Fixing Failure Points
YouthExperimentsProblem-SolvingProcessScienceYouth 110Youth 115Youth 120Youth 125Youth 130In this episode, Sabrina shows us how to set up models and trails to find and fix failure points.
Primitive Technology: Convection turbine experiments (hot air windmill)
AdultsConstructionCreativityEnergyEngineeringExperimentsTechnologyI built a turbine powered by convection to see if it would be a viable source of motive force in a primitive setting.
Primitive Technology: Grate furnace, wood fired smelting experiment
AdultsDIYExperimentsTechnologyGrate furnace, wood fuel smelting experiment
Primitive Technology: 2.5 m Natural draft furnace experiment
AdultsEngineeringExperimentsTechnologyI built a 2.5 m tall furnace to see if it could get hot enough to smelt iron by natural draft alone. Such furnaces work by the stack effect where the tall furnace causes negative pressure inducing an air flow from the base of the furnace and out the top.