Mon 15 Jun 2009
LifeTrac in MAKE Magazine
Posted by Marcin
LifeTrac, our open source tractor, was recently featured in MAKE Magazine. Thank you to Abe Connally of Vela Creations, who wrote the article.
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July 17th, 2009 at 12:26 pm[...] and moved on to reality as an attachment for LifeTrac: [...]
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September 7th, 2009 at 7:04 am[...] are glad to report that the LifeTrac-mounted, open source soil pulverizer has annihilated soil-handling limits from our compressed earth [...]
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October 29th, 2009 at 7:30 am[...] we carry it over to the work place with the LifeTrac forks. LifeTrac makes for Air CEB, but it is about a 1000 pound [...]
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November 4th, 2009 at 3:08 pm[...] 9 bricks per minute demonstrated production rate using LifeTrac as a power source, this is about 3 times better than we predicted almost 2 years ago. The True Fans [...]
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Pingback from Full Local Diet | Open Source Ecology
November 21st, 2009 at 3:01 pm[...] sugar crops, fuel crops. We are considering a remote control tractor for cultivating, built upon LifeTrac by adding on a differential GPS remote control module for about $100 plus solenoid [...]
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Pingback from Initial Steps to the Open Source Multimachine | Open Source Ecology
January 26th, 2010 at 2:23 am[...] may have read the proposition of turning the LifeTrac tractor auger to a lathe in this post. Here are the initial results of putting together an open [...]
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Pingback from Winter Orchard Damage | Open Source Ecology
February 4th, 2010 at 3:12 am[...] but this vole episode showed me other reasons. It’s time to get the brushhog mounted on LifeTrac and do some major [...]
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Pingback from 13 Bricks Per Minute… and Counting | Open Source Ecology
April 17th, 2010 at 12:07 am[...] sample yielded 13 bricks per minute with LifeTrac as the power source, for the 2″ tall bricks. See this insanity in this one minute video: [...]
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May 4th, 2010 at 1:24 pm[...] run shown displays a pressing rate of 11 bricks per minute, using LifeTrac on medium-high throttle as the power source. These encouraging results also pointed to the need of [...]
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Pingback from LifeTrac II Concept | Open Source Ecology
May 13th, 2010 at 9:42 pm[...] frame designs drawn up in Blender to see how the proposed design will function. See past work on LifeTrac. Categories: Open Source Ecology No Comments « Open Source Chicken Incubator Continued [...]
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Pingback from Brick Pressing Rate Maxed Out: 16 Bricks Per Minute | Open Source Ecology
May 18th, 2010 at 10:57 pm[...] second section – with rates of 16 and 13 bricks per minute, respectively. The power source is LifeTrac at 28 gallons per minute of hydraulic flow: Read more about these results and control [...]
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Pingback from Full Product Release | Open Source Ecology
June 13th, 2010 at 2:13 am[...] for us to now focus on developing the next products in line – namely the open source tractor, LifeTrac, PowerCube, and [...]
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Pingback from Open Source Tractor Update | Open Source Ecology
July 7th, 2010 at 1:51 pm[...] William has been here for 2 months already, and here’s his second Dedicated Project Visit report. Don’t miss this video if you want to see 3D models and a time-lapse video of LifeTrac II – the second prototype of the open source tractor – coming together. You can read about our first prototype here. [...]
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July 12th, 2010 at 11:24 pm[...] are glad to report that the LifeTrac-mounted, open source soil pulverizer has annihilated soil-handling limits from our compressed earth [...]
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Pingback from LifeTrac II: Frame | Open Source Ecology
July 18th, 2010 at 2:29 pm[...] Here are some additional details from Sean’s video documentation work regarding the frame of the open source tractor – LifeTrac – Prototype II. William discusses some of the details on the frame, which was introduced in a previous post. From Sean’s videos so far, I like this one the most so far for its aesthetic qualities. You can read more about LifeTrac Prototype I here. [...]
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:06 pm[...] today’s experiment was building and using an 8-foot diameter string trimmer powered by LifeTrac, with 1/2″ wire for the cutter. Did you ever wonder what it would be like to supersize a [...]
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Pingback from LifeTrac Prototype II Test Drive | Open Source Ecology
September 12th, 2010 at 4:59 pm[...] with LifeTrac II. Can it be any simpler? We took out the articulated joint that was present in LifeTrac I, since OSE Specifications prioritize simplicity. Skid steering may not be as elegant as articulated [...]
June 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Awesome! More publicity! Now we just need to get you guys featured in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:08 am
WELL, I am at the laundrymat and what do I see. MAKE mag and ol friend looking out at me! hee hee – CONGRATS time, guys.
Marcen, we still believe.
Now building our _own_ community, one hotbed at a time – wood heated home, passive solar coldframes, manure-heated raised beds, veggie crops & planning mushroom logs, micro greenhouse out of converted ice fishing house!
_Reuse reduce renew recycle_ you know tha drill.
Of course you must know all about the Transition Town movement. see my page & pics – I told em all about yas and made links to our visit videos, your website too.
Please do Come Visit Us if you are ever presenting in Burlington VT or NY state, you always have a place to stay as this house is Ginormious ovah here. We’re intergenerational humans w hardy icelandic horses sheep and chickens, on 90 acres o hilltop bliss.
OneLove
much success
! you are up to *9 bricks per minute ACTUAL*?
Facinating, says mr Spock!
May it all be for the benefit of all beings
Ama & Nate