Marcin Log

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

12/19/11

• Lifetrac modification - bent loader arms

12/16/11

• Distributive Enterprise*

• Explanation of what Distributive Enterprise is and what the effects on the means of production, individuals and (potential) farmers/producers it has
• Already seen 3 independent replications of our Distributive Enterprise
• Explanation of funding, earnings, testing, goals and evolution
• Packages Involved:
• 1 Open Source Microfactory Package
• 2 Power Infrastructure Package
• 3 Construction Package
• Explanation of OSE Fellows Program: for highly-motivated individuals looking to move Distributive Enterprise forward

• New Lifetrac hydraulic motor explanation

12/15/11

• HabLab Roof Support with Floyd and John*

• Explanation of general roof support process
• post anchors, squaring, columns, beams, framing, specifications, dimensions

• Practical Post Scarcity: Open Source Solutions*

• Video produced by Marcin explaining about the solution to the artificial scarcity with the Open Source Ecology Global Village construction Set
• Explanation of some of the major parts in the GVCS that have already been created
• Breakdown of HabLab technology and philosophy

• Rafters Going Up with Floyd and John
• HabLab Materializing

12/13/11

• Tractor Wheel Valve Hydraulics Modification*

• Power beyond fitting for main control valve from Lifetrac
• Marcin discusses the Lifetrac valve modification

12/12/11

• Transit 101--with Floyd and John*

• Floyd and John discuss using Transit machine to line everything up
• John and Floyd describe how to use Transit machine

• Lathe Conversion to Hydraulics*

• Marcin describes the lathe methodology

• Pulverizer Disassembly in Top-Secret Restricted Area

12/11/11

• Workshop Wall Details with Floyd*

• Discussing details (lengths, height, blocks, etc) of frames, walls and windows

• Spraying Step for Bricks (with Floyd)*

• Floyd details how to properly spray bricks with anti-freeze (for weathering) to activate clay and remove imperfections

• Column Laying Technique (with Floyd)*

• Floyd demonstrates how to properly lay bricks for columns
• Patterns, layering, tie-ins,

• CEB walls coming up
• Shortening prototype 2 Lifetrac to make prototype 3
• CEB Disassembly documentation
• Shortening prototype 2 Lifetrac to make prototype 3
• Shortening prototype 2
• Towards Lifetrac 3
• Gap in Lifetrac 2
• Gap in Lifetrac
• Lifetrac 2 simple drive

12/10/11

• Open source CAD/CAM Solution*

• Optimal solution for Open Source CAD/CAM Solution
• A team of 5 to 6 dedicated programmers and a project manager to head up team of designers with world-wide participation for feedback
• Would require under $500K budgeting a year
• 5-person team minimum: 1 interface designer, one project designer, 3 or 4 programmers and one dedicated CAD professional

• HabLab Roof Installation Steps from Floyd*

• Detailed description from Floyd and Marcin about roof installation
• Includes columns, beams, cuts, roof anchors, bracing, chalk lines, squaring,

• Grinder Talk*

• Using 9" grinder or smaller to cut blocks
• Diamond blade ideal

• CNC torch table height adjustment

12/9/11

• HabLab dry-in beginning
• Cutting hussars for tractor wheels with a bandsaw
• Welding Lifetrac wheel collars
• CNC torch table height adjustment
• Cutting hussars for tractor wheels with a bandsaw
• Wellding Lifetrac wheel collars
• Wellding Lifetrac wheel collars

12/8/11

• Bottom CEB Layer and Electrical Integration into Wall*

• Use of Mastic to glue together blocks
• Electrical system description

• Bottom Layer Blocks*

• John gives Tips n Tricks to cutting the blocks

• Burning Smoke for a Clean Flame*

• The process and details how to burn smoke for a clean flame

• Wally Munster and the Modern Steam Engine*

• Historical story of Wally Munster's contribution to the modern steam engine
• He now has the steam engine blueprints created by Wally Munster
• Discussing the details of the engine

12/7/11

• Steam Auto Club of America visits Factor e Farm*

• Discussing the Mike Brown engine: design and efficiencies

• Steam Generator*

• Steam generator from an Italian-made steam cleaner
• Efficiency of power-to-steam ratio

12/7/11

• Workshop Columns Beginning...FOR REAL*

• Filming of volunteers, job 'farming', high-tech paper, update and more

• Laying CEB Columns Below Zero*

• 'EXTREME' brick-laying: sub-freezing temperature calls for (environmentally safe) anti-freeze in the slurry solution
• Another update for CEB Press controller

• Walls and Torch Tables*

• Walls and window requirements
• Discusses how easy it is to learn/teach somebody the process

• Stepping stone for workshop
• Roof cement foundation coating
• Workshop walls subzero:'EXTREME' wall-building
• Window frames
• Tractor in pieces
• Tractor and wall build/Dance Party
• Heater and tractor
• Sawmill
• Sawmill 2
• Sawmill 3

12/5/11

• CEB Solenoid Driver--Surface Mount 1*

• The process to make the controller for the Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) Press
• Step-by-step instructions--continuation videos below
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
• Part 9
• Part 10
• Part 11
• Part 12
• Part 13
• Part 14
• Part 15
• Part 16
• Part 17
• Part 18
• Part 19
• Part 20
• Part 21

12/4/11

• Taking CEB Press Apart for Documentation*

• The guys get silly as they document the taking apart of a CEB Press
• "Nothing short of epic"

• Tractor Disassembly video

12/3/11

• Kohler mount - 2" longer*

• Fitting issues on Kohler Engine*

• Kohler engine mods: simple mod to raise motor platform by 2 inches

• Dirt and Twigs to Advance Civilization*

• Marcin discusses his dreams for the project: to use the resources around him to transform modern life; "let's make it happen"

12/2/11

• Ian and Yoonseo Discussing Plans*

• Dec 2 last Day pressing*

• Sliding roof metal up*

• Sliding roof metal up
• Marcin and Floyd talk about the best/most-affordable tools to buy

• Lifetrac Test Drive*

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• Meeting on CEB Preparation for October*

• Work for October assigned

• View from roof of work being done
• Another angle of roof going on
• Sliding roof panels up
• Rollers coming off the production line
• HabLab prep
• Lifetrac moving rebar and bending table into place
• Lifetrac weight balancing
• Filling Lifetrac with gas
• Loading Lifetrac up
• Moving materials to HabLab site
• Loading rebar
• Cutting roof metal
• Rebar load on tractor
• Loading rebar on tractor 2
• Bent rebar on tractor
• Welding battery tabs
• Welding battery tabs

12/1/11

• Stabilizing Limestone Blocks*

• Floyd created method for stabilizing purely limestone bricks

• Thursday, December 1 UPDATE*

• Overview panorama
• Roof almost ready to go on
• Overhang is about 4"
• Framing explanation

• Brick Rollers*

• Setting up brick rollers and space for CEB Brick Press

• Roof metal beginning to go on
• Roof going up
• James Slade on shaker motor safety plate
• Bobcat conversion plate mounts (onto) pulverizer
• Bobcat to Lifetrac conversion plate

11/29/11

• Bobcat to Lifetrac conversion plate
• Pulverizer on conversion quick attach

11/28/11

• Moving Roof Boxes Onto Roof*

• Plans coming together

• Moving Roof Boxes Panorama*

• Brick City*

• Tarp removal to allow for bricks in `Brick City` to dry
• Lettin' it all dry out

• Lifetrac Upgrades*

• Power Cube Connection to Tractor*

• Connecting power lines from Power cube to valves
• 2 return lines
• Check valves to ensure multiple Power Cubes employed don't fight each other

• Fredrick Emmons Earth Burm biotecture
• Pushing roof sections onto workshop
• Monday morning workshop update
• Unloading plywood and framing
• One minute video of 4" brick pressing
• Lifetrac dismounting wheels
• Another minute of shaker
• Bobcat exploded?
• Aftermath of Bobcat explosion
• Reinforcing CEB compression chamber
• Reinforcing CEB compression chamber 2
• Brick pressing and roller setup
• Grate modification
• Brick mudding and laying
• Early days brick laying
• Soil Pulverizer overview
• Replacing solenoid driver board on CEB
• Moving Soil Pulverizer into shop

11/26/11

• Loader Mounted Cement Mixer Results*

• Modication needed

• Intro on Cement Mixer*

• Perfect Day for Pressing Bricks*

• Marcin and Floyd making the best use of bad weather
• Brick pressing under cover

• Loading soil without pulverizer
• Loading hopper straight from loader
• Shaker Function
• 1 minute of pressing
• 1 minute of pressing (2)
• Cement mixer in action
• Mixer lid closed
• Loading cement mixer
• Attaching mixer to Bobcat
• Another miute of pressing
• Shaker and Stacking
• Loading soil without pulverizer
• Shaker detail
• Shaking soil down CEB machine
• `nother minute of pressing
• First use of the workshop for modification of Lifetrac
• James Slade from Texas
• James Slade from Texas

11/25/11

• Floyd Details Workshop Alignment Methods*

• Techniques and tools to perfectly align workshop
• Level, chalk line and string line instructional
• Patterns to ensure level alignments
• Use of cripplers for beam and box installation

• Floyd Talks about Reject Lime Being Used to Press Bricks*

• Possible use for reject lime, to make blocks for weather-facing exterior perimeter foundations (cheaper)

• Floyd Describes Column Prototype*

• 2x2 foot hollow column prototype design to be filled in

• Current Construction Scene*

• Putting roof sections on the workshop
• Roof sections lean on roof
• John the Carpenter discusses progress and forecasts roof rafters up next week (weather providing)
• From pulverizer to brick
• Pulverizer munching soil
• From pulverizer to brick line
• 1600 Bricks pressed (4.5 bricks per minute consistently)

11/24/11

• Testing Report for Field Pulverizer*

• Modifications and issues from Field Pulverizer tests
• Safety recommendations from Marcin for safe Field Pulverizer use

• Workshop roof preparation construction
• Temporary post use
• Simultaneous action of CEB Presses
• Getting cement mixer up and running
• Brick City, repository or bricks for storage from elements
• Windrows of dug-up soil for brick pressing of 2,000-3,000 bricks
• Reject limestone soil use
• Leveling workshop frame questions
• Workshop skeleton panorama
• Strawbales and shop

11/23/11

• Roof Anchoring with Floyd*

• Floyd discusses anchoring the structures for the upcoming roof build

11/22/11

• Floyd Discussing Structural Stability*

• Floyd discusses bracing, support triangles and tying in preparation for Roof Boxes

• Next steps to the roof with 30-year carpenter industry veteran John
• Construction scene review

• Workshop Status with Floyd Hagerman*

• Floyd discusses interim progress on workshop build and upcoming element builds

11/16/11

• CEB Construction Review and Problem Solving*

• Experienced builder Floyd Hagerman brings 20-years of experience to CEB project
• Addresses structural and moisture issues of troublesome wall on build
• Floyd discusses important details about weatherizing exposed walls and fixes for existing issues

• CEB Press fitting crack

11/14/11

• Prepping for columns build
• Reinforcing main compression chamber

11/13/11

• Moving lumber for roof boxes
• Moving lumber for roofs
• Preparing to build columns
• Reinforcing main compression chamber

11/13/11

• Yoonseo Gives Tutorial on Laying Bricks for the Columns

• Yoonseo explains the proper use of slurry, brick laying techniques and proper patterns
• Finishes with a Q&A where Yoonseo fields questions as to why brick patterns and proper technique are necessary

11/12/11

• Problem with Nov 12 Pressing

• Rain without sun left the soil wet, putting a damper on the scheduled pressing

• Bridging Issue

• Wet soil causing problems with bridging
• The painfully slow, yet effective, 'poking-it-with-a-stick' methodology keeps project on track but behind schedule

• Meeting of the CEB presses
• Powell machine arrives to the site
• Powell CEB Press creating different sized blocks
• Moving Powell machine while on site
• Visual of pressing machine at work
• Bricks finished being loaded onto pallets
• Forklift moving pallets of pressed bricks

11/11/11

• Prototype 1 Loader Mounted Cement

• Visual of Prototype 1 and its quick attach motor, Lifetrac standard, large internal paddles
• Additional visual

11/05/11

• Workshop Columns Assembly

• Column construction coming along nicely

• Words of Wisdom from Yoonseo

• A wonderfully eloquent soliloquy about what brought Yoonseo to the Factory Farm project

11/04/11

• Workshop Slab

• 2/3 of the slab is finished
• Description of the final details and pour to complete the concrete slab
• concrete slab joints cutting visual
• Release cut ergonomics

10/29/11

• Saturday the 29th--Update

• Short update--continuing pressing

• CEB Micro-controller Repair

• Micro-controller repair of accidentally-broken solenoid on the CEB press
• Solenoid repair

10/27/11

• CEB Workflow

• Short update on the brick laying process

• Pressing Grates

• Short update on the work site
• realization that a grate modification is needed

10/24/11

• Brick Pressing in Production

• Shims

• Brianna documents the importance of using 'shims' while welding

• Remote Technical Documentation

• Video documentation from Rebecca regarding her and Brianna's build
• Brianna working on written documentation
• Help with CAD documentation needed for clarification with computer modeling

• Power Cube Power and Return

• Power lines from Power Cubes explanation

• Case Drain Returns on Tractor

• Case drain return, a low fluid line connecting the 4 motors

• Pressure Relief Instructional

• Rebecca and Marcin show how to properly set the pressure relief PSI settings

• Properly Installed Drawers

• Brianna shows what the finished project should look like
• Tips on how to fix any misalignment mistakes

• How-To Install Drawers

• Brianna's step-by-step how-to on the drawer installation
• Tips on mounting to the rollers correctly, a rather tricky process

• Progress on CEB Press

• Bobcat to Lifetrac Conversion Video Instructions

• Step 2
• Step 3
• Step 4
• Step 5
• Step 6
• Step 7
• Step 8
• Step 8.5
• Step 9
• Step 10

10/20/11

• Oct 20, 2011 UPDATE*

• Have rollers for earth brick press
• Rented a Bobcat for 1 month--will attach a conversion plate between Lifetrac and Bobcat to run sol pulzeriver, Power Cube and CEB Press
• Need solution for couplers snapping under pressure

Bobcat meets Conversion Plate meets Pulverizer

• Soil Pulverizer on Bobcat

• Pulverizer mounts on Bobcat

• Bobcat meets Pulverizer

• Bobcat to Lifetrac conversion plate
• Recovery plan on CEB construction
• Placing CEB press in position

10/18/11

• Oct 18th Update

• Update for True Fan supporters
• 6K for Kickstarter campaign with 30 days to go
• Main focus currently is mounting the pulverizer onto the tractor--plan B should the 3 tractors not hold up is to rent bobcats and create conversion plate
• New equipment protocols coming online, including cement mixer and sawmill

10/17/11

• Shuttleworth Fellowship Brief

• Marcin describes the ideology, current and on-going projects of GVCS and the future goals and plans for the Shuttelworth Fellowship committee.

10/15/11

• Power Cube Tabs Connecting to Tractor

• Tab-mounting instructions for mounting Power Cube to the frame of Lifeterac

• Lifeterac Motor Coupler Failure

• Keywheel on Lifeterac snaps coupler
• Remedy to have new couplers made by shop on Monday
• Instructions on how to remove difficult wheelshafts and coupler
• Welding Lifeterac Mufflers
• Welding Remaining Mufflers

• Power Cube Wiring 2

• Instructions on connecting wiring

• Oct 15 Update

• Tractor issues: snapped couplers on wheel motors by forgetting to adjust pressure on main hydraulic line
• Reducing from 3,000 PSI to half that, for safety

• Pouring Concrete Foundations

• A panorama view of the concrete pouring

10/14/11

• Moving Rebar to HabLab Site

• Using OSE Tractor to move rebar to site

• Foundation Pouring Series
• Ready to pour HabLab foundations

• Foundations for HabLab ready to pour
• Overview of final foundation constructions
• Floating
• Pour Sock--first slab flattened, pouring second
• Beginning to Pour--pouring concrete for first slab
• Little Dry Quick Fix--"Little dry so were adding 5 gallons of water"
• 8 Cubic Yards--pour of 8 cubic yards, 7.5 for slab
• Cool panorama shot of the Pour

10/14/11

• HabLab rebar and embodied energy

• 10-man team pulls all-nighter to finish outside forms (average 6 people for 18 hours = 108 manhours)
• view of completed layout with forms
• retaining wall and forms completed and rebar layed
• ready to pour concrete

10/13/11

• Preparing the for HabLab Wall Foundations.

10/10/11

• We are finally kicking off our Kickstarter to go The Last Mile on the construction part of the Global Village Construction Set:
  • http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/622508883/global-village-construction-set

• Construction Planning Meeting

10/09/11

• Dear True Fans: October 9 Update

10/07/11

• Soil Pulverizer Prototype 3

• Cost: 1215 in labor, 25h at 50 dollars/h + 750 in materials.
• Pulverizes and loads the soil in 1 step!
• This device replaces a stationary pulverizer plus a conveyor (both about 20000 dollars).

• Ted Mosher arrived today:

• CEB Controller Wiring explanation - check the 6 parts.
• Hydraulic Hack
• 4 CEB Presses, finishing - 2-3 of them for construction.

• Documentation evolving
  • Upload immediately to youtube from an iPhone
  • People can access it and make instructionals, Ian Midgley will share how to do it.
  • The more material we have, the more material people can choose.
  • We write down the procedure in the Wiki
  • Howard Agnew writes the actual scripts remotely.

• OSE HabLab - 8 minutes to build a platform, Beginning to stack bales on platform

• Temporary strawbale structure, stacking strawbales
  • See Temporary Hay House, 1h to build.

• Bailing results, On trailer to pick up bales, Picking up bales

10/05/11

• Ergonomic analysis of excavation - 500 sqm with foundation pads
  • For excavation 4000 dollars for 4 days of labor.
    • Day 1 - 4h bulldozing with CAT D7, 4h trackhoe.
    • Day 2 - 9,5h excavator (all 10 hours of labor), 3h skid loader
    • Day 3 - 11h excavator, 3h bulldozing, 6h skid steering with Bobcat
    • Day 4 - 1h excavator, 3h skid steer
    • Fuel: bulldozing 10gal/hour, excavator 4gal/hour, Bobcat 3gal/h

• Baling and House construction ergonomics
  • Baling ergonomics: 3h for 100-200 bales. Issues with the length of bales.
  • House construction ergonomics - 3h to pour 40 pads, 7 cubic yards of concrete, 6 people working. 6x3 = 18 human hours.
  • Ergonomics of preparing the forms - 0.5h per pad, 40 pads = 20 hours. Leveling them off. So about 1h for each pad = 40h for all pads. Work: lay the form out, do the rebar, put the rebar in, dig out a little bit, put some gravel and leveling.

• Cement truck arrives and pours cement in the Foundation pads.
  • Side comment: For the foundation pad construction: 20 minutes per pad, to put it in form and put in the metal. With 1-2 people.
• Muffler design
  • Parts: steel pipe and insert with about 40 holes, 7 inches long, 6 inches on the inside, 1 inch from the base. With modular pipe fittings.

• Getting ready to bale , Baler adjustment, Engaging the baler
  • We are not using LifeTrac because all of the wheel control valves are broken. Will get new one, but a new delay.
  • Good news: Saw mill blade ordered, 1000 dollars.
  • We need a Farmer!
  • Baler Discussion
    • Big wheel and a fly wheel - we can replace it by hydraulics.
    • Auger, the pick up mechanism, and String tie mechanism.
  • Straw quality assessment - dry, crispy,
  • First bale!, Baling shakedown in progress

• Baling day 1 summary
  • 3 bales/minute, 180/hour, about 1500/day. 1 bale is sold for 3 dollars = about 5000 dollars per day.

10/03/11

• OSE Certification
  • Power Cube Producer - Tom Griffin from Texas, 1st replication, aiming for OSE Certification.
    • OSE provides Marketing assistance, publicize in our networks
    • He is contributing back to the community.
  • OSE License relates to the OSE Specifications, features the OSE products embody.
  • Certified people will comment and describe how their product meets each point of the OSE Specification. It will be transparent for the user if he gets a product from somebody else or us, so he know exactly what he is getting, particularly on a life-time design and modularity aspects of our equipment. The world benefits by knowing what they are getting into, and the certified producer benefits by the having access to our marketing channels.
  • OSE License is for building a distributing economics. It is not for us building an empire, but for us distributing as much productive power to everybody out there as possible.
    • To support the open sourcing of civilization, the producers would contribute a reasonable amount back to the OSE project, like 3%, we will have to decide on that, we don't want to overtax them, but a little kickback to the project to continue further open source development.
    • We will custom design these agreements, it will on a case by case basis.
  • With this OSE distributive economics license we focus on the fact that whoever is a producer is documenting the work completely, meaning the bills of materials and designs and they will pass our mark only when they are truly bringing about distributive economics for the whole world to benefit with. And that's a beautiful package that nobody can disagree with, that can get a lot of public support on many fronts.
  • That's about the OSE License, we will keep developing it, as people get on line to produce it we hope to have people actually funding the project through donations back to the commons in terms of developing further open source goods.

• Message to Jason Fields from the Urban Farming Guys
  • Ian produced 7 minutes video for the entire procedure to build the frame of the LifeTrac.
  • Start writing the script and preparing your Kickstarter materials asap.
  • Create a simple jig and I am hoping that even you guys will complete the whole tractor frame within hours.

• Dear True Fans and Supporters - Update
  • about 42 days of construction. Foundation will be poured tomorrow. Excavation is done. Right now we are doing haying for the hay bales.
  • Next week we will be full-time producing and laying CEB Bricks. SHonda is getting the CEB up. We go now to Sweiger to work on the Sawmill, hay cutter and pulverizers.
  • Kauffman Foundation may would have 103,000 dollars for us, but I would like to see this money across the table, there are a lot of technical difficulties there.
  • If we can show the straw bales and cut lumber from our own tree, that would be beautiful. We are finishing the Sawmill, we didn't get the blade till tonight, we will try to secure that.
  • By the end of this week we aim to have 3 Tractors with 6 Power Cubes so we can start construction.
  • Yoonseo Kang is coming this Thursday. And Ted Mosher anytime this week.
  • Revenue streams from non-profit, real production, investors, loans.

• Lifetrac Tracks design and jig comments - 3 links in-between, quality control - make sure the links are touching against the rebar.
• Filling Tractor 2 with hydraulic fluid

10/02/11

• Hay conditioner 101 - International 1086 Tractor - about 130HP, Hesston hay conditioner (a rotary cutter), 1 steel and 1 rubber roll. In Action.

• 1500 bales to be pressed - Meet the hay conditioner
• Beginning to clear vegetation, Starting the dozing
• Secondary cylinder mounting
• Brianna explains 1) Squaring CEB Drawer, 2) Frame Jig, 3) Fitting Cylinder, 4) Frame and Roller Guide Holes, 5) Frame Jig Turning, 6) Frame Welding, 7) Making Bolts, 8) Shims Squaring Drawer, 9) Squaring Hyd Cylinder, 10) Squaring Hyd Cylinder, 11) Torching Sensor Holes.
• Loading the Soil Pulverizer

10/01/11

• Nearly finished grading
• Clearing off vegetation

9/30/11

• Column foundation forms - a laser level would be useful that sense out an array of lines across the whole field so that we don't have to mess with the water level.

• Hammering Foundation pads - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfcSDbkpJEw

9/28/11

HabLab

Excavation started	Gravel trucks and spreading
Excavation	Bulldozing

• $60k construction grant is in

• CEB vault prototype 1 and 2
• Cat D7 bulldozer fuel consumption - 10 gal/hr, 90 gal fuel tank
• Monday midnight oil update - shipping 2 Power Cubes, Bulldozer came.