Open Source Ecology 'Build your world' Pedagogical Material :), 22 Sep 2008

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From YouTube: Open Source Tractor, Rototiller, Biodiesel Reactor, Solar Panels

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We show the open source tractor, quick attach plate for implements, and open source rototiller. Plus, we show how we set up a biodiesel reactor. We also made more solar panels, and show other fruits of Factor e Farm. More info: http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/

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Last time you've seen the open-source tractor and a compressed earth block press working together. This time we'll continue documenting the tractor with the quick attach plate. First, quick attachment is the loader bucket itself. The second is the open-source rototiller. Now we're ready for effective CB construction. In this episode, we'll also document how he made the biodiesel reactor, we also produce more solar panels and other fruits at factory farm.

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Preparing a quick-connect plate for the front-end loader first quick attachment hot-off-the-press the completed quick, attach.

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Next and here's the quick attached plate.

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These are the quick connects plates for the loader. That's what another Matt! That's! How they're going to match up to the quick color.

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Front unload our mounting plates ready to be welded to the loader.

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The mouse nest caught on fire inside the welder.

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Here's what we do to release the bucket.

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Tiller frame decomposes into a bunch of metal, some bolts, beginning on the rototiller frame here, transfer punching holes.

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Tiller in progress, beginning of the tiller tides, here's a set of tiller tines.

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Here's the hydraulic motor mounted on the pillar.

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Quick coupler and hose here final product ready for life track.

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You we're cooking up the edges of the solar panels,.

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Testing the third panel: what's the result here, 1:19.

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Volton 0.8 amps how.

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Much power does the give.

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Us 7 watts of power unveiling.

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The fifth panel.

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Wait: we've got about half an amp on a cloudy day, cold and cloudy day and 19 volts.

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Here we're preparing our biodiesel setup. This is the master control system, little detail and garden hose contraption for a link to the pump. It actually works either.

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A doomsday device for.

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Biodiesel, machine.

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So we have seven a pen with a few holes here, so you can check and make sure the oil is settled out and all the gunk will be at the bottom and then it'll run up through this one into the heating chamber / reactor chamber with a little element, just a standard submersible heating element that eventually will be wired in here to heat it up to a temperature above 110 120 degrees. Fahrenheit, run it through the pump to circulate that after we've added our alcohol and lye mixture.

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So then we'll circulate that through the pump a few times that the reaction take place for how long for.

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Two hours with the heat and then overnight for for separating out the biodiesel from the the glycerin by-product beauties.

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This run and other impurities on the bottom pulls that off and we'll just drain that straight through the bottom. There, and here.

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These into this bottom drain after.

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That's done we'll it back through the pump to this hose little pump around there pump.

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Around into final.

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Fuel tank and put.

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A root tank right here for about a 50 gallon batch of biodiesel at a time.

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For some sweet potatoes, so these are the first ones that I dug up for my garden here.

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We have one of our not so pleasant chores. Oh yeah,.

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Nice yeah my going to the scuffle with some raccoons here. Heavy rains.

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Here's our drainage, a river through the middle of our forest I, look forward to see B construction in the next episode.