Michael Hess Log

Wednesday, August 5, 2014

Built another table with Mathias

Tuesday, August 4, 2014

Continued operating CEB press; showed Clair how to operate it

Monday, August 3, 2014

Ran CEB press for brick pressing operation

Friday, August 1, 2014

Built another table with Mathias

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Finished wooden form placement

Lead team with Jose, Moriah, and Mathias to build a new picnic table

Wednesday, July 30 ,2014

Foundation work. We finished the rebar and began putting the wooden forms in place.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Foundation work with rebar

Monday, July 28, 2014

Helped with assembling rebar forms in foundation

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Worked with Churchill to bend rebar for MicroHouse foundation

Monday, July 21, 2014

Collected data from newly pressed bricks to evaluate brick press alignment. The data is available here: https://docs.google.com/a/opensourceecology.org/spreadsheets/d/17AJvva3XpMZxQlOetG3pnxoCTz8Mq6m87xEA3_aQce4/edit#gid=725753133

This image shows the naming convention I used for the corners:

Monday, July 7, 2014

Made a battery holder with Devin and Emily for the power cube

Assisted with final power cube assembly

Made two diesel runs

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Worked with Guillamme in assembling power cube frame with 4x4 tubing. Miscommunication resulted in our having to take apart the partially completed frame and rebuild it from the beginning.

Went to Osborne for diesel. After getting it I discovered a closer place to get diesel. MFA Oil is between the farm and Maysville, about half a mile along Hwy 33; and their diesel is cheaper than what I got in Osborne.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Practiced driving LifeTrac 4

Helped with several projects, including the wire spool with Aidan, hooking up connections on the brick press, and preparing parts for the soil mixer motor mount

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Familiarized myself with wiki and with brick press plans

Helped Aidan fix wheels on tables