[permaculture] Watch - fascination with "technology"
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflj at intrex.net
Fri May 15 01:30:27 EDT 2009
Sean Maley wrote:
> Although I didn't find the video very interesting, the topic of understanding these technologies can be helpful.
> There is a great book (re)publishing company that prints old machine shop manuals and has a few interesting books of their own.
> They cover everything from do-it-yourself forges and making a metal shop from scrap to glass making, alcohol stills, steam engines, and photography.
>
> http://www.lindsaybks.com
>
> I'm thinking of all the glass, plastic, and metal dumped in the parks where I live and wondering how practical it might be to recycle it myself as a hobby.
Speaking of innovation:
Ray Cirino's Rocket Stoves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE9slGqRSsc&feature=related
& great solar cookers
Is Ray a member of this list?
LL
A plug for some of my other lists for those interested:
Appropriate Technology
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/approtech
Machinist & Machine Shop (welding, cutting, blacksmithing, forging & heat treating, toolmaking)
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/machinist
My metalworking archive:
http://www.ibiblio.org/machineshop
with a huge machinist shop & metalworking links collection:
http://www.ibiblio.org/machineshop/machineshop-metalworking-blacksmithing-bookmarks.html
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