CEB Press Genealogy

• Prototype 1- Manual Version - [1]

• First machine built, with small hopper. Soon it was discovered that the manual labor of soil loading requires 16 people to feed the machine as fast as it could run. This could be simplified by tractor loading into a large hopper.

• Prototype 2 - Automatic Version - [2]

• Large hopper was added for tractor loading. Used a 10 gallon per minute solenoid valve with Arduino controller.

• Prototype 3 - found in OSE Christmas Gift to the World 2011 - [3]

• Large hopper, 30 gpm solenoid valve - produced 10 bricks per minute with LifeTrac 1 as power source. Rpller guides were used.

• Prototype 4 - October 2012 Build, 4 days - [4]; November 23 2012 build, 2 days - [5]. These are the latest blueprints for the Prototype 4 machine - produced without CNC metal cutting.

• Roller guides were replaced with cam followers

• Prototype 5 - OSE Christmas Gift to the World 2012 - [6]. These are the the latest blueprints for the Prototype 5 - same as Prototype 4 except produced with CNC metal cutting from 1/2" steel sheet.

• This was first version that was redesigned for CNC metal cutting
• New Controller - see Slade Log

• Prototype 6 - Beddingfield Edition - See CEB Press 6

• Machine switched from roller guides to guide shafts and bushings to simplify the guide rail of the machine

• v1.0 - CEB Press v4.15 - version to be built and documented next - See CEB 100.