Archive for September, 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011
LifeTrac Frame Construction – Instructional Video
http://www.vimeo.com/29845279
I just completed this full instructional on fabrication and assembly of the LifeTrac III frame. All measurements are accurate and up to date. As mentioned in the video, we are working to further simply the process of fabricating the steel tube frame pieces by developing a simple jig to mark where the holes are …
6 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Ian
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Dedicated Project Visit: Ian Midgley
http://vimeo.com/24634922
Howdy, I arrived on the Factor E Farm a few days ago for a three week stay. I’ll be making instructional videos on the function and fabrication of the Global Village Construction Set from right here in the cozy HexaYurt. We’ve got a lot of documentation on our plate and I’m planning to …
10 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Ian
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Dear True Fans: Beginning Construction
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Dear True Fans and Supporters – here’s an update from September 25, 2011 at Factor e Farm. Construction is beginning. There are delays as normal. Absolute cutoff for finishing housing is November 15 before the weather gets absolutely foul. The excavation did not happen – the contractor’s bulldozer transmission went out. The sawmill blade …
3 Comments » - Posted in Dear True Fans and Supporters by Marcin
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Enterprise Replication
Currently, there are 3 independent efforts to replicate production of CEB Presses, tractors, and Power Cubes. Brianna is one of them. See her log from Factor e Farm. These are the beginnings of distributive enterprise playing out, towards distributive enterprise as the world’s next trillion dollar industry within 5 years.
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Hello, I’m Brianna Kufa, an …
3 Comments » - Posted in Distributive Enterprise by Marcin
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
OSE Europe
Prototyping and production at Factor e Farm will be a core aspect of the GVCS Rollout Plan. At the same time, nonprofit sector donations can help. Robert Anteau, an American settled in Denmark, is taking the leadership to incorporate OSE Europe Foundation, in order to assist the completion of the 50 GVCS machines by year-end …
1 Comment » - Posted in Funding,Resource Development by Marcin
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Open Hardware Summit Report
Here is a report from Mark Norton, who presented the OSE Steam Engine Project at the Open Hardware Summit 2011:
I attended the Open Hardware Summit at the New York Hall of Science located on site of the 1964 World Fair site in Queens, New York on Sept. 15, 2011. A few months back, I …
No Comments » - Posted in Modern Steam Power,Steam Engine Construction Set by Marcin
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Dear True Fans: Production Scaling
Dear True Fans and supporters, first, thank you so much for the $20.1k total collected – of the $20k called for – on the emergency construction funding. Monday, I’m ordering the insertable tooth blades for the dimensional sawmill; Tuesday – the rebar is arriving so we will be welding rebar for foundations. Wednesday – …
1 Comment » - Posted in Dear True Fans and Supporters by Marcin
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Groundbreaking for Construction 2011
Dear True Fans and Supporters, the emergency construction crowd funding is a major success – $19.7k of $20k as of 2 PM, Sep. 15, 2011, a little under 7 days from emergency campaign start (the ChipIn at $5,209 as of this time reflects only a part of the donations)
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We hired for bulldozing and excavation …
4 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Construction 2011 by Marcin
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Dear True Fans: Construction Shall Move Forward
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Dear True Fans, thanks for your support. The Recovery Plan for continuing construction has yielded $15k in 3 days of crowd funding, and we are 75% of our goal. Chip in if you haven’t:
(Others have made direct donations) There are 4 days left in the Chip In, which will be taken down on Sep. …
3 Comments » - Posted in Dear True Fans and Supporters by Marcin
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Recovery Plan
Recovery Plan from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo.
Dear True Fans and Supporters – I vlogged about our plans in the last blog post, and the expected $60k construction grant did not arrive yet. Without this cash we will NOT deliver on our stated construction goals (5000 square foot off-grid fabrication facility and 10 superinsulated …
