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[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

A friend of mine, here in Portugal, has been building 
  bicycle-powered machines for the last ten years. His 
  machines include washing machines, fruit presses, 
  drills and saws. He keeps on going even though it is 
  not exactly a commercial success. He is not on the 
  Internet.
   
  Dieter Brand
  Portugal

Jim <ashevillecurrencyproject@gmail.com> wrote:
  For info on one bike-powered laundry, check out
http://www.appropedia.org/HSU_Bike_powered_washing_machine

"This was a project started by students in the Whole Earth Engineering 
class at HSU . The main goal of the 
project was to fill a need using an appropiate technology. An Arcata 
house, already using several appropiate technologies was looking for a 
way to wash their clothes. Housemates had several bikes, bike parts, 
tools, and the know how and the idea for a bicycle powered washing 
machine was born."

I think this is inspired by another such setup in Arcata that was 
publicized in 1997.
-- Jim
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:24:47 +0000
From: "Charles de Matas" 
Subject: [permaculture] washing my dirty linen

I saw on the website of an eco-village that they have a bicycle-powered 
washing machine. Sounds like a good idea - good exercise and no electricity 
requirements. Has anyone seen such a machine or knows of mechanical 
drawings of one on the internet?

Charles.


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