Bicycle Washing Machine
1y 3mon ago by slrpnk.net/u/babaleshy in asksolarpunk@slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18530084
I recall seeing elsewhere (I think the solarpunk subreddit?) a few years ago that someone made a non-electric washing machine using a bicycle. Are there any tutorials anywhere someone could recommend me? I’d love to try and make one someday.
Note: I'm new to Lemmy and mistakenly posted this under "meta." Still getting used to communities and figuring out the cross-posting thing!
I don't recall specifically bike-powered one, but there's a hand-crack model that made the news rounds a few years back, called the Divya. Might be a good starting point if you're looking to build or mod one:
https://www.thewashingmachineproject.org/divyawashingmachine
Some similar models in listicle form here: https://www.outdoorhappens.com/6-off-grid-washing-machines-that-take-the-sweat-out-of-washing-clothes/
Thanks for the links! Especially that second one! The Lehman's one is what I was trying to google before but couldn't find squat about it because I didn't know what it was called, lol.