Archive for May, 2011
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Production Run Update
Greetings from Factor e Farm.
Life has been busy around here.
We’re in the middle of a production run, so we’re working pretty much round the clock. What’s cool is that as we’re building things, we’re finding all these things to improve about the process. There’s a lot of room to grow, and we’re pumping out …
6 Comments » - Posted in CAD,Challenges,Compressed Earth Block Press,Core Team,Development Team,Documentation,Factor e Farm,GVCS Website,Kickstarter,LifeTrac,LifeTrac III,Modeling,Open Source Ecology,Power Cube,Production,Production Run,Quick Attach Plate,The Liberator,Visualization by Chris
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Greetings!
Hello everyone!
I’m Chris Fornof, the newest member of the awesomeness that is Open Source Ecology!
We’ve been busy!
14 Comments » - Posted in 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages,CEB Modular Construction Units,CEB Modular Construction Units,Core Team,Development Team,Factor e Farm,Power Cube by Chris
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
OSE Development Crowdmap
We have created a Crowdmap to leverage the contributions of people worldwide who are helping bring the GVCS to completion. The point of the Crowdmap is to create a repository of information – collected via micro-contributions of content from people worldwide – which can subsequently be mined by GVCS project developers for useful development …
No Comments » - Posted in Crowdmap by Marcin
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Organizational Development
Yesterday we received an offer from a potential donor – offering a substantial, yearly donation. This got me thinking about our nonprofit sector strategy, as this offer is within the tax-exempt status of the nonprofit sector. So I wrote up a summary of our current organizational development positioning. Please take the time to read …
3 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Crowd funding,Production,Resource Development by Marcin
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Open Source CNC Torch Table: First Fire
The Open Source CNC Torch Table has achieved first fire and is now cutting parts for the open source tractor:
Open Source CNC Torch Table: First Fire from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. Sound track is Epic 1 by Joe Post, True Fan.
This is a sample cut through 1/2″ steel. It’s remarkably smooth, prior to …
8 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Torch Table by Marcin
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Open Source CNC Torch Table Shakedown
The open source CNC Torch Table is now working (download Torch Table CAD file here). We aim to start cutting tractor parts with it today. We tested it first with a marker on a dry-erase board for replicability. This shows that a toolpath can be re-produced reliably. (Read the tutorial for converting CAD files …
6 Comments » - Posted in Global Village Construction Set,Open Source Ecology,Torch Table by Marcin
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Lasersaur Open Source Laser Cutter: First Fire
We are adopting the Lasersaur open source laser as our Laser Cutter platform. Lasersaur succeeded in its Kickstarter offering last year, and recently, they achieved first fire. Look at the amazing precision of the cut:
We aim to collaborate on the open-sourcing of the laser tubes themselves, so we can build …
2 Comments » - Posted in Global Village Construction Set,Open Source Laser Cutter by Marcin
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Open Source Tractor Prototype III
Sparks are flying in the workshop, and the Torch Table is ready for computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Will is producing CAD and CAM files for the Tractor, from across the ocean, so we can cut tractor parts automatically:
Here is an instructional on converting a DXF file to g-code.
Also, if someone wants to help on video …
4 Comments » - Posted in Digital Fabrication,Fabrication Optimization,LifeTrac III by Marcin
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Solar Fire Breakthrough
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a breakthrough on the Solar Turbine project. We are adopting the Solar Fire concentrator technology as our official solar energy platform. OSE and Solar Fire are entering into partnership – with a single purpose of creating a state-of-art, replicable, open source platform for solar concentrator power applied to electricity, …
