Edge Collective

29. Fallback Design

A collapse-aware design philosophy; human-powered machines.

https://www.renaissancewoodworker.com/foot-powered-wood-turning/

Design of a flywheel treadle lathe

https://www.lumberjocks.com/threads/seeking-advice-on-foot-powered-lathe-design-treadle-vs-pedal.314227/?post_id=106101&nested_view=1&sortby=oldest#post-106101

freewheel and etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freewheel

inventions in the realm of the bicycle https://road.cc/content/feature/10-brilliant-inventions-changed-bicycle-185561

Van Anden's freewheel invention here

ratchet propulsion system for scooters

Ratchet and pawl mechanism:

Matthias Wendel on youtube -- and his website

gear template generator

The idea

hand powered tools

design space is still open

what convivial tools might we want in the future

what, of those, are fun to use now

Fri Feb 23 05:54:25 PM EST 2024

thread on treadle milling

pedal power design and build

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/the-electricity-generating-bicycle-desk-that-would-power-the-world/282692/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1510207830/pedal-power-human-scale-energy-for-everyday-tasks/rewards

mid-range mill for $300

https://grainmaker.com/products/grainmaker-grain-mill-model-no-99/

'problems with diy grain mill'

$100 grain mill https://www.beveragefactory.com/homebrew/pre-fermentation-equipment/kegco-KM7GM-2R-grain-mill.html

hammer milling

lathe

https://www.renaissancewoodworker.com/foot-powered-wood-turning/

https://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/item/GT-LATHE.XX

Bob Easton treadle lathe:

https://www.bob-easton.com/blog/category/treadle-lathe/

freewheel-powered bandsaw!

compressed air bicycle

blender

note: seems that it might be possible to do coarse-grained flour milling from grain in a blender

also note: perhaps under-powered motors on less expensive blenders are fine

https://www.instructables.com/How-to-create-a-human-powered-bike-blender-for-les/

-- uses an old bike tube as a belt!

appropedia bike blender

moberi portland

using electricity

blender drill

indigenous relationship to technology

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-09/climate-change-means-the-inuit-do-what-theyve-always-done-adapt/101495908

sled dogs to snowmobiles

Sun Feb 25 07:35:24 PM EST 2024

some ideas

in lean logic, it's suggested that: if we're unable to sustain the grid, a micro-grid is also hard to sustain. aspects of this seem right.

Mon Feb 26 03:21:33 PM EST 2024

In-depth look at wax motors via Hackaday

Introduction to wax motors from a wax motor company

DIY wax motor instructions

Tue Feb 27 03:08:27 PM EST 2024

freewheel tool video here

freewheel treadle parts list here

Wed Feb 28 06:59:02 PM EST 2024

Hosting a podcast on github

Using eleventyjs to create a podcast feed

Building a podcast site with eleventy

hosting a podcast on github manually

diy free podcasting setup

Nice guide to setting up a podcast xml feed manually

converting m4a to mp4:

ffmpeg -i input.m4a -c:v copy -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 4 output.mp4

Fri Mar 1 11:16:58 PM EST 2024

https://medium.com/@tarngerine/how-the-heck-do-i-use-eleventy-the-intro-guide-i-wish-i-had-84d9b2689031

issue with CDATA closing brackets in RSS here -- just add a space before the closing structure.