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Old 06-08-2009, 01:55 PM   #16
Sheldonrs
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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston View Post
The Orkin man would love this! Wood with tree bark usually harbors incects. In the old Pueblo style architecture of the desert southwest they use a lot of tree trunks (vigas) and cross them with branches (latias) to construct the roof but they remove all of the tree bark before using it. I once worked on a project that utilized this method. The tree trunks were all stacked in a pasture adjoining the structure and an old man and his wife and 3 children came and began removing the bark with a type of home made spokeshave plane. It was prety incredible.
You mean ORCin, don't you?
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