Open Source CEB Press Production Run Results
We have demonstrated a production rate of 4 bricks per minute in our first test production runs. We ran the CEB machine with 3 people, low-medium throttle on LifeTrac, about 12 gallon per minute hydraulic flow, a hydraulic pressure of 2200 psi, and a...
October Progress Report: Major Success in Crowd Funding
Thank you to all the people that supported us for the month of October – our transition to support via crowd funding. The October funding and corresponding progress were a major success. Here is the progress report. Overview: We are on our way to...
Factor e Farm Winter CEB Convergence – This Weekend
People, we are getting into major CEB construction. Today we are building trusses for the roof. It will we an workshop addition to the greenhouse, featuring living roof, CEB walls, shallow insulated foundation, masonry stove, plus sauna running off the...
CEB Proposal – Community Supported Manufacturing
We have released v0.1 of the OSE CEB Proposal, which is a summary of our product release plan for the CEB press. This helps put the entire CEB project in perspective to supporters. The abstract reads: Herein we provide a short overview of the Open Source...
Backhoe Breaks Ground
The open source backhoe is complete. Check out the finished product as attached on our open source tractor: Field testing showed some explosive news. See for yourself: I ran over to Sweiger Shop right after, to get a larger shaft. The store was closed...
CEB Field Testing – Factor e Live – Episode 10
We are finally in the phase of field testing of the CEB press. We ran the CEB press successfully with our open source tractor, which we showed in Episode 8 of Factor e Live. Now it’s production time – pressing about eight thousand bricks –...
Going Further Off Grid
We are setting up our 15 kWhr battery bank and solar panels – so we’ll be off off-grid for the next few days as we set up the system. The new system is sufficient to power all of our facility except for the welder. You may not hear from...
