posted 4 months ago
In the most recent podcasts from Paul, he and Alan Booker essentially sent out a call for help from the public to advance the "experiment" with the Willow Feeder (WF) model. A primary concern expressed by Alan was to see if WFs in various climates would produce similar Returns On Investment as have been seen from deposits made at the Willow Candy Warehouse at Wheaton Labs.
I'm not aware of a fully comprehensive resource describing a complete build of a WF, or laying out the various design considerations that present options a builder would want to consider. This ain't exactly Rocket Science, but it would still be good to have a document that approaches the comprehensiveness of ones for RMHs as done by Ianto Evans or the Wisners.
I'd like to maintain this thread as a clearinghouse for questions and answers about the pesky little details that would prevent or stall various efforts to complete and maintain a Willow Feeder operation by inspired Permies. I started planning out a system for my land last year and have a few such issues that are making the process seem like a much more difficult undertaking than it seems it should be.
1) Pressurizing the Candy Chamber
2) Urine diverter destinations
3) ...
Some handy information about the WilloWonka collected by Stephen:
Building dimensions (does not include the added dimensions of the overhanging roof, just the structure):
Length: 7' 1"
Width: 6' (note that the entry door is on one of these walls)
Height, shorter side: 6' 3"
Height, taller side: 9'
Other building details:
Center of one skid to the center of the other skid: 4' 9"
Skid diameter: 9.5"
Door width: 2' 5.25"
Stair height: 6"
Stair depth: 8"
Distance between skids and interior floor: 21"
Distance between the floor and the bench/seat: 18"
Trombe wall dimensions:
Height: 7'
Width: 2' 8.75"
Depth: 13"
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