I'm afraid of getting my hands dirty. Nope. This is for younger dudes with a lot of strength and endurance. I'm just an old fart now.

Now here's a video for ya

The video doesn't have a lot of views, nor a lot of comments. It is of interest to me personally because I've lived in Texas all my life, and some of these places mentioned in the video were completely unknown to me.

Some of these places seem to be intentionallly hidden. Tourists aren't necessarily welcomed, if you catch my drift. If they were, there'd be a lot more access.

Anyway, it is definitely an interesting side trip if I'm ever in these regions again. As a matter of fact, a few of these places are not that far from here!

Quonset huts

Yep. That's what I wanted to emulate. Instead of corrugated steel, I used plastic tarps.

Good idea, but bad execution.

Mixed reviews for this video

A short survey of the comments reveals a dislike of this video.

Personally, I didn't like the use of gasoline for the eventual use of it for gardening.

Also, there may be a problem with heavy rains overloading the system.

Anyway, if you have a lots of time to waste, why not watch it?

Heh. I mean, I DID.

Easiest Way to Make Biochar (No Barrel or Drum!)

The final product is used in gardens, it says.   Therefore, it can be used to raise food.

Log House Time-lapse Construction

Not your great-grandpappy loghouse here.

Graphene finally delivering on its promise?

 

Lightweight and strong supermaterails in sight? If so, the applications are numerous, and the potential is through the roof.

Cannot embed, so it will have to be a link-only...

Link

Off world data centers --- it's a trap!

 She knocks a big hole in the notion of off-world data centers.