Marcin Log

2/14/12

• Discussed Projects Director and Executive Director with Aaron Makaruk and Tom Bamford, Tom is doing recruiting for next 3 weeks.

02/18/12

• CNC Circiut Mill Frame and Alignment Assessment with Yoonseo*

• Yoonseo discusses his ideas to decouple the drive from the frame

• State of the CNC Circuit Mill Software Toolchain with Yoonseo*

• Yoonseo tells us about the eletronics that control toolchain for the control code

• Sleeve Bearing Holding Screws update with Yoonseo*

• Sawmill with blades on

02/07/12

• Intro to Talk with Larry Dobson about his Gasifier Burner designs*

• RnD trip for Marcin--with a beautiful view

• Larry Dobson on the Gasifier Burner*

• Larry discusses with Marcin his design for a gasifer stove
• Larry explains the difference between his design and industry-standard design
• Dobson 2
• parameters of Larry's Gasifier burner
• Carbide explanation with Larry
• Adze explanation with Larry

• HabLab double walls and strawbale-insulated roof*

• of Puget Sound
• Arriving at Whidbey Island

02/06/12

• HabLab Update Feb 6, 2012*

• Marcin discusses basic techniques being used and Floyd discusses process, solutions and update

• CNC Circuit Mill Update with Yoonseo Feb 6, 2012*

• Yoonseo talks about streamlining the CNC Circuit Mill and progress made to date

• Update on all the latest machinery for Factor e Farm2*

• Bump Valve Engine Explanation*

• Aquaponics Water Wall Material 1*

• Water Wall Material 2

• up two 2400 pound batteries
• the workshop with industry standard equipment
• coil set for 12 horsepower of steam engine output
• up in Michigan

02/05/12

• True Fans Update Feb 5, 2012*

• True Fans continue to roll in and show support -- 528 Total
• Shuttleworth Fellowship money received so scaling up of project will happen
• About a month away from people moving into HabLab
• CNC Torch table being prototyped, CNC Circuit Mill moving forward, heat-exchanger steam engine and gasfire burner coming along nicely

02/03/12

• Typical Steam Engine Design*

• Discuss traditional designs for steam generator

• Steam Generation Overview*

• Burner Explanation*

• Pellet burner with heat exchanger*

• Drawing for pelletized-biomass burner

• Reconnecting Motor on Bridgeport Mill*

• Bridgeport head for transport
• Bridgeport on chain
• Bridgeport
• U-Haul
• up
• In
• 450C bulldozer

• Traction Engines*

• Hoping to replicate similar wheels for the bulldozer
• Plans follow-up with Iron Age's Scott Thompson

• Bending coil to flatness*

• PSI manual pressure tester for coils
• PSI manual pressure tester for coils 2
• Welder close-up
• testing coils
• testing coils 2
• out Tubing after testing
• Marker for drawing on coils
• coil pairs
• Pressure Testing

• Straightening Out Coils*

02/02//12

• Face Cutter*

• Replacing Bridgeport motor*

• Flash steam generator - coil winder 1*

• winder 2
• winder 3

• Preheater*

• 2
• 3

• Pancake Coil 1*

• coil 2
• coil 3
• coil 4
• coil 5
• coil 6
• coil 7
• coil 8
• coil 9
• coil 10
• coils 10
• coil 11
• coil 12
• coils 13
• coils 13
• coils 14
• coils 15
• coils 16

• coils
• Exchanger 2
• Exchanger 5

02/01//12

• Bridgeport Mill 101*

• Marcin discusses Bridgeport Mill details: machine basics and parts

• the steam engine cam
• indicator shows trueness

01/30/12

• True Fans Update for Jan 30, 2012*

• Troubles of scaling
• Half Million $ in hand from Shuttleworth
• HabLab walls have finally come together, should be ready within a month or two
• Wall in HabLab plus brick spill

• Minilathe, 2 Bridgeport Mills, and a surface grinder with Yoonseo*

• Yoonseo explains lathe purpose and construction
• Need CAD Model for CNC Circuit Mill
• Marcin heads to Detroit tomorrow to pickup 2 mills and a surface grinder to work on steam engine

• grinder details
• grinder wheel

• Dan on African Development*

• Dan describes true problem of Africa is not lack of education but lack of opportunity for the many well-educated young people
• New solutions popping up in Africa building family-model systems creating secondary economies where people in communities learn to build their own solar power, another learns car building, etc.
• Community-supported manufacturing like this taking place all over, including a project Dan has made
• Dan offers solutions to endemic problems with community-supporter manufacturing
• education rant continued...discusses possibility of building stabilized soil floors

01/29/12

• Quadrants of core self with Dan*

• Dan explains a quadrant of core self--4 different elements of self: social, physical, spiritual, mortal
• Talks about the inter-connectedness of life and how each element interacts with eachother, ourselves and society

• Tree model of systems with Dan*

• Dan talks about the interconnected tree model system of life, wherein all life revolves around a core model of rules, "the tree model"

• wall day 3
• Brick carrying limit

01/28/12

• Land Surveying with Dan*

• Dan explains the land surveying process, elements and equipment.
• Minimum guideline sizes and percentages to use
• in contour lines every 20 feet
• a rotating laser level
• laser level and receiver
• a grid with a transit

• Aquaculture ponds Explanation with Dan*

• Dan explains the aquaculture pumping, controls, systems, algae, gases, etc.
• valve explanation

• probe
• soil sample

• Scene by workshop
• Scene by workshop 2
• issue update
• later in the day

01/27/12

• Quick attach wheel assembly*

• Prototype III of coupler- double chain sprocket coupler. Advantage: larger radius to withstand 15,000 inch pounds of torque

• First HabLab double walls with Floyd*

• HabLab Double-Wall construction

• Beginning walls in HabLab*

• HabLab wall construction, with Floyd
• Discuss building materials and problems/solutions encountered

• Yoonseo: prototype I of CNC Circuit Mill*

• Yoonseo discusses details and alignment of his Circuit Mill prototype
• Outlines challenges thus far: streamlining manufacturing process and having a process that ensures alignment

• BioGas Production Process with Dan*

• Dexter walks us through the biogas production cycle, inserting jokes to giggle at along the way

• Methane Digester Explanation with Dan*

• Explanation and walk-through of methane digester process (including its physical components)
• Anecdotal biogas safety story

• methane in stove
• Stovetop
• methane digester
• and Jersey miniature cows
• dung with Dan

• Mounting double chain coupler*

• chain coupler
• double chain coupler 2
• double chain coupler 3
• double chain coupler 4
• double chain coupler 5
• double chain coupler 6

• Bricks into HabLab
• Pallets into HabLab
• testing - one person mounts QA wheels
• brick piles (even more exciting than it sounds)

01/20/12

• Austin Aquaponics*

• Aquaponics concept system
• Discussing the details of the aquaponics system
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8

• Aquaponics water wall cooler*

• Description of the Aquaponics cooling and fan system

• Aquaponics water wall material*

• Description of the materials for the Aquaponics' water wall
• Overview of 300 gallon system

• Workshop Break and Discussion*

• Floyd discusses what work remains for the workshop build
• Plans for the wall installation

• CNC plasma table In action*

• Overview of the CNC Plasma table use

• Generating g-code*

• Details of the G-Code generation

• north wall
• connect wheel coupler try 1
• out quick connect wheel shaft
• torch table motion - Ben Horton

01/15/12

• Workshop finishing*

• Update with Floyd on the workshop build
• Good news on the steam engine

• Tractor quick connect wheel assembly*

• Update for the Tractor construction
• New concept for weight distribution
• And in other news we have the Quick Connect Wheels
• Field testing results -- moving 150 pallets, each of 3000 pounds

• Next Steps for HabLab*

• Floyd tells us whats to come in the HabLab construction
• Starting wall construction

• Cube 5 Startup
• progress
• Detail on workshop
• update 1/15/12

01/14/12

• Power Cube Prototype 5*

• Enhanced version of the Power Cube Prototype 5
• Commercial Muffler and extension mod
• Rubber vibration mounts to motor
• Controller with thermostatic switch for fan
• Addition of rubber hosing
• Concepts in the works for the next generation prototype
• Heating and cooling plans

01/05/12

• Window Framing*

• roof work
• windows 1
• windows 2

01/02/12

• bent loader arms
• Roof Coming On

12/31/11

• January Milestone and Strategy Brief

12/30/11

• Published announcement for Co-Founder recruitment

12/29/11

• Open Source Ecology Enterprise Plan for 2012

• OSE Enterprise platform for fostering of economic best practices
• Explanation of OSE, GVCS and phases needed for success
• Summing up of work done in 2011
• Month-by-month development roadmap of 2012 OSE Goals, including projected costs

• Press - Pressing Animation

12/24/11

• CEB Operational Safety--An Introduction

• Proper safety for operating the CEB
• Safety is critical for this BETA RELEASE of the CEB Press despite 150+ hours of field testing
• Recommend to work in pairs or teams, proper protection needed, heavy-machine experience needed
• Step-by-Step safety instructions from Marcin for anyone operating the CEB Press

• Lifetrac Tractor Operation, Safety, Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair Introduction

• Proper safety for operating the Lifetrac Tractor
• Safety is critical for this BETA RELEASE of the Lifetrac despite 150+ hours of field testing
• Recommend to work in a pair or as a team--not alone, proper protection needed, heavy-machine experience needed
• Step-by-Step safety instructions from Marcin for anyone operating the Lifetrac
• Basic Tractor operation techniques

• Soil Pulverizer Operation, Safety, Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair Introduction

• Proper safety for operating the Soil Pulverizer
• Safety is critical for this BETA RELEASE of the Soil Pulverizer despite 150+ hours of field testing
• Recommend to work in a pair or as a team--not alone, proper protection needed, heavy-machine experience needed
• Step-by-Step safety instructions from Marcin for anyone operating the Soil Pulverizer
• Basic Soil Pulverizer operation techniques and best practices

• Power Cube Operation, Safety, Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair Introductions

• Proper safety for operating the Power Cube
• Safety is critical for this BETA RELEASE of the Power Cube despite 150+ hours of field testing
• Recommend to work in a pair or as a team--not alone, proper protection needed, heavy-machine experience needed
• Step-by-Step safety instructions from Marcin for anyone operating the Power Cube
• Basic Power Cube operation techniques and best practices

• Construction in Progress - Results of 2011

• Summary of results for 2011
• Significant CEB construction completed in 2011 with HabLab (which is almost complete)
• Prototyping being done in workshop
• Explanation, philosophy, materials, outcomes and successes of CEB Construction
• Successful use of CEB Press and Soil Pulverizer
• Unsuccessful with cinder-block replacement pressing with reject Lime
• Explanation of overall brick-pressing, brick-laying and mortaring experience and construction techniques discovered while building the HabLab

12/23/11

• Quick Attach Wheel Assembly Walk-through*

• Walk-through explanation of detachable quick-attach wheel motor unit for heavy-duty machines
• motor, bolts, structure, hub, splined, shaft, couplers, collars, washers, bearings, Lifetrac frame,
• HabLab Dec 23 overview
• HabLab Dec 23 overview 2

12/22/11

• Lifetrac loader arms version 2

12/21/11

• Quick Attach Wheel 1*

• Explanation of new motor assembly for detachable motor for Lifetrac
• Qc wheel 2
• Qc wheel 3
• Qc wheel 4
• Qc wheel 5
• Qc wheel 6
• Qc wheel 6.1
• Qc wheel 7
• Qc wheel 8
• Qc wheel 9
• Qc wheel 10
• Qc wheel 11
• Qc wheel 12
• Qc wheel 13
• Qc wheel 14
• Qc wheel 15
• Skip to 17
• Qc wheel 17
• Qc wheel 18
• Qc wheel 19
• Qc wheel 20
• Qc wheel 21
• Qc wheel 22
• Qc wheel 23
• Qc wheel 24
• Qc wheel 25
• Qc wheel 26
• Qc wheel 27
• Qc wheel 28
• Qc wheel 29

12/19/11

• Lifetrac modification - bent loader arms

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