Liberator 2 Production Rate Calculations
The basic design rationale for MicroTrac hydraulic pump (and engine) size requirements is the ability to power the Liberator 2 CEB press to the extent that it can produce 6 bricks per minute. See calculations. This indicates 360 bricks per hour, or about...
Augering
LifeTrac is back out in agriculture action. We mounted the power take-off motor on the front loader arms, and attached the post-hole digger. The post-hole digger was from our former, now defunct D17 tractor. We dug post holes for staking our grapes, and...
Industry Standard Cooking Video
This is a video that Molly made when she was here a few weeks ago. We have plenty of eggs from our chickens, and here’s the standard of what we do with them. You can call it Depression Cooking Lesson 1, in the style of this.
Kidding at Factor e Farm
There was some kidding going on at factor e Farm on April 15: The goat exloded once then twice. After the first baby was born, mama goat stood up, and the second goat dropped right on the ground with a sloshing thump. What an event. I felt abundance as...
Moving Forward: Solar Village
Jeremy and I had some serious discussion on the goals for this year, and here are our conclusions for the Core Team from the conversation: CEB Press and LifeTrac taken to product release by end of 2009 – led by Marcin Hexahatch taken to product...
Last Frost Date
Two days ago marked the last frost date. I took a video walkthough – on the plant life and landscape of Factor e Farm. This is to record the natural history and evolution of our place – not only for seasonal, but yearly, changes. Fruit trees...
Upcoming Presentations: Illinois and Austria
You can see our past presentation from the Oekonux Conference here. Edward Miller, one of our True Fans, has organized a university lecture for us at Monmouth College in Illinois on April 22, 2009. If you’re in the surrounding area, please consider...
RepRap. The End of Walmart.
If you can proint 3D objects at home, that may be the end of Walmart. Yes – RepRap – the DIY open source 3D printer – is a major political statement. You can actually use RepRap to recycle – by reusing plastics as feedstocks for...
The Next Phase of Civilization
To give you more flavor of the memorable Oekonux 4 conference of last weekend in Manchester, UK – here is a presentation given by Charles Collis that I reposted at the OSE wiki. Charles presented and supported several contrarian views – namely...
