Filmmaker Ian Midgley visits Factor E Farm
I recently caught a ride with James Slade from Texas while filming the conclusion to my documentary on Open Source Ecology. We tied the LifeTrac prototype 4 onto a trailer and trucked it from Creation Flame outside Austin, TX straight through the night...
Open Source Ecology Documentary Fundraiser
We’re launching an online crowd-funding campaign today to complete our feature documentary film that delves deep into the revolutionary action of Open Source Ecology! The goal is to raise enough funds to complete the editing of the film over the...
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...
LifeTrac Wheel Assembly – Instructional Video
Just completed the fourth video in the new series of instructional videos. With instructions on how to make a power cube, tractor frame, and now tractor wheel, you can be more than halfway to building your own LifeTrac.
LifeTrac Frame Construction – Instructional Video
I just completed this full instructional on fabrication and assembly of the LifeTrac III frame. All measurements are accurate and up to date. As mentioned in the video, we are working to further simply the process of fabricating the steel tube frame...
Dedicated Project Visit: Ian Midgley
http://vimeo.com/24634922 Howdy, I arrived on the Factor E Farm a few days ago for a three week stay. I’ll be making instructional videos on the function and fabrication of the Global Village Construction Set from right here in the cozy HexaYurt....
