Multiuse Bike Machine – Innovate or die competition
This is my multiuse bike machine.
Its functions include:
-knife sharpener, to maintain farming equipment
-grinder, for grinding coffee, grain, spices, or to make animal feed
-corn degrainer to simplify and accelerate a necessary but time consuming task in processing corn
-electric generator for off the grid lighting
-blender to improve nutrition and add enable home based micro industry
-water pump, capable of moving 5 gallons per minute
The tools are mounted on tables which attach to a simple 3 point mounting system. The tool tables can be switched easily using only one tool. Changing attachments usually takes under 5 minutes.
The design is simple yet versatile and I am still working on developing more attachments.
Similar pedal powered machines have proved to be very useful to subsistence farmers in rural Guatemala. My design combines these 6 machines into one simple design, to streamline production and lower costs. While it is unlikely any one user will want all 6 tools, the machine provides more utility at a lower cost.
All of the parts are locally available and it can be built and maintained with a minimal number of tools.
Note: Please pardon the terrible video editing, it’s my first attempt and embarrassingly bad.
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Tags: appropriate, die, innovate, or, pedal, technology
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
chuck harris uses a …
chuck harris uses a griding stone mounted on a bike frame kinda like this
he uses it to grind down the edges of his patented mirrors which are made from reused materials
and he has been doing this since 1970s or so
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
This is such a …
This is such a wonderful device, i posted it to my 6390 friends on myspace today, many who are environmentalists looking for alternative energy, i am collecting information like this, now i want to know were to get the plans
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Some of the tools …
Some of the tools are driven by friction (an axle rubbing against the tire). Changing the inflation pressure helps control the friction for those tools.
For the chain driven tools, the tire is actually filled with cement and acts as a flywheel.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Why do you have a …
Why do you have a wheel and tire on the machine?
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
step by step …
step by step instructions…very innovative!
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Very nice …
Very nice presentation of some of the many things that we can do instead of sitting around watching TV. You can do them WHILE you are sitting around watching TV. The knife sharpening was a little sketchy with that huge machete or whatever it was. Scary. A+
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
genius..
genius..
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Awsome machine
Awsome machine
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
and yeah um who do …
and yeah um who do I write out the check to?
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
innovative
innovative
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
fuckin retard
in retard
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I want to build one …
I want to build one
but I want to really build
a generator.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I am really amazed: …
I am really amazed: ideas like this one are what we need to reduce our use of energy. GREAT WORK!!
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
lol
lol
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Great presentation …
Great presentation and excellent innovation.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
This has far more …
This has far more uses than knife sharpening! Open mind please. “Minds are like parachutes, they function best when open.” Grinding corn is important to many people, also coffee,
spices.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Fantastic! E. F. …
Fantastic! E. F. Schumacher, of “Small Is Beautiful” fame, would have been proud of you!
Congratulations!
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I’d been across …
I’d been across Thialand in 1996 when what I mostly saw in remote villages were not aging junkies but a simular use alike this bike design but with Mopeds .
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
The Amish and …
The Amish and Mennonites will like this type of device. Agricultural settings have used fuel inefficient vehicles to do certain jobs. They need to be replaced with bike-like gadgets!
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Point taken.
Point taken.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
The sharpener is …
The sharpener is not meant for home use, it’s intended to enable micro industry. There is a demonstrated demand for similar designs. Similarly, a woman’s group in Guatemala has been quite successful using pedal powered blenders to make organic shampoo for sale.
No one user is expected to need all of the attachments, but they allow any user to expand the utility of their machine with minimal extra cost or effort.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Thank you for your …
Thank you for your compliment. Those were the goals I was aiming for. Hopefully, I’ll be able to do some good with this design.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I’ve spent over 20 …
I’ve spent over 20 years living in developing countries across Asia, Africa, and the South Pacific. Your invention should have won over the Aquaduct, which is extremely unsustainable in the third world and is why western countries have so much trouble effecting change overseas. Your invention has huge potential because it’s a low-tech, inexpensive unit that is easy to build and repair from local materials, and can be adapted to local needs. You have an awesome invention, keep promoting it!
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
yeah, you have a …
yeah, you have a point, but if we gave them this kind of technology, and the technology to create clean drinking water for themselves, then maybe the “powers that be” can spend more time worrying about issues at home rather than spending all of our time and resources on those countries instead. before any of you “do-gooders” out there lash out at me, don’t get me wrong, i support the idea of enabling those people but i firmly believe theres a point whem our helping hand has been overextended.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
This is totally …
This is totally over engineered in my view. A knife needs sharpening only occasionally. And it can be sharpened using nothing more than a rock and a small amount of water. It is hardly economical to build this contraption to do such a trivial task.