On-Site Fabrication at Factor e Farm

After initial experience with the May 2011 Production Run, clear bootstrap funding potential is evident:

1. Experiment shows that unskilled fabricators can enter the project and perform meaningful fabrication tasks under the condition that enough organization is provided for people to take on easy fabrication tasks - like cutting, bolting, drilling, grinding, measuring, and even tack welding.
2. Experiment shows that improving the organizational infrastructure (well-organized workspace, proper tool repositories, clear tool labeling, dedicated workspaces) can increase productivity 30-50% over this initial production run
3. Presold orders generate about $5k net value (tractor, CEB press) per order.
4. Workspace can be set up for 4 people.
5. 4 unskilled people can generate $5k/month/person easily with proper guidance.

To facilitate the above, our next steps are:

1. Build effective workspace, add fabrication equipment and shop power for 4-8 people
2. Produce instructional videos for each of the fabrication steps. Provide access to a laptop at each work station.
3. Add digital projector to project augmented reality (bolt hole locations, patterns, etc) onto workspace - this is entry-level AR coming into play.