Open Source Washing Machine Project - Revision history

Marcin at 19:04, 8 November 2025

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Eric: Added some more links under the "Internal Links" section

2021-03-04T17:44:09Z

Added some more links under the "Internal Links" section

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	=Internal Links=		=Internal Links=
	*		*[[Hot Water Heated Clothes Dryer]]

	=External Links=		=External Links=

Eric: Finished the page out

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 Washing machines are arguably the most liberating machine that poor people can attain. Five billion people do not have access to washing machines (see [http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine.html Hans Rosling's TED talk]); that means that women (and it is nearly always women) are spending tens of billions of hours doing boring, hard labour. By making a cheap, open-source washing machine, we can create billions of hours of free time for these women to do the things they really want to.
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 Like I said, the first model has a few problems and we're going to try to rebuild it on a smaller scale. Next time we'll make more detailed plans.

Capiscuas: /* About the OSWash project */

2021-03-04T16:52:49Z

About the OSWash project

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	Project Presentation:		Project Presentation (from Internet Archive):
	*ODF:http://www.craslab.org/persojn/bricolabs/OSwash.odp		*ODF:https://web.archive.org/web/20190411183039/http://www.craslab.org/persojn/bricolabs/OSwash.odp
	*PDF:http://www.craslab.org/persojn/bricolabs/OSwash.pdf		*PDF:https://web.archive.org/web/20161024092442/http://www.craslab.org/persojn/bricolabs/OSwash.pdf

Capiscuas: /* And a third: */

2011-10-06T19:25:55Z

And a third:

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	[[~~File~~:Projects-washer.jpg\|thumb\|right]]		[[Image:Projects-washer.jpg\|thumb\|right]]

	http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/		http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/

Capiscuas: /* And a third: */

2011-10-06T19:24:33Z

And a third:

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			[[File:Projects-washer.jpg\|thumb\|right]]

	http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/		http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/

Capiscuas: /* Open-source washing machine using biketech */

2011-10-06T19:11:10Z

Open-source washing machine using biketech

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	And another one: [http://www.cyclean.biz/mainmenu.html The Cyclean]. As of March 23rd 2011, it says, "Update: We are currently working on getting some plans up on here so you will be able to make your own".		And another one: [http://www.cyclean.biz/mainmenu.html The Cyclean]. As of March 23rd 2011, it says, "Update: We are currently working on getting some plans up on here so you will be able to make your own".

	And a third: http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/		====And a third: ====

			http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/

			'''Email reply from Andrew Lowe (''andrew-lowe AT utulsa.edu'' ):'''

			My name is Andrew Lowe and myself and another TU student are in charge of the Pedal Powered Washing Machine product. We've nearly completed the first prototype, but unfortunate we didn't make any detailed plans. I can, however, give you some of the details of what we built and how we built it:

			-We designed our machine primarily from videos we found on youtube of other machines that have already been built.

			-The tub is made of two rain barrels. For the outside, we used a 55 gallon barrel. The only modification you have to make to this one is cut a hole in the top large enough to get your second barrel in. For the inside, we used a 30 gallon barrel and drilled small holes all around it to let the water in and also keep the clothes in. On this barrel we cut out a door and attached it with hinges and a latch. These barrels ended up being much too large and took too much water. When we rebuild it we're going to use smaller barrels.

			-The outside barrel is mounted on a frame, keeping it from moving. The inside barrel has a shaft coming out of each side of the large barrel. This connects it to the drive shaft from the bike.

			-For the drive shaft we just mounted bike pedals on a separate frame and connected that to a bike gear that turned the inside barrel directly.

			-At the bottom of the larger barrel we put a valve to drain the water after washing

			-We plan on adding a gear shifter to make it easier to get up to higher speeds for spin-drying the clothes.

			Like I said, the first model has a few problems and we're going to try to rebuild it on a smaller scale. Next time we'll make more detailed plans.

Conor: /* Factor e Farm Happenings */

2011-04-24T22:43:22Z

Factor e Farm Happenings

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	==Factor e Farm Happenings==		==Factor e Farm Happenings==

	We are ~~presently~~ considering an industrial scale washing machine~~, hydraulic tractor powered, which is essentially~~ a ~~big~~ vat ~~and a powerful, tractor-mounted washing machine auger~~. This is one implementation using available power sources.		We are considering making an industrial-scale washing machine by attaching the hydraulics of [[LifeTrac]] to the [[Universal Rotor]] to spin a vat full of clothes. This is one implementation using available power sources.

	==Open-source washing machine using [[Bicycle technology\|biketech]]==		==Open-source washing machine using [[Bicycle technology\|biketech]]==

Conor: /* Open-source washing machine using biketech */

2011-04-24T22:36:28Z

Open-source washing machine using biketech

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	And another one: [http://www.cyclean.biz/mainmenu.html The Cyclean]. As of March 23rd 2011, it says, "Update: We are currently working on getting some plans up on here so you will be able to make your own".		And another one: [http://www.cyclean.biz/mainmenu.html The Cyclean]. As of March 23rd 2011, it says, "Update: We are currently working on getting some plans up on here so you will be able to make your own".

			And a third: http://orgs.utulsa.edu/senea/projects/

Conor at 18:58, 15 April 2011

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	How can we use open source technologies to solve both global and local issues? How can the exchange of knowledge, through open resources and open source communities, create the organisational model for such projects? How can the model of self-organisation and technological autarchy save us in the coming years, when the effects of the petrol/climate crisis will deeply affect all civilisation?		How can we use open source technologies to solve both global and local issues? How can the exchange of knowledge, through open resources and open source communities, create the organisational model for such projects? How can the model of self-organisation and technological autarchy save us in the coming years, when the effects of the petrol/climate crisis will deeply affect all civilisation?

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