Mon 5 Dec 2011
OSE Christmas Gift to the World: Civilization Starter Kit DVD v0.01
Posted by Marcin
Dear True Fans, Supporters, and Backers – here is an update on December 5, 2011.
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Tue 29 Nov 2011
Dear True Fans and Supporters: Emergence
Posted by Marcin
Dear True Fans Backers, and Supporters,
I finally have a chance to emerge from full construction duty – 17,000 bricks pressed and countdown in our last week of brick pressing with cold weather producing diminishing returns. With Floyd recruited as our new construction manager, the building program is now in good hands, and I can focus on documentation and delivery of the OSE Christmas Gift to the World.
On the construction front, the roofs will go on first on both the workshop and living units. We will then build CEB columns around temporary posts. Then we can fill walls and work free from rain – and upon external walls being laid – we will do finishing work free from the cold. (more…)
Mon 31 Oct 2011
Dear True Fans: Brick Pressing in Full Swing
Posted by Marcin
We are now pressing 5 bricks per minute at half the rated power of the CEB machine. Big weekend coming up this Saturday, as we have a work crew of 25 coming. We hope to complete the 4000 square foot workshop – 20 columns total as shown in our Kickstarter. We will stack 5000+ bricks on pallets for that day.Subscribe to the Factor e Farm Google Group for further announcements.
Sun 23 Oct 2011
Dear True Fans: Brick Pressing Begun
Posted by Marcin
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Instructional Video on Documentation Procedure
Posted by Ian
As my dedicated project visit comes to an end I am passing on my process for creating instructional videos on the GVCS fabrication and assembly procedures. I hope this information is useful to future documentarians at Factor E Farm and for videos editors all over the globe interested in working on this revolutionary project. (more…)
Wed 12 Oct 2011
LifeTrac All Terrain Tracks – Instructional
Posted by Ian
Thorough explanation of the fabrication and assembly of the LifeTrac wheel tracks.
Extreme Traction post from development stages of tracks.
See other completed LifeTrac videos on the wiki.
Rebbeca Rojer just arrived as a new addition to the documentation team at Factor E Farm. She’ll be starting today on another instructional video on soldering parts for the CEB controller box.
Fri 7 Oct 2011
Need help with Funicular Study
Posted by David
Fri 30 Sep 2011
LifeTrac Frame Construction – Instructional Video
Posted by Ian
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 drilled on either side of the tubing.
The 3D CAD of LifeTrac Prototype III is found at Open Pario. The LifeTrac page on the wiki contains further details.
Coming soon, instructional videos on the rest of the LifeTrac construction process including: loader arms, wheel motor mounts, and hydraulic system.
Mon 26 Sep 2011
Dedicated Project Visit: Ian Midgley
Posted by Ian
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 take a few big bites out of it and leave a system in place for future documentarians to continue the process.
In addition, I’ll be filming with the team here to include a segment in my ongoing feature length documentary You Are God, a film about free thinkers and free doers creating their own realities all over the country. I’ve been traveling around the USA for the past year getting involved and documenting radically creative and revolutionary peoples and projects. Today is actually the year anniversary of when I drove out of Los Angeles to start filming. What better place to celebrate than Factor E Farm?
Thus far we’ve completed two instructional videos on the Power Cube and the Hall Effects Sensor used in the CEB press:
Plenty more to come. These videos will make it possible for the novice and expert alike to get a thorough sense of what goes into fabricating each part of the GVCS, the significance of each element, and a few essential tips on fabrication from the folks who did it first.
Next up: Open Source Tractor. Check back for more videos!
Thu 8 Sep 2011
Recovery Plan
Posted by Marcin
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 living units) – so we are proposing a recovery plan. WE NEED $20k in the next 7 days to remain on schedule, with groundbreaking on September 15, 2011. I am moving proactively to address this, and now every day counts as winter is coming.
I got on the phone, and found a $10k commitment already. We need $10k more within 7 days to deliver on our existing plans (construction materials and additional equipment such as open source tractor-mounted cement mixer). I am putting up a 7-day Chip-In for crowd funding for $10k.
This is for only 7 days – so chip in now if you’re considering it at all, and spread this through your networks. We need over $1k/day to succeed on this. If the $60k comes in, we’ll jump in joy – but we cannot rely on this dependency if at this time if we want to meet our construction goals for this year. I am committed to making this happen, so we can carry on a substantial parallel GVCS development effort both at Factor e Farm and with remote prototyping. It would be nice to have a warm roof over our heads this winter…
