Demotech, design for self reliance

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Birth chair Birth chair Better tools to assist giving birth for poor rural women can lower the terrible high level of death during birth. This birth chair gives better body control to the mother and for the midwife a chair that is cheap and easy to take along.
Harvesting sheet metal Harvesting sheet metal Description of how sheet metal can be recuperated from a an oil barrel. How to cut, how to flatten and how to fold. Manfred can do it too!
Harvesting Steel Wire Harvesting Steel Wire How steel wire can be recuperated from the millions of car tires that litter this planet. Cut and clean steel wire for new use and get rubber strips out of it useful for many purposes.
Sieve for gravel Sieve for gravel Sift gravel for best quality concrete with a sieve with a mesh size of 10 to 25 mm's. Its frame can be locally made to the most appropriate size for the function at hand.
StapleJoiner StapleJoiner Join thin metal sheet to wood, ply board to wood, leader to wood with staples made from wire out of car tires. Drive the staples in with a locally made tool.
Welder for Plastic Welder for Plastic Dried agricultural produce wil not spoil when properly sealed in plastic sheet. For bags and other use, plastic sheet van be welded without electricity.
WeldingWood WeldingWood Make connection between wooden parts strong, quick and easy. More complex wooden constructons become within reach of people with little recources.


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