Open Source Ecology February 09, 2012 The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Letter of Inquiry National Development Map 1 10 6 4 11 5 12 3 8 2 7 9 Gasifier/Burner (link) Ironworker (link) Replication (link) 1 Seattle, Washington 2 San Diego, California 3 Pasadena, California Larry Dobson Brianna Kufa D&H Tractors The Gasifier Burner converts biomass fuel into The Ironworker, serving as the backbone of Daniel & Hayden are replicating the LifeTrac many fabrication shops, combines a punching power and useful chemicals. It is currently in design with their high school engineering class machine, plate shear, section shear, punch and the Design stage of development. and plan to donate it to the Los Angeles South shear machine, and a coper-notcher. It is cur- rently in the Prototyping stage of development. Central Farmers, subject of the Academy Award nominated documentary The Garden. CNC Circuit Mill (link) OSE Headquarters (link) Saw Mill (link) 4 Factor e Farm, Missouri 5 Factor e Farm, Missouri 6 Maysville, Missouri Yoonseo Kang Marcin Jakubowski Sweiger Shop The CNC Circuit Mill enables automated pro- Factor e Farm is the central location of develop- The Sawmill converts felled logs from trees into duction of electronic circuit boards, and, as a ment and training; hosting the OSE Fellows at dimensional lumber, and it enables a range GVCS technology, it enables automation func- a 30-acre permaculture farm held as a commu- of well-established wood construction tech- tionality. It is in the Prototyping stage of devel- nity trust. We have a 3,000 sf fabrication and niques. It is in the Prototyping stage of devel- opment. traning facility and 10 living units for visitors. opment. Replication (link) Replication (link) CNC Plasma Cutter (link) 7 Austin, Texas 8 Dallas, Texas 9 Austin, Texas James Slade Tom Griffing Luke Iseman James did a dedicated project visit at Factor e Tom did a dedicated project visit and returned The CNC Torch Table is a capable of cutting in- Farm, learning to build GVCS machinery, and home to build a refined version of the hydraulic tricate designs out of metal with a 2-axis torch he returned home to replicate the Compressed power unit. He actually improved on our de- controlled by computer. It is in the Prototyping Earth Brick Press and LifeTrac. signs, which is exactly what we hoped to see. stage of development. He plans to build the LIfeTrac next. Steam Engine (link) Heat Exchanger (link) Replication (link) 10 Berrien Springs, MI/Willseyville, NY 11 Detroit, MI 12 Baltimore, MD Tom Kimmel/Mark Norton (N/A) Andrew Spina The Steam Engine is capable of converting The heat exchanger generates steam to power Andrew is building a Power Cube and a steam generated by a solar concentrator into steam engines or steam turbines, while excess LifeTrac based solely on our distance learning power that can be used to generate electricity heat can be used to create warmth for a home materials. or drive the machinery of the GVCS platform. or greenhouse. It is in the Prototyping stage of It is in the Prototyping stage of development. development..