Archives for Oct,2011

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Dear True Fans: Brick Pressing in Full Swing

We are now pressing 5 bricks per minute at half the rated power of the CEB machine. Big weekend coming up this Saturday, as we have a work crew of 25 coming. We hope to complete the 4000 square foot workshop – 20 columns total as shown in our Kickstarter....

LifeTrac Control Valves Instructional

Instructional video on the connection of LifeTrac valves to motors, cylinders, and Power Cubes. Stream & download at Archive.org Read the transcript In order to make our videos more accessible, going forward we will be uploading to both Vimeo and...

Dear True Fans: Brick Pressing Begun

Nonprofit Fundraising

  Hello friends, it is time to make a fundraising team and raise $1M from the non-profit sector, mostly foundations, till June 1, 2012. With commitment and the right people this is quite possible! Till October 28 we will find at least 50 foundations...

CEB Controller Box Wiring Instructional Video

Video of CEB controller box electronic boards hookup: (See transcript at the wiki) Hi, I’m Rebecca Rojer, and I’m one week into my month-long stay at Factor e Farm for a Dedicated Project Visit in documentation. I’ll be picking up where...

Dear True Fans: House Foundation Pour

The house foundation is now poured, and we hope to lay brick today.

Instructional Video on Documentation Procedure

As my dedicated project visit comes to an end I am passing on my process for creating instructional videos on the GVCS fabrication and assembly procedures. I hope this information is useful to future documentarians at Factor E Farm and for videos editors...

LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks – Instructional

Thorough explanation of the fabrication and assembly of the LifeTrac wheel tracks. Extreme Traction post from development stages of tracks. See other completed LifeTrac videos on the wiki. Rebbeca Rojer just arrived as a new addition to the documentation...

Kickstarter: Going the Last Mile

Friends, we are finally kicking off our Kickstarter to go The Last Mile on the construction part of the Global Village Construction Set: Here is a direct link to the Kickstarter page. These are exciting times as our resources continue to increase towards...

Dear True Fans: October 9 Update

Dear True Fans and Supporters, here is an update on construction.