What tools are needed to work with the beams?
The technology was designed so that no power tools are required to work with these beams. During construction testing, only three tools were used: a pruning hook, a wooden mallet, and an old style hand operated drill (bit brace). In the field, a cutting device such as a machete could be substituted for a pruning hook or saw, a rock or other blunt object could be substituted for a hammer, and a sharpened stick can be used instead of a hand operated drill to puncture the beams and make holes.
