Submitted by dorn on Thu, 01/16/2014 - 11:30pm Tool Concept Stage: Prototype License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Description: This tool is to provide a list of modular construction systems to provide the basis for standards, adaptation and discussion around the strengths and weaknesses and best applications of the various systems for prototyping and on-farm use.Add new comment Documentation Documentation Wiki: Problem Statement Fabrication and prototyping using non-standard components can make design sharing and design modification costly and increase the cost of trial and error. Tool Approach This tool aims to identify the various standards and systems to enable rapid changes in design, ease of reuse of components and reduced manufacturing cost and cost of specialized inventory Modular Building Systems The following are examples of modular building systems and standards that might be useful to the Farm Hack community Open Source Ecology heavy weight structures http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Warehouse A warehouse of the components can be downloaded here https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/8739df56a796658371747bd399bc4220/Open-Source-Ecology-parts-warehouse Grid Beam/telespar mid weight structures Most of the components can be found and downloaded here https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/collection/b662205146b140f1d21686f8696ab14f/Grid-Beam-Materials https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/cb87f47444dbc9689a638ee92cbdfb4/Grid-beam-basic-kit http://www.amazon.com/Box-Beam-Sourcebook-Phil-Jergensen/dp/9994777866 Open Structures lighter weight tools kitchen and workshop type structures http://openstructures.net/ A good article on the Open Structures approach can be found here: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2012/12/how-to-make-everything-ourselves-open-modular-hardware.html Universal Quick hitches like the triangle and Bob Cat (SAE J2513) hitches also fall into the category of modular systems/standards http://farmhack.org/tools/triangle-quick-attach-3-point-hitch https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/c96468f7d715627e71747bd399bc4220/Cat-II-triangle-hitch http://farmhack.org/tools/skidsteer-quick-attach-standards-sae-j2513 Other relevant building systems? Add new comment I like this tool up0 users have voted. I built (or modified) this tool up0 users have voted.
