Comments on: Honey Extractor Tractor: The Craziest Thing Done with LifeTrac So Far

By: LifeTrac Design Challenge | Factor E Farm Blog

LifeTrac Design Challenge | Factor E Farm Blog — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:20:59 +0000

[...] already shown quick interchange power units, design-for-disasssembly (bolt-togeter) construction, interchangeability of motors, and quick-connect [...]

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 08:17:57 +0000

[...] pips hatched as of now, and we have 70 eggs in there at present. We also deployed Prototype I of a honey extractor. Plus, Sean is on-site for the summer gathering documentary material, and his LifeTrac II update is [...]

By: JD

JD — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:42:55 +0000

Honey should never touch metal parts as the enzymes in honey will react with metal which will then loose tiny particles that will go into the honey. Also heating honey is other than the best, as most of the medicinal effects are lost. Yoiu basically kill the good stuff and remove the lifeforce.

By: Demented Chihuahua

Demented Chihuahua — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:01:37 +0000

Nah, I think he was saying it seems a bit overkill. Using a huge gun to knock down small birds. However, if you already have the big gun and the bullets are free…shoot at little birds all day long!

Demented

By: Marcin

Marcin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:21:53 +0000

Stefan, your argument is valid from the viewpoint of specialization. Our work focuses on general purpose machinery. Given that our design is readily scalable, our $25 dollar device, from the experience described, could scale – such that a $50 or so device could produce the same output as that produced by much larger machines that cost $5000. The tactical advantage that makes our machine so efficient is the immediate spin-up and spin-down, as described in the post – which turns out to be a unique artifact of using our Universal Rotor. This is not speculation, but our experience. Are you suggesting that the cost reduction advantages of our approach are not worth considering?

By: Demented Chihuahua

Demented Chihuahua — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:26:49 +0000

That’s pretty swank! You will have to show us how you finish off the honey and purify it. I’m very interested in this sort of thing. Great work.

Demented

By: Stefan @ KombinatG

Stefan @ KombinatG — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:24:28 +0000

looks like shooting on birds with canons