Subject: Re: [permaculture] washing my dirty linen
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:05:52 -0700 (PDT)
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.
"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?