Green Roof
Well, not really green in winter, but it will soon be. Today we put straw and earth on top of the CEB workshop addition – for a living roof. Without LifeTrac assist, this would have been an arduous task. With LifeTrac, we were able to do most of...
3000 Bricks and Counting
Upon the suggestion of Reto Stauss of the nachhaltigBeobachtet blog, we have installed the ChipIn widget here for additional transparency in our crowd funding strategy. At the time of this post, we collected $1144, and still have $856 left to go in the...
Backhoe Breaks Ground
The open source backhoe is complete. Check out the finished product as attached on our open source tractor: Field testing showed some explosive news. See for yourself: I ran over to Sweiger Shop right after, to get a larger shaft. The store was closed...
CEB Field Testing – Factor e Live – Episode 10
We are finally in the phase of field testing of the CEB press. We ran the CEB press successfully with our open source tractor, which we showed in Episode 8 of Factor e Live. Now it’s production time – pressing about eight thousand bricks –...
LifeTrac Prototype I
Here is the evolution of LifeTrac (see wiki work page) from design, possibly the most simple implementation of tractor-loader functions: to steel frame: to wheels and motor, and to bucket: I completed the quick attach plate yesterday, from design: to...
Factor e Live – Episode 8
This week’s episode of Factor e Live features the CEB press in action (in addition to the documentation of our first complete solar panels). It is a perfect union – the LifeTrac open source tractor powers the Factor e Liberator CEB Press....
Factor e Live – Part 5 – LifeTrac Takes Baby Steps
We showed the construction of our open source tractor frame in Factor e Live Part 3. Here we show LifeTrac running under the power of its own motor: Next steps: mounting the front end loader, building a rototiller, and mounting a backhoe. In the meantime,...
Well – Solar Turbine – LifeTrac Day 1
We have finally completed our water well-drilling adventure. Everything that could went wrong – amounting to a 2 month delay – but the bottom line is that we have a 4 inch-bore well that we estimate is giving us 1000 gallons of water per day...
