Aidan Williamson Log

5/31
Arrived at FeF at 10:30 AM. Thanks to Chris DeAngelis for picking me up. Went grocery shopping. Moved CEB rollers to dry location under old workshop eaves. Helped Jose begin to move and reorganize hardware from old workshop. Practiced MIG Welding under Jose and Brianna's helpful supervision. Need more practice. Began work on FeF disposal infrastructure redesign. Tasks this week:
 * Locate site for trash units
 * Design & Build Trash units for segregated trash
 * Collect & organize construction waste around site

6/1
Assessed distributions of recyclable materials in area surrounding HabLab, workshop, and old workshop. Built structure for dry storage of biomass and construction wood scrap for burning. Much thanks to Chris DeAngelis for all his help. Contemplated household recycling storage Two options presented themselves: Decided to go with rain barrels because the main advantage of 5 gal buckets, that they are easily transported, was nullified when Yoonseo Kang and I lifted a 55 gal bucket full of glass (heaviest configuration of recyclable household mats) the height of a truck bed. Stil Need to do:
 * Design would need to both store 1-3 months of materials (depending on amount of visitors at FeF)
 * Needs to be easily moved manually onto truck bed
 * Made of materials already on site
 * 1) 5 gallon paint buckets. Advantages: Abundance of buckets on site. easily transported when full of heavy materials, can be used inside house then simply capped and brought outside.
 * 2) 55 gallon rain barrels. Advantages: Abundance of barrels on site. stores more material in less space than stacked 5 gal buckets
 * Organize materials outside hablab
 * Organize materials in area surrounding workshops
 * Find someone to take old cars
 * Fabricate recycling barrels.

Video is a brief look at current material distribution and a view of new wood scrap & biomass storage spot: 

6/2
Felt tired for most of the morning. Drank a cup of coffee and was ready to go at ten. Need to get to bed before 1AM from now on. Already breaking that rule tonight... Organized HabLab construction materials. Took most of the day. Collected wood for burning to stock wood pile. Reassessed water management at wood pile site. Designed a water management system. Cut materials. Rake broke so I got to practice welding while fixing. Acquired SolidWorks 2010 from Yoonseo Kang. I plan to document my entire learning experience with SolidWorks. It will be my first time using CAD so this will be an experiment to see how long it takes someone to learn and then contribute to the project. Here are my thoughts on the process: Will be interesting to see how long this takes. It will take place mainly in my off time. For screen capture software I will try to use CamStudio which is open source. I felt like WALL-E today when I was cleaning the construction site. It was difficult work on my own. I really enjoyed it, though. Tomorrow I will build my water diversion system, stock the woodpile, and begin the recycling bins. Tasks still remaining this week:
 * Record entire time while using the program
 * On-screen timer while recording.
 * Video recaps with voice-overs on sped up recordings discussing what I did.
 * Start with tutorial, then some practice, then CAD the sawmill.
 * Complete woodpile
 * Build Recycling Bins
 * Organize scattered materials around workshops and in fields
 * Will need to use tractor to do that. Need to practice driving that
 * Find someone to take junk cars. Have a lead on that thanks to Brianna Kufa

I've thought about long-term outdoor metal storage. We have large (3'x3' ish) concrete slabs that can be laid together outside the workshop to create a space for that. Could be something to tackle after we get the cars hauled away.

Will upload today's log tomorrow. I'm pooped.