Archive for September, 2009
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Torch Table Progress
I’ve been working fast and furious on another one month project proposal and finishing up the Torch Table. Saturday I hit a milestone which I thought I would share. We have possibly the largest, open source, computer controlled drawing table!
See the progress:
Torch Table Build Part 4 from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.
And:
Torch Table Part 5 …
5 Comments » - Posted in Torch Table by Lawrence
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
TED Fellows and Milestones
One of our supporters nominated me for the TED Fellows program. I just got an email from the program officer, inviting me to apply. The application is due by September 25. My schedule this week is tight, and we have an important visitor arriving Friday. I am not planning to apply unless …
5 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Marcin
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Open Source Torch Table – 1 Month Update
Exactly one month has passed since Lawrence arrived. Here is an update, continuing from the last post on the project, up to the progress of one week ago:
Torch Table Build Part 3 – Rails from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.
For those interested, here is a discussion of some of the electronics issues, here is another …
3 Comments » - Posted in Torch Table by Marcin
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Steam Meet Report
Here are 7 videos from the steam meet, plus other conslusions on our involvement with steam power. We will build a hydronic heating stove with allowance for a steam engine electrical generator – even if we don’t install the steam engine before winter.
Tom’s working museum collection has a large selection of engines, cars, …
14 Comments » - Posted in Steam Engine Construction Set by Marcin
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Steam Meet Update
I suggest that if someone wants to build a steam engine, the first thing that they should do is visit a Steam Automobile Club of America (SACA) meeting. The steam club meeting is filled with amazing talent – from former NASA engineers, present Detroit workers, builders of steam powered cars and tractors. These people …
5 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Marcin
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Steam Dreams and Stoves Continued
I am now in Berrien Springs, Michigan, for a 2 day visit at the Steam Automobile Club of America (SACA) annual meeting in Chicagoland. I am staying with Tom Kimmel, club president – a jovial fellow who also runs a significant plant propagation nursery for ornamentals.
Tom is an interesting fellow, like the other steam …
1 Comment » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Marcin
Friday, September 11th, 2009
On the Nature of One Month Project Visits
The Table Project was detailed here, and you can see my commitments for the project here. Here is a choppy update of the Torch Tables progress:
Torch Table Build Part 1 from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.
I wanted to say a little something about what this one month project experience has been like. Its hard to …
10 Comments » - Posted in Collaborators,Open Source Ecology,Organizational Development,People,Torch Table,Volunteers by Lawrence
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Open Everything
Today, an Open Everything event will take place at the Paraflows Festival in Vienna, Austria. Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation is the main speaker. Franz Nahrada and Ralf Schlatterbeck will follow up with the hardware side of open production, with Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology as a case in point. We …
4 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Open Everything,Open Source Ecology,Post-scarcity,Presentations by Marcin
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Get a Real Job!
Friends and family still harass me. They still keep telling me to ‘get a real job.’ I’ve got a good response now. It is:
Take a look at the last post on the soil pulverizer
Consider ‘getting a real job at $100k,’ a well-paid gig in The System. Tax and expense take it down to …
7 Comments » - Posted in Factor e Farm by Marcin
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Soil Pulverizer Annihilates Soil Handling Limits
We are glad to report that the LifeTrac-mounted, open source soil pulverizer has annihilated soil-handling limits from our compressed earth brick (CEB) pressing ability. Initial testing achieved 5 ton per hour soil throughput, while The Liberator CEB press requires about 2 tons of soil per hour.
We have shown the pulverizer rotor development in a …
