Comments on: Soil Pulverizer Annihilates Soil Handling Limits

By: Open Source Soil Pulverizer – Prototype II | Factor E Farm Blog

Open Source Soil Pulverizer – Prototype II | Factor E Farm Blog — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:31:18 +0000

[...] Power Cube I. This is not bad at all for a lawnmower engine. Also, compare the present results with Prototype I to see the simplifications. For one, we have eliminated the hydraulic cylinder of Prototype I for [...]

By: Role of Soils in Crop Production | Crop production

Role of Soils in Crop Production | Crop production — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:02:41 +0000

[...] have considerably different fertilizer needs than younger, less highly weathered soils. The soil also provides mechanical support that allows the plant to stand upright. Soil temperature and [...]

By: LifeTrac Prototype II Completed | Open Source Ecology

LifeTrac Prototype II Completed | Open Source Ecology — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:28:57 +0000

[...] 35 horsepower of drive in total. At the same time, we are beginning on the second prototype of the soil pulverizer for CEB [...]

By: Getting Ready To Build: A Better Future | Open Source Ecology

Getting Ready To Build: A Better Future | Open Source Ecology — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:03:14 +0000

[...] Plus, we still need to finish LifeTrac Prototype II, build Power Cube Prototype II, and build the Soil Pulverizer Prototype II – all in preparation for building, which we were hoping would begin on August [...]

By: Full Product Release | Open Source Ecology

Full Product Release | Open Source Ecology — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:23:28 +0000

[...] its initial, manual prototype, to our not-so-effective building adventures, to Prototype II, to the soil pulverizer, to the first prototype of the automatic CEB controls, to beta version product release with manual [...]

By: Pressing Rate Maxed Out at 16 Bricks Per Minute | Open Source Ecology

Pressing Rate Maxed Out at 16 Bricks Per Minute | Open Source Ecology — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:00:51 +0000

[...] the machine – as fast as it’s able to produce them. We will also have to upgrade our soil pulverizer to keep up with this demand for soil. We’ve achieved serious performance, sufficient for [...]

By: CEB House Tour – Missouri | Open Source Ecology

CEB House Tour – Missouri | Open Source Ecology — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:26:35 +0000

[...] the soil pulverizer, we could throw a bag of cement in front of the pulverizer as we work the soil (80 lb for a 1000 lb [...]

By: Product | Open Source Ecology

Product | Open Source Ecology — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:12 +0000

[...] addition. In 2009, we were busy completing the CEB Prototype II and supporting equipment like the pulverizer-loader. Add the soil shaker in the last post, and we’ve got [...]

By: Pressing Times | Open Source Ecology

Pressing Times | Open Source Ecology — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:31:16 +0000

[...] we use the Soil Pulverizer/Loader for the first time in the CEB workflow to grind a pile of soil. Since there was not a single day [...]

By: Ama

Ama — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:12:52 +0000

Hmm – thats pretty great for earth brick and for prep of earth for mudchink and Cob as well… I like it.. Using the lifetrac is really saving money, like a real isolated post-inductrial farm will have to do: optimise what they already have.

Hmm hmmm – SAFETY GATE or BAR needed in front so children or elders or residentclutzes do not get torn up & fed into into hopper(who come with Self Replication, yes yes yes when the village has women and children you dont want to have bloodbricks.)

By: Abe

Abe — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:42:54 +0000

You’re gonna need at least 2 people stacking bricks, probably more like 3. I can tell you from experience, over 2000 bricks per day by yourself is exhausting, and you won’t be able to do it very many days in a row. 2 people can actually be very fast with it once they get synced up, and they can move a few thousand a day. Just keep that in mind.

By: Inga

Inga — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:40:53 +0000

Hey “Q” just keep on building these incredible machines, they are awesome!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:16:09 +0000

Looking good! I’d maybe add some guard in front also for a bit of increased safety.

Have you tested it with the CEB press yet?

It seems the CEB press should be pretty easy to automate, when you get some electrically controlled valves for it. It’s probably been mentioned, but Arduinos are nice to program and interface with other electronics (but will probably need relays to drive the valves). A few potentiometers could be used to allow run-time adjustment of the pressing height and time, or whatever needs adjusting.

By: Get a Real Job! | Open Source Ecology

Get a Real Job! | Open Source Ecology — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:43:30 +0000

[...] Take a look at the last post on the soil pulverizer [...]