Lacto-fermentation
Kimchi: Lacto-fermented vegetables are not sold in my local grocery store. They are hardly sold in any grocery store. And if you do find them, they are in that obscure “healthy foods” section. What does that mean anyway? That the rest of the...
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 –...
My Experience at Factor e Farm
Hey all this is Stuart, and I was at the farm for a couple weeks back in August. I figured I should drop the blog a line on my experience at the farm as well as try to rally some support for the cause. I wish I could have got this out sooner, but better...
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...
Crowd Funding Progress Report – Week 1, Month 1
We started our first crowd funding cycle one week ago – for October. We collected $1254 to date – not bad. The goals are – and our timeline for October is – . We’re moving along. The Babington burner is flaring, ,...
Bab Lab Continued
Building on the work in the last post – if one simply puts a shroud around the Babington burner flame to retain the heat – the flame becomes self sustaining. Preheated to 140 F, the oil lights immediately and continues to burn: It’s...
Bab Lab
The spirits run high as Bob’s Bab Lab produces a roaring Babington burner flame at Factor e Farm: Our next steps are to put a shroud around the flame for flame continuity, and installing a water heat exchange coil in the shroud for hydronic heating,...
Babington Burner Trial One
Today we started to put together our Babington burner. This burner is important because it is a versatile source of heat for: space heating, metal melting, glassworks, pottery, steam engines for remote power, heat engines for mobile power in cars and...
