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Log of Tom Griffing's Dedicated Project Visit to Factor E Farm

Sunday, August 21

  • Documentation. Today, worked with Sketchup and drew dimensional drawing for hydraulic tank for Power Cube:

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Here are the links to the latest documentation;

  • Finished fabrication and installation of seat mounts in one LifeTrac. Installed seat and it worked.
  • Helped Marcin hoist and stablize roof of new workshop building.

Monday, August 22

  • Morning rain. I drove Adam and Shondra to downtown Maysville and we had breakfast in Tim and Juli's Cafe. When we returned, the rain had stopped.
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  • Continued Power Cube documentation, needed some measurements so went to the workshop and met Adam, saying that the attachment for the tractor box blade had broken and needed welding. He made a suggestion for an improvement to prevent the box blade from slipping off the quick attach mounts. I found some metal and torched it to shape and Brianna arrived and welded it to the box blade. Success!
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  • Helped Marcin with roof of new workshop storage building - added roof extensions for eves and lumber to provide stability.

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Tuesday, August 23

  • Soldered components onto the 4 bare Arduino breakout printed circuit boards. These boards are to be used in the 4 CEB presses in production.
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  • Finished fabrication and installation of second seat in the LifeTracs in production.
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  • Continued working on Power Cube documentation.
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