Summer of Extreme Design-Build 2020

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Overview

General

OSE's program intends to provide a 3 month immersion where people learn practical skills across philosophy, design, build, and enterprise areas related to collaborative design for a transparent and inclusive economy of abundance. The focus is on exactly that: collaborative design for a transparent and inclusive economy of abundance. Our goal is to offer a transformative, practical experience that is unlike anything else in the world.

For example, we don't just build tractors. We build lifetime design tractors using our open source CNC torch table, based on construction set modules, that can be replicated inexpensively anywhere in the world. But even more than this - we teach people how to collaborate - to transformed the economy to open collaboration - just like has happened with open source software forming the backbone of the information economy. And more than this - we cover an integrated approach for building circular economies across multiple sectors: digital fabrication, agriculture, heavy equipment, construction, aquaponics - transforming each industry segment to open source collaboration as we go along. We are far from that goal - yet so close - if only we teach enough people to shift their mindset from scarcity to collaboration. This is exactly our goal: shifting mindsets so we can all collaborate, to make a better world, with open hardware technology. We recognize that appropriate technology is a prerequisite to human evolution, and that human evolution is a prerequisite for a transition to a democratic society.

Structure

  1. Each day consists of 1.5 hours of lecture, 6.5 hours of practice.
  2. Enterprise track involves additional 1.5 hours of class time every evening (8-9:30 PM),

3 Tracks

There will be 3 tracks of related learning, but with different goals:

  1. Track 1: Student track - if you are in college or are interested in diversifying your skill set into open source fab labs for material production of appropriate technology - this is for you.
  2. Track 2: Enterprise track - for individuals roaring to set up their own microfactory to begin producing in their own communities. You will be equipped with a skill set for collaborative design that allows you to produce 3D printers, CNC torch tables, plastic recycling equipment, 3D printing filament, aquaponic greenhouses - and eventually cordless drills, brushless electric motors, heavy equipment, and housing. The Enterprise Track involves 3 weeks of each month, with 15 sessions at night from 8-9:30 PM, Monday through Friday, for the first 3 weeks of each month.
  3. Track 3: Teacher track - if you are interested in teaching the Open Source Microfactory STEAM Camp, this track is for you. This track is included in the Enterprise Track, and includes 25
  4. Each day consists of 1.5 hours of lecture, 6.5 hours of practice.
  5. Enterprise track is dedicated for those who are interested in starting a business related to open source hardware, or who are actively developing one.
  6. Class is 5 days a week, with Saturdays as Project Days, and Sundays off. During Project Days, teams are actively engaged either in the workshop or in CAD design as highly-coordinated group processes for design and build.
  7. During the SummerX, we will also host workshops for outside participants, facilitated by the students in the Enterprise Track as practice for starting their own business.

Enterprise Track

  1. The Enterprise Track is dedicated to those individuals with a serious interest in starting an enterprise based on the subject matter learned. At present, we have documented productivity and revenue milestones that serves as proofs of concept for meaningful enterprises. These enterprises revolve around production of STEAM Camps, production of kits, production of finished machines, and delivery of immersion training programs for collaborative design and build. We are actively developing an open source microfactory and the Open Source Everything Store - to deliver the promise of open source, digitally-assisted fabrication and collaborative design as the new paradigm of economic production
  2. Topics include: Collaborative Literacy for Enterprise Development, Open Source Business Models, 3D Printing Production Engineering, Production Engineering, BOM Specification and Sourcing, Workshop Layout, Quality Control, Certification, Economics of 3D Printing, How to Start an Amazon, Etsy, or Online Store for Your Open Source Hardware Business, Big Picture of the Open Source Economy, Open Source Microfactory Infrastructures - from Home Scale to Off-Grid, Green Microfactory, The CNC Torch Table: Key Tool of the Open Source Microfactory; Production Engineering for Products Made on the CNC Torch Table; How to Post Events on a Wordrpess Site;
  3. This is likewise a collaborative, co-creation process in the format of a seminar where discussion is encouraged. During each seminar, held at the Microhouse, we select documenters/note takers. The demands of participants include active commitment to documenting the lessons learned using cloud collaborative Google Docs.


Month 1

General

  1. Printing, Filament Making via recycling, and torch tables, and metal printer for heavy metal parts. Safety and safety equipment for rapid collaborative design. Safety Ground Rules
  2. 3 tracks: track 1 - student; track 2 - entrepreneur

Schedule

  1. Week 1 - Build of D3D Simple, Universal Controller, FreeCAD, Collaborative Literacy training, Collaborative Design training. Recycler. Printer with heated enclosure. Geardowns.
    1. Day 1 - OSE and Collaborative Literacy - 2 hrs. Build of D3D Simple from fully prepared kit.
    2. Day 2 - FreeCAD 101 and first prints in 1 Hour. Collaborative Design Process: designing and building a Useful Object of choice, while producing all the necessary documentation assets.
    3. Day 3 - Recycling Shredder - 3D printing parts for the Recycler. CNC Torch Table and Cutting parts for Shredder.
    4. Day 4 - Filament Maker - 3D printing parts, building.
  • 3D Printing - building D3D Simple, and up to a 4x8 foot area 3D Printer, and High Temperature 3D Printer (177C heated chamber)
  • Filament Making
  • Torch Table.
  • Oxyhydrogen CNC Torch Table - optional if we can develop oxyhydrogen production in a reliable way.
  • Skills covered: FreeCAD, Collaborative Design, Universal Axis, Universal Controller, CNC Machines - 3D printers with different tool heads: rubber, high temp chamber,
  • Safety Equipment - 3D printed hard hat with ear protection and face shield, 3D printed safety glasses with cut PC, Open Source Welding Mask, shop light. Modular strap, earpieces. Skills badges 3D printed onto helmet. Your hard hat is a status badge for gamification, while retaining collaborative design and uplifting the skills of others. Exams are prepared for badges. 3D print-cast lenses with Supervolcano nozzle as casting system in chamber followed by vacuum chamber for air bubbles.

Month 2

  • Tractor, Bulldozer, and 360 Degree Backhoe
    • First ever 3D printed rubber tracks and wheels
  • Brick Press with Soil Mixer
  • Baler

Month 3

  • Aquaponics Greenhouse
  • CEB Houses
  • Ponds and keylines


  • Aquaponics system with planting drones

Instructors

Potential Instructors

Curriculum Month 2

  • Week 1 - 1 day - FreeCAD basics of Part Libraries and Collaborative Literacy. 1 day - Creation of Tractor Construction Set Part Library. 4 Days - design of the next iteration tractors - small, medium, and large tracked machines. Metal 3D printed and CNC cut drive. Plastic Planetary geardown, 20 lb hard rubber gearsets.
  • Week 2 -
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