Comments on: Open Source 150 Ton Hole Puncher http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/ Building tools for replicable, open source, post-scarcity resilient communities Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Maker Updates | Addiction Engines | Best News Ever http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-91592 Maker Updates | Addiction Engines | Best News Ever Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:40:50 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-91592 [...] an open source metal hole puncher for the Openfarmtech [...] [...] an open source metal hole puncher for the Openfarmtech [...]

]]> By: Open Source Ecology - Overview http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-91499 Open Source Ecology - Overview Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:41:58 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-91499 [...] Hole Puncher is designed for punching 1.5? holes in 1? thick steel. Future work involves adding a metal [...] [...] Hole Puncher is designed for punching 1.5? holes in 1? thick steel. Future work involves adding a metal [...]

]]> By: LifeTrac II Fabrication | Factor E Farm Blog http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-91024 LifeTrac II Fabrication | Factor E Farm Blog Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:30:05 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-91024 [...] we are contributing to RepLab, the Open Source Fab Lab – we are now using our open source 150 ton hole puncher and heavy duty hydraulic drill press quite successfully as part of every-day operations. These are [...] [...] we are contributing to RepLab, the Open Source Fab Lab – we are now using our open source 150 ton hole puncher and heavy duty hydraulic drill press quite successfully as part of every-day operations. These are [...]

]]> By: Crowd Funding Update | Open Source Ecology http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-90529 Crowd Funding Update | Open Source Ecology Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:28:11 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-90529 [...] we had a photo shoot on the 150 ton hole puncher – which is getting published in Make [...] [...] we had a photo shoot on the 150 ton hole puncher – which is getting published in Make [...]

]]> By: 100 More Fruit Trees and Update | Open Source Ecology http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-90463 100 More Fruit Trees and Update | Open Source Ecology Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:02:11 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-90463 [...] marketing on our side – but we are well-positioned to produce The Liberator with our new 150 ton hole puncher and heavy-duty drill [...] [...] marketing on our side – but we are well-positioned to produce The Liberator with our new 150 ton hole puncher and heavy-duty drill [...]

]]> By: Marcin http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-90156 Marcin Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:59:09 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-90156 To carry the discussion of the degeneration of the nonprofit sector - check out how our African brothers are laughing at what we're trying to foist upon them: (From http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/76773072_keeping-africa-small.htm) <object id="ce_76773072" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://current.com/e/76773072/en_US"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://current.com/e/76773072/en_US" width="400" height="300" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object> I found this link at http://www.industriesforafrica.com/index.html - who seem to be speaking our language - so I'll find out what they are about. To carry the discussion of the degeneration of the nonprofit sector – check out how our African brothers are laughing at what we’re trying to foist upon them:

(From http://current.com/groups/on-current-tv/76773072_keeping-africa-small.htm)

I found this link at http://www.industriesforafrica.com/index.html – who seem to be speaking our language – so I’ll find out what they are about.

]]> By: Open Source Product Development Pipeline | Open Source Ecology http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-89510 Open Source Product Development Pipeline | Open Source Ecology Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:51:11 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-89510 [...] source tractor. We got design review from the local fab shop, and they helped in the design of the 150 ton hole puncher – for stramlining fabrication, which we already tested in a fabrication task. We bought the [...] [...] source tractor. We got design review from the local fab shop, and they helped in the design of the 150 ton hole puncher – for stramlining fabrication, which we already tested in a fabrication task. We bought the [...]

]]> By: Strings Attached: Open Source String Trimmer | Open Source Ecology http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-88603 Strings Attached: Open Source String Trimmer | Open Source Ecology Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:49:45 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-88603 [...] video shows fabrication of the string trimmer, with assistance from our recently open-sourced 150 ton hole puncher – in practical use for the first time. The trimer is then taken into the field – for [...] [...] video shows fabrication of the string trimmer, with assistance from our recently open-sourced 150 ton hole puncher – in practical use for the first time. The trimer is then taken into the field – for [...]

]]> By: tanium http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-88188 tanium Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:13:32 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-88188 Folks, I admire your pace of progress! The hole puncher could probably also operate as a die cutter, with the proper dies. Folks, I admire your pace of progress!

The hole puncher could probably also operate as a die cutter, with the proper dies.

]]> By: Evgeni Pandurski http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-87854 Evgeni Pandurski Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:47:40 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-87854 The message of this post is very powerful! Especially the notion that the "appropriate technology" movement have degraded and limited itself to the third world. The fact is that the "inappropriate technologies" are used mostly in the affluent countries, while the third world is paying the cost. This is a very hard realization for the conventional mindset, I thing. You probably should put more emphasis on this fact in your writings. In my vision, people fail to understand that a technology (a process) that pretends to be (and looks like it really is) very efficient, leads to a chain reaction of externalities: expensive materials, extensive energy use, expensive training, unhealthy labor ,monopolies, complexity, inefficiencies in trading, extensive exposure to credit, disintegration of local communities an so on and so forth. I had this thoughts long time ago, and its seems that it is impossible to convince someone that this problem is real (unless he/she is already convinced). On the other side, there are people perceiving the magnitude of the problem, but they mostly do not believe that there is a solution other than the primitivism. You guys are really brave to recognize the problem and to start solving it right now. The message of this post is very powerful! Especially the notion that the “appropriate technology” movement have degraded and limited itself to the third world. The fact is that the “inappropriate technologies” are used mostly in the affluent countries, while the third world is paying the cost. This is a very hard realization for the conventional mindset, I thing. You probably should put more emphasis on this fact in your writings. In my vision, people fail to understand that a technology (a process) that pretends to be (and looks like it really is) very efficient, leads to a chain reaction of externalities: expensive materials, extensive energy use, expensive training, unhealthy labor ,monopolies, complexity, inefficiencies in trading, extensive exposure to credit, disintegration of local communities an so on and so forth. I had this thoughts long time ago, and its seems that it is impossible to convince someone that this problem is real (unless he/she is already convinced).

On the other side, there are people perceiving the magnitude of the problem, but they mostly do not believe that there is a solution other than the primitivism. You guys are really brave to recognize the problem and to start solving it right now.

]]> By: Getting Ready To Build: A Better Future | Open Source Ecology http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2010/07/open-source-150-ton-hole-puncher/comment-page-1/#comment-87783 Getting Ready To Build: A Better Future | Open Source Ecology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:12:01 +0000 http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=2117#comment-87783 [...] now using as part of our fabrication infrastructure. We just reported on Prototype I of the 150 ton hole puncher . We look forward to using these tools towards optimizing production runs of The Liberator. We also [...] [...] now using as part of our fabrication infrastructure. We just reported on Prototype I of the 150 ton hole puncher . We look forward to using these tools towards optimizing production runs of The Liberator. We also [...]

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