CEB, Hexacube, and Hexayurt: Side by Side
We are posting a video update on the CEB flex fab workshop addition, plus news on the first Hexacube solar cubicle that we built in the short time that Nate and Ama were here on a visit. There is interesting information on our newly built stove –...
Towards 1000 Global Villages – Factor e Live Distillations – Part 1
Subscribe to the 1000 True Fans – 1000 Global Villages campaign: 2008 was a big year for us at Factor e Farm. Here is a review and the latest news.We were a little quiet for a couple weeks – our wireless internet went out in the cold weather...
November Progress Report
With the roof on the CEB workshop addition – we can relax our pace and document progress. Our wireless internet is down – is works intermittently in winter – so we are in the process of installing a land line. It is useful to summarize...
It’s Over Our Heads
The roof is coming into place quickly. We will have the entire structure closed off – including a living roof covered with soil and straw – hopefully by today. Through major catastrophe – a part of the wall collapsing because the bricks...
The Brick that Broke the Camel’s Back
I have a lot to say about where I am, about what I’m doing, about what I’m feeling and about bricks. And no pictures to say it with. So, please be persistent and listen to what I have to say and perhaps we’ll all be the wiser for it....
Supernatural Wall
The CEB wall is not only made from local earth, but it also has composted manure mortar. This was not our first choice, but part of emergency Plan B. The ground is pretty much frozen here, and we can no longer make earth slurry mortar. In our case, mortar...
First Open Source CEB Wall Section Laid
Here is the process of laying up CEB blocks for our digital fabrication facility:
First Brick Laid
Laser level plus 1/2″ treated plywood plus shallow insulated gravel foundation equals first brick laid:
Flurries on All Fronts
We experienced serious flurries today. First, we had a flurry of $482 come in today – to almost meet our materials needs on the CEB addition – on the last day of November’s funding cycle.Second, we experienced a flurry of hits on our...
CEB Field Performance Report – Factor e Live Part 11
After two weeks of brick pressing – we are done. We pressed a total of five thousand, six hundred, and ninety one open source CEB bricks. We are using The Liberator – the open source, high performance (6 brick per minute), manually-loaded...
