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I am a graduate student in Tom Knight's lab and co-advised by Drew Endy.
- Ph.D. candidate in Biological Engineering at MIT.
- B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Utah, 2002.
My current work is in the area of synthetic biology.
- Thesis research: a brief summary of my thesis research and interests.
- ICSB 2005 poster: my latest poster on my work.
- FAQ and thoughts: my own answers to frequently asked questions and objections to the field as well as thoughts on related experimental issues.
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- Abstraction hierarchy: thinking about a framework within which to engineer synthetic biological systems.
- A new BioBricks vector design: designing a new, extensible BioBricks vector scaffold.
- A standard strain for BioBricks: specifying a standard strain in which BioBricks parts, devices and systems would work.
- Standards for parts characterization: thinking about what BioBricks characterization standards might look like.
- MIT iGEM: I am serving as an advisor to the 2006 MIT iGEM team. (iGEM is an acronym for international Genetically Engineering Machines competition.)
- I am putting together a tutorial on using OpenWetWare to host courses. Feedback is welcome.
- BE.109: Laboratory fundamentals of biological engineering: I was a teaching assistant for BE.109 in Spring 2006. Natalie Kuldell and I experimented with the integration of BE.109 and OpenWetWare.
- BE.490: Foundations of Computational & Systems Biology: In Spring 2004, I was a teaching assistant for BE.490.
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- iGEM: I am serving as a part-time iGEM 2006 ambassador to Asia.
- OpenWetWare: a wiki for researchers in biological science and engineering to enable more sharing and collaboration in the research community.
- Publishing: can we improve the publishing system in synthetic biology?
- Science 2.0: some thoughts on how the conduct of science will change through Web2.0 technologies.
- Synthetic Society Working Group: a working group exploring societal issues around synthetic biology.
- Previously, I also helped to organize Synthetic Biology 1.0: The First International Meeting on Synthetic Biology.
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- Prior to coming to MIT, I spent a few months in Tom Blundell's lab at the University of Cambridge working on RAPPER.
- Before that, I worked as an undergrad research assistant for several years in Baldmero Olivera's lab at the University of Utah. I worked on a few different projects during that time. More to come (maybe).
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US 3698878 A Abstract available in Claims available in Description (OCR text may contain errors) United States Patent 3,698,878 SINTERED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE-BASE ALLOYS Thomas E. Hale, Warren, Mich., assignor to General Electric Company No Drawing. Filed Dec. 29, 1969, Ser. No. 888,860 Int. Cl. B22f 3/24 US. Cl. 29-1823 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Sintered tungsten carbide-base alloys containing from 4080% by weight of an iron-base binder alloy which in turn contains from about 5-25% by weight nickel and an amount of carbon ranging from about 0.5-2% by weight of the binder. The alloys of the invention are prepared by sintering a pressed mixture of the tungsten carbide and binder, which may then be machined or otherwise shaped in the soft as-sintered state and subsequently hardened by heat treatment to form a fully dense, strong and hard cemented carbide compact. This invention relates to a sintered cemented tungsten carbide composition. Certain steel compositions undergo a phase transformation when heat-treated from austenite to martensite, such that they may be machined or otherwise shaped in the soft austenitic state and then hardened to form martensite or tempered martensite. It would be desirable to impart this property of phase transformation to cemented tungsten carbides which, because of their extremely high hardness, cannot be machined or can be machined only with great difiiculty. However, virtually all commercially available cemented tungsten carbides contain a cobalt binder and are not subject to this hardening transformation. It is possible that such phase transformation could occur if the cobalt binder were replaced with steel or other iron-base alloy. The use of iron-nickel binders for tungsten carbide-base alloys is suggested, for example, by Schwarzkopf & Kieffer in Cemented Carbides, MacMillan Co., 1960, at pp. 188-l90. However, cemented tungsten carbides, even with such a steel binder, would normally be too hardeven with the binder phase in the soft austenitic state-to be machined. Titanium carbide-base alloys or composites of titanium carbide with tantalum-, columbium-, or hafniumcarbide, containing steel binders, are known and have been fairly extensively used. They generally have high binder levels (4060 volume percent) and are capable of the aforementioned phase transformation, permitting machining while the steel binder is in a soft condition. However, tungsten carbide-base composites are stronger than those with a titanium carbide base and it would be highly desirable to produce these characteristics in a tungsten carbide-base alloy. The present invention has as its chief object the provision of a sintered tungsten carbide-base composition capable of being significantly hardened by heat treatment. It is an additional object of the invention to provide such a composition having the ability to be shaped to its desired final configuration while in a soft condition and then to be hardened by phase transformation to produce a fully dense, fine-grained strong and hard cemented carbide compact. These and other objects of the invention are accomplished by using as a matrix or binder for tungsten carbide-base alloys relatively large percentages of a binder of an alloy of iron and nickel containing sufiicient carbon to suppress the formation of eta phase. The amount of binder used with the present alloys is higher 3,698,878 Patented Oct. 17, 1972 than it has been heretofore been thought desirable to use in cemented tungsten carbides and still obtain a usable sintered product. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a sintered cemented carbide composition containing from 40-80% by weight of an iron-base alloy binder containing from 525% by weight of nickel and from 0.502.0% and preferably 0.75l.5% by weight of carbon. The use of this specific binder in these proportions permits the sintered tungsten carbide-base alloy to be machined or otherwise shaped to the desired final configuration while it is still in a relatively soft state and subsequently hardened by heat treatment to a high-wear resistance, high-strength condition. The presence of nickel in the binder within the ranges indicated lowers the critical temperature for the hardening transformation of the steel binder. If nickel is present in sufficient amounts, the critical temperature is below room temperature. The latter permits the sintered alloy to be cooled, at any rate desired, down to room temperature, at which point the binder is in a machinable austenitic condition. This cool sintered composite may then be machined to the desired shape, after which it is cooled to below room temperature to transform most of the austenitic binder to hard, wear-resistant martensite. This technique of cold-treating to achieve the hardening transformation imposes less severe thermal stresses on the part than would occur by use of the more usual hardening technique of heating to 7601100 C. and then rapid cooling. It also minimizes cracking and distortion and eliminates the need to have the finished part go through a solution-treating furnace operation. However, both hardening techniques may be used with the compositions of the invention. Steels are generally considered to be machinable when the hardness is no more than about 50-55 on the Rockwell C scale (Re). The compositions of the invention possess a hardness either in this range or lower, in the soft state. The lower the content of the hard WC phase, of course, the lower the hardness of the alloy. To retain its ability to be machinable in the soft condition, the alloy should contain no more than 60% by weight carbide, or stated conversely, no less than 40% by weight binder. For purposes of both convenience and consistency, relative amounts of carbide and binder phase are here expressed in terms of weight percent because weight percent is more conventionally used to identify proportions of alloy constituents. It should be noted, however, that tungsten carbide has a considerably higher density than steel, so that volume ratios of the two phases of the present alloy would perhaps be more meaningful than weight ratios. By volume, the binder content of the present alloy ranges from 5590% of the total volume of the alloy, illustrating their unusually high binder content as contrasted with known cemented tungsten carbide compositions which normally contain a maximum of 40% by volume binder. The conditions of heating and cooling required to obtain the desired hardening transformation of the matrix phase from the austenitic or coarse pearlitic soft states to the mostly martensitic hard state are dependent upon composition of the matrix, being strongly affected by the content of the carbon and nickel. Since the carbon content of the compositions of this invention has been held at fairly constant values (in order to prevent formation of eta phase and excess carbon), the primary variable affecting the transformation conditions of the compositions is the nickel content. When the nickel content of these compositions exceeds about 10 weight percent of the matrix, the temperatures at which the hardening transformation begins (Ms temperature) is depressed to below room temperature. The matrix phase of such compositions is thus soft austenite at room temperature so long as the compact is cooled from sintering temperature at a moderately rapid rate' (approximating air cooling conditions) to prevent the formation of iron carbide (Fe C). These compacts are subsequently hardened by cooling to below the Ms temperature, preferably to liquid nitrogen temperature to achieve more complete transformation. As the nickel content of the matrix is increased to values above 10%, the Ms temperature is depressed to lower values and it becomes increasingly difiicult to obtain sufiiciently complete transformation. When the nickel content exceeds 25-30% of the matrix, the Ms temperature is depressed to such a low value that no hardening is obtained at liquid nitrogen temperature. It is possible to improve the degree of transformation of com positions with higher nickel contents (12-25%) by heating them to 800 C. and holding for a sufficient period of time ("/2 to 4 hours) to precipitate dissolved tungsten and carbon from the matrix. This effectively increases to Ms temperature and the amount of martensite that will form at liquid nitrogen temperature. When the nickel content of the matrix is less than about 10%, the Ms temperature is above room temperature and the matrix can no longer be placed in the soft austenitic form by moderately fast cooling to room temperature. In order to obtain the softest condition with such compositions, they must be very slowly cooled (5l5 per hour) through the temperature range 600-900" C. in order to place the matrix in a coarse perlitic condition. Such compositions are subsequently hardened by heating to a temperature above which the matrix becomes fully austenitic (about 800 C.) and then rapidly cooling (oil or water quench) to room temperature to obtain the martensitic transformation. Further hardening can be achieved by liquid N cooling to achieve more complete transformation. The degree of transformation obtained for compositions having less than Ni in the matrix is strongly influenced by the specific Ni content and the time and temperature of the austenitizing treatment. Thus for each nickel content there is an optimum austenitizing condition required to obtain maximum hardness. For example, with a composition having a matrix consisting of 1% C, 5% Ni, balance Fe, maximum hardness is obtained by austenitizing 30 minutes at 1025 C., oil quenching, and liquid nitrogen cooling. When the Ni content is increased to 7%, the optimum conditions are 30 minutes at 800 C., oil quenching and liquid nitrogen cooling. For nickel contents less than about 5%, extremely rapid cooling rates, such as those obtained by quenching into a well-stirred cold-water bath, are needed to obtain maximum hardness. The following examples illustrate the practice of the present invention. All parts and percentages are by weight. EXAMPLE I A sintered compact was prepared from a composition consisting of 50% WC, 50% of an iron-base matrix alloy containing 12% nickel, 1% carbon, balance iron. The starting materials, consisting of 24 micron tungsten carbide powder, 2-5 micron carbonyl iron powder, 23 micron carbonyl nickel powder, and fine graphite powder to bring the total charge to 400 grams, were ball-milled 24 hours in a 4-inch diameter cemented-carbide-lined mill containing 1000 gms. of cemented carbide balls and 250 cc. of acetone. One percent of paraffin was then added and the compact was pressed at a pressure of 30,000 p.s.i. The parafiin was then removed by presintering at a temperature of 500 C. in a hydrogen atmosphere. It was then sintered to full density by heating to 1300 C., holding 15 minutes at 1300 C. in a hydrogen atmosphere and cooled at a rate approximating air cooling to room temerature. At this point the steel matrix was in the soft austenitic condition (Rc 45) and could be machined to the desired shape. The finished compact was then hardened to about Re 66 by cooling to liquid nitrogen temperature and holding for about 30 minutes. Even higher hardness (about Rc 68) was obtained by heating the compact to 800 C., holding 1 to 3 hours, air cooling to room temperature, and then liquid nitrogen cooling. EXAMPLE II A sintered compact of 50% WC, 50% of an iron-base matrix alloy containing 6% nickel, 1% carbon, balance iron, was prepared by ball-milling, pressing, and sintering as in Example I above. Due to the lower nickel content of this composition compared with the composition in Example I, the softening and hardening procedures were quite different. Softening of the composition was accomplished by very slowly cooling to room temperature from a temperature of 8001000 C. The compact was softened by reheating to 1000 C. in a vacuum furnace having an inside diameter of 14 inches and then cooling to room temperature at the ntaural cooling rate of the furnace. After this treatment the matrix was in a coarse pearlitic condition and the compact had a hardness of 'Rc 44. After machining to the required final shape, the compact was hardened to Rc 68 by heating to 1025 C., holding 30 minutes, oil quenching, and tempering 15 minutes at C. The following table shows the hardness in both the soft and hard condition and the transverse rupture strength in the hard condition of a series of compositions within the scope of the invention. For purposes of comparison, steel binder compositions within the scope of the invennon-compositions 1 thru 5are compared with a known tungsten carbide-cobalt sample, composition 6, having a cobalt content of 25% by weight. This particular tungsten carbide-cobalt composition, known commercially as Carboloy cemented carbide grade 190, is selected because it represents one of the highest binder content, highest toughness, commercially available tungsten carbide-base alloys, and further because machining operations are sometimes performed on this grade of material even though its hardness (Rc 65) is outside the machinable range. Hardness 2 Transverse rupture CompositiOn Soft Hard strength I v v C' 60 Ra 78.5 Ra 87.6 1 1 o, 1.5 40 Re 55 Re 72 Fe, bal v vo 50 Ba 76.5 Ba 87 i 2 2 o,'1 40 Re 51 Re 71 430300 Fe bal y v o 1 51 Ba 75 Ba 86 1 3 o,1.5 49 Be 48.5 Refit) 5401000 Fe, bal go 1 33 Ra 68.5 Ra 88.5 i 1 4 lofts 57 Re 35 Re 63.4 Fe bal v v o 1 18 Ba 51.5 Ra 82.2 1 5 --{o,1.5 82 Re 20 Re 52 Fe bal we 75 Ra 84 6 370, 000 C0 25 Re 65 I All compositions are percent by Weight. 2 Rais RockWellA and Rois Rockwell C. 3 Pounds/square inchhardened composition. Abrasion resistance tests on the above samples established that abrasion resistance followed the normal correlation of this property in cemented tungsten carbides with the hardness results given above. Impact strength tests similarly correlated well with the transverse rupture strengths given above. In addition to the properties set forth in the above table, a machining test was run on a 0.75" diameter x 2.5 long cylinder of the composition identified as composition 3 above, along with a similar test on a cylinder of the standard tungsten carbide-cobalt sample identified above as composition 6. Using cutting conditions that produced a minimum amount of wear on the cutting tool, it took only 0.5 minute to develop a 0.022 wear land when machining the tungsten carbide-cobalt (composition 6). Using the same conditions, the wear land was only 0.0065 after one minute of machining composition 3 in the soft condition, and a much better surface finish was obtained. The steel binder material of the invention was thus rated to be at least four times more machinable than the standard tungsten carbidecobalt grade (composition 6). This demonstrates the very desirable combination of machinability and physical properties, subsequent to hardening, available with the compositions of the invention. The term tungsten carbide base cemented carbides, as used herein, does not exclude the presence of other well-known carbide constituents in the carbide phase of the composition, such as titanium and tantalum carbide. Tungsten carbide has a very large solubility, for example, in titanium carbide, and the term tungsten carbide base is intended to exclude sintered compositions which do not contain a free tungsten carbide phase. It also excludes compositions which are not more than 50% tungsten carbide by weight of the refractory carbide. The steel alloy binder must be an iron-base alloy in the sense that over 50% by weight of the binder alloy is iron. It is possible to have small amounts of other metals present in the steel binder alloy, as for example molybdenum, vanadium, chromium or cobalt, as long as the foregoing parameters are satisfied with respect to the chemistry of the alloy. For example, small amounts of cobalt may be present in the binder as long as the hardening temperature is not significantly raised. Normally, cobalt raises the hardening temperature while nickel lowers the hardening temperature, so that suitable additions of nickel may compensate for the presence of cobalt. In addition, within the ranges set forth, the percentages of nickel and carbon must be suitably adjusted 6 so that the transformation temperature is not changed. If more carbon is used within the stated range, normally less nickel will be used and vice versa. What is claimed is: 1. A sintered cemented carbide composition capable of being machined in the as-sintered condition and then hardened by phase transformation, said sintered composition consisting essentially of a tungsten carbide-base refractory carbide and from -80% by weight of an ironbase binder alloy containing by weight of the binder from 525% nickel and from 0.52% carbon. 2. The sintered composition of claim 1- containing from -70% by weight of the iron-base binder alloy. 3. The sintered composition of claim 1 in which the iron-base binder alloy contains from 10-25% nickel and from 07-15% carbon. 4. The sintered composition of claim 1 in which the tungsten carbide-base refractory carbide consists of tungsten carbide. References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,303,066 2/1967 McGee 148-126 2,637,671 5/1953 Pavitt 148-126 3,183,127 5/1965 Gregory et a1. l48126 3,053,706 9/1962 Gregory et a1 l48-12'6 3,384,465 5/1968 Humenik, Jr. et a1. 29182.8 CARL D. QUARFORTH, Primary Examiner B. H. HUNT, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. Referenced by
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Chipping a 2000 323?
What's a 323 owner to do? My 5 speed 2000 323 ci only has 40 k on the odometer and drives like a dream. I have no desire to swap out the motor but I'd like to increase the power as much as possible.
Has anyone chipped their 323 and if so, what product did you use and was it worthwhile? Also, other performance enhancing suggestions are welcome. Thanks... |
Headers and shark injector. Chips don't really work on our cars. Look into both items mentioned. They'll give your ride a bit more pep.
well our cars don't do a replacement "chip" per se, but software. but I got what you were asking. the M52BTU (which is the 323) does respond better than the 325/330 to software. but still nothing huge. you can get a custom tune or generic tune from Conforti SHARK INJECTOR. intake & exhaust aid the gains of the tune. underdrive pulleys help a tad but I'd save that for last.
you can do a lower geared diff ratio like 3:46 that helps performance, although nothing to engine. |
Forced induction is your best bet.
Dude this isn't a 1.8T or a wrx |
You can run a Conforti Shark Injector to increase power on your E46 323i. The Shark injector will not only re-map part-throttle fuel and spark, it also re-maps acceleration enrichment, transition fueling, and Vanos control.
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i "chipped" my 323ci with the conforti shark injector and noticed much improved MPG's (not so much HP)
i think the chip has paid for itself by now with the better gas mileage from the remapping |
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Dangers Facing Christians In The New Middle East
Amine Gemayal, the former president of: Lebanon, warned during a recent speech that Christians in the: Middle East: face an "existential crisis," due to the "dangerous phenomenon of religious cleansing.": : He said "Christians are often victims of persecution by both the state and society in the: Middle East.": Gemayal delivered a speech, entitled, "The Future of Religious Minorities in the: Middle East," at St.Antony's: College in: Oxford.
: Many religious leaders, including: Jay Sekulow: and: David Cerullo: have spoken out about the dangers facing religions other than Islam in the Middle East during the so-called Arab spring.:
Gemayal warned that "the disappearance of Christianity from the Arab World would be a tremendous blow to the region and Muslims themselves," dimming the prospects for long-term peace and threatening the region's religiously-plural society: — a society, as Gemayel stressed, that is indigenous to the region and preceded the arrival of Islam. "A better future for all depends on respecting pluralism," he said. Noting the lack of involvement from the international community in this crisis, Gemayal decried an "international conspiracy of silence to keep these issues aside." "How can they remain silent in the face of these issues?" he asked.:
Gemayal called for an international response to the current crises in the: Middle East. "The international community can and must assist in the process of transitioning to democracy in the Arab world," he said, especially in "critical areas such as democracy and human rights." Gemayal also called on the international community to "impose economic sanctions and further measures on governments that deviate from these values.": : : Gemayal also called for improving education systems in the region to emphasize "tolerance, togetherness and partnership," and for creating "a civic society" in the region "that can manage and overcome the crisis of pluralism.":
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Aloha friends of Zahana,
Sometimes we get a photo we really like, such as this one (see below). Later we get a chance to talk with our partners in Madagascar and learn about a story we never imagined behind such a picture.
What you see: Seven beautiful sisters in the newly community built school in Fiarenana.
What we learned: The teacher told us that in this family with seven daughters, every day one of the girls is skipping school. Not attending school for any child being very unusual in Fiarenana, Zahana inquired with the parents. They explained that this is indeed the case. The reason being simple: While the parents are out in the fields working all day with the increasing help of the oldest daughter, somebody has to take care of the little one, not in school yet. Not to single out one child as a designated caretaker, they felt the fairest thing to do was to task a different daughter every day to be in charge of their little sister at home.
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Zahana has recently hired Bary, a second gardener to work in the village of Fiadanana, the first project site where our participatory collaboration started in 2005. Bary is currently being trained by our original gardener in the second village (Fiarenana) and shows an equally amazing green thumb. Combined with great enthusiasm, Bary is planting and growing what he learned right away. We have the feeling we have some healthy growing competition going here and both gardeners are very active trying out new seeds and raising tree seedlings for their villages.
Bary decided to put his knowledge to good use revitalizing the school garden that fell dormant after the initial enthusiasm by the woman's group in 2006. He now actively involves the school children in the planting and tending of their garden. Learning to grow vegetables as part of their hands-on curriculum means the children are raising their future school food at the same time. The seventh communal faucet in Fiadanana was put all the way out in the schoolyard so children had access to clean, safe drinking water. A running faucet makes is possible to water the vegetable beds regularly in an environment that is quite dry and dusty, where water makes the difference between green or shriveled. They take great pride in watering their crops. The pictures speak for themselves. Please visit our website for additional pictures.
The solar water pasteurizers have been well received by the villagers. In the school of Fiarenana where access to clean safe drinking water is still an ongoing challenge, solar water pasteurization is the best way to make the water safe for drinking.
In addition, our 'solar volunteer' Bruce has spent over two week in the villages and introduced a locally built model of a solar panel cooker. Using an off the shelf car window screen (bought in the big city) and a plastic bag, this home-made panel cooker is extremely light weight and versatile. (To learn more about solar panel cookers, one of the key solar cooking technologies, please visit e.g. solar cookers international www.solarcookers.org). Panel cookers have limitations, such as the plastic bag required, but are a great way to introduce villagers to the idea to use the sun for cooking. Small in size and easy to store, rice or beans can be cooked in an afternoon.
It has been Zahana's learning experience that solar cooking should be introduced incrementally. Once some of the villagers have adopted the idea of experimenting with the solar panel cookers, they can be introduced to box cookers. The only sure way to learn about solar cooking is by cooking with it and getting first had experience.
Once they are familiar with box cookers and use them more regularly they can be introduced to the Balzintubesolar, that is so much more efficient that they will be convinced after the first cooking demonstration.
In addition Bruce introduced a solar panel that can recharge the community's cell phone. These small solar panels need quite some hands-on training to be used efficiently or they do not work properly. Inadequate training can easily lead to frustration and solar technology just collecting dust. The solar panels, which also can power a light, are currently being marketed in Madagascar, but with a price tag of around $30 they are out of reach for most villagers.


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As much as we love to garden, sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day to do it all. If there's a way we can shorten our to-do list, we'll take it. This week's project, a no-fuss recycled windowsill herb garden, has knocked watering the plants off our list. Self-watering planters like these aren't a new idea; we remember our own childhood craft books that taught us how to poke holes through Dixie cups or invert two liter plastic bottles to grow our own little bean garden. This grown-up version is much better looking and works great for small herbs and plants. We used beer bottles for ours, but you could make a larger garden with wine bottles too.
Although this project may take a little more effort than your average windowsill garden initially, the pay off is worth it for us: we get to usefully recycle bottles, we get fresh herbs we don't have to dote on, and we get a sparkling window display. The thing we love about self-watering gardens, besides the general ease of it all, is that we don't have to worry about over-watering our plants or under-watering them. For our planters, we snatched up some "practice cut" glass pieces that Jill's husband made while working on his guitar bottle slides. If you aren't lucky enough to have extra bottle halves around…there are glass cutting kits available at craft stores, there are tons of tutorials online, or if you know people with mad tools and skills, they can help you cut down your bottles. Our favorite combination used a dark neck inside a clear base, but you can vary with whatever bottles you'd like.
CLICK HERE for the full (photo illustrated) project steps after the jump!
You'll just want to make sure the neck piece is shorter than the bottom piece so it will rest inside without touching the bottom. Once your bottles are cut (it could take some practice), sand down the edges enough so they're not dangerous to the touch. Take a square of screen, about 2″ by 2″, and cut a small hole in the center to pass a thick string through. The string will act as a wick for the water and draw it up to the plant, keeping the soil just wet enough to keep the herbs growing.
Pass the string through and tie a tall knot large enough to keep it from slipping through the screen.
Run the string down the neck of the bottle top with the screen resting at the top. The bottom half of your bottle will be the water reservoir, while the top half is the planter.
Transplant your herbs (or add dirt and plant seeds) to the bottle top. Make sure your length of string reaches the bottom of the glass below, and your garden is good to go. Just keep your water at a good level and the string does the rest of the work for you.
that is awesome! i'ma have to share that with my hubby he might like it.
That is so clever!!!! Perfect for an apartment garden.
this looks very cool.
Doing this, I just killed my Sunflowers!
Super idea, I'd really like to try this. Could you please clarify what you mean by 'screen' though? Is it just loose weave fabric, or is it some special item? Thanks
Great tutorial! Not only is it great for urban gardening, but self-watering? yes please!
This is a great idea – is that small amount of soil enough to sustain herbs, though? Or is it more for decoration?
Oh good – I'll have to drink more beer!
valerie- the screen is actually a small weave screen (you can buy just a small section at most hardware stores). amber- the small amount of soil for the beer bottle planter would be best for small herbs or for starter seeds and if you want something longer lasting the larger wine bottle would be better.
Thankyou! Just got back from a weekend away and there has been a plant massacre, very sad.
that is tooo cute!
Grace you post the best stuff!
My old man and I figured out how to cut glass with string, oil, a lighter and a bucket full of water.
Its quite exciting!
thanks vee- i'm very lucky to have the studio choo girls as part of our team :)
i've done this with plastic water bottles and coffee filters … great for seed starting.
Without the filter … start cuttings and watch the roots develop. OR keep the filter and then add a little dirt every few days and transplant.
Great DIY! I made self watering containers out of painter's buckets and this year my garden is so much easier and bigger. I love fresh herbs but have been having a hard time keeping them, especially since I'm out of town so often.
Anyways. Glass is always better but essentially you can make this with plastic bottles. I find the large, sort of rectangular juice bottles give you a lot of volume and fit quite nicely on the window sill. Definitely on my list of to-dos for the summer!
Love it!
Oooh! This might solve my keeping indoor plants alive issue
I have already followed your link and bought my own glass cutting supplies! Thank you, I am excited to create this project!
Just showed my boyfriend this nifty tutorial and he made a great point, is it possible to use the bottom half of the wine/beer bottle as the water reservoir instead of using another glass? He felt it sorta defeated the whole purpose of the re-purposing aspect of this project. Which I somewhat agree with him, but I do like the 2-tone effect of the dark & clear glass. Anywho, this is a great project nonetheless!
It's an awesome idea! I can't wait for make this project =DDDD
grace – I appreciate every clever recycled childhood project you post!! I missed many of those and get chique crafty ideas to do with my son that look awesome in my house. thanks :)
Hi Tina –
If you look a little bit closer, you'll see that indeed we did use the bottom half of another bottle as the reservoir, just a different color. ;)
Hi Grace, great recycling idea and I've always wanted to get my hands on self-watering planters. This looks wonderful in the kitchen too. Besides glass, any other materials that we can possibly experiment?
hi sandymoi
so glad you liked the post- this was actually written by studio choo, the lovely team who writes all of our floral posts and who run a fantastic shop in california. i'm sure they'll check back in here to answer your question :)
What a great idea! The kids would love this for growing little flowers for Mom too! Would like some other ideas for the bottle base…drinking cups or vases? If it was green glass I would say rooting cups as green glass works amazingly better than anything else. So what shall we do with the bottoms. Also what about the sharp edges on the cut glass? What can we use to sand the glass edges with?
Thanks for the great ideas!
This is fantastic! Thank you.
If there are no glass bottles laying around we can use plastic pop bottles, the 2L ones make good size pots.
Ooooh Grace, and studio choo, what a brilliant concept for recycling bottles. These herbs are so pretty and simple in their new homes. I am definitely making these as hostess gifts this summer. Thanks for the lovely idea.
@Novi, there are special sanding blocks with diamond dust made specially for glass. OR use fine sandpaper or even better, a sharpening stone, to remove the edge. I recommend wearing a mask when doing this process, you don't want to inhale glass dust. ;)
Awesome idea! I've got some herbs on the verge of death that would do well if they could water themselves…
Any idea if this would work with bulbs for spring flowers?
I love the aesthetic of the beer bottles. great idear.
Very beautiful idea! I' ll try to do it with herbal plants. Thank you!
Wow…I really like this…thanks so much for sharing!
This is a great idea…and pretty too (that's important)! I've gone to succulents because the watering issue when we're gone and because I seem to have serious fungus gnat issues ever since I moved to Oregon. However, I've heard that a layer of sand on the top of the soil prevents them…so…no more excuses! :)
what a great idea! it would be perfect for birthday and Christmas gifts, too! I love this.
Bulbs have to have a 'winter' period in order to bloom, so it would involve chilling them for a number of weeks first… Or, you could buy paperwhites, which many places sell ready to go. They're lovely (if you can stand the smell– I can't), and require only gravel to bloom!
love this! this is the perfect project for my pieces of Transglass! http://artecnicainc.com/Products#Design_with_Conscience/tranSglass%C2%AE
Ohhhh studio choo you are so right! Thanks for pointing that out :) I'll be sure to let my boyfriend know that you guys DID re-use everything!
I tried cutting the glass with a glass cutter and was not able to get a straight edge. It was kind of jagged and did not look very pretty. I tried practicing on 5-6 bottles with no luck. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting a straighter cut or somewhere you can take it to get it cut professionally?
Nice! I just read about a similar project at http://www.windowfarms.org/ This looks to be my first step towards that.
it is good for providing drainage for essacing water.:)
it is good for providing drainage for essacing water. :)
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This is absolutely awesome. I have a little herb garden — about five different herbs in pots, but they are quickly dieing because I forget/can't always water them. I'm going to figure out how to cut glass… and transplant my herbs asap!!! I love this!!!
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i love plants very much,so i like this,very useful to me,thankyou very much.
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how do u cut the glass?
I love this idea for an indoor winter garden… Thank you for sharing the tutorial.
Awesome idea, I think I might try this…and maybe hubby will help for the healthy benefits!
The best way to cut your bottles! It's totally worth the 10 minutes
excellent thanks, I get your link to display
I found this link last night after searching and searching for a more affordable option to the Grow Bottle. Thank you so much for posting this, I am looking forward to trying this!!!
minha nossa, nossa, nossa!! q ideia genial. Ameiii!
What a great idea! Love it! I want to have the same in my kitchen!
Thank you for sharing!
Very clever idea!
Excellent Idea!!
Just saw this. What a great idea.
Hi! this is an awesome idea. I was wondering, pepsi makes a throw bake plastic bottle and there are root beer bottles that are similar in shape. This would be easier to cut. Would this work?
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I do glass painting & some etching as well. I don't drink, but I'm going to ask my friends to save their bottles. Look out everyone's getting these as gifts
Does anyone know what the rope looks like after a while? Is it something that will get moldy? My son is allergic to mold, so I'd like to know if this is something I need to be proactive & change after a certain amount of time.
If you put a bit of charcoal in the bottom glass you will be able to keep the water crystal clear.
This works well with lots of plants, but when you plant them it's good to water from the top for a few times to get things going correctly. Just be gentle so all your dirt doesn't wash out. Once in a while you'll have to do that again to give it a pick-me-up. :) But usually herbs like dryer feet, so this works well! (Always always water in plants when newly transplanted to get a good bond of the soils, and to help the roots settle in. :) ) Nicole, I've never seen mold on them, but they will get some algae on them. You can totally do this with plastic bottles as well. :) African violets love this water method!
this is a great idea, it would transfer to larger sizes too. (am i the only one that thinks tampon strings when i see it? lol)
Great idea going to buy herb seeds this week. This will be a great way to add flavor without having to go to the store.
You can use wool felt as the wick to avoid the rot that would eventually come with any cotton string or fabric used!
Very creative.. I love it
What a great idea! Love it! Awesome! So trying this, Thanks
cool gardening stuff for Kymmie
What a wonderfully unique idea, very classy, great for the kids to do as well as something we can happily display around the home. Love your site design too btw, very classy as well…
muito interesante amei…
I loved this solution helped me a lot with my seedlings congratulations to the creator if you can send other ideas.
una forma hermosa de tener plantas en poco espacio y no se necesita regar , la planta toma lo que necesita por medio del cordón no leo el Inglés y me costaría trabajo traducir todo pero con las gráficas se como hacerlo les agradezco sus orientaciones y a mi hija que vive en Leamington, Canadá, por compartir estas novedades
muito lindo ,amei
That's pretty cool
I love this idea i have no way to cut glass
I have been trying to find a way to grow some cat grass without letting it dry out, can use a big rectangular milk jug, will be perfect!
My new Wives club project!!
Tu idea es genial,la voy a hacer el nuevo ciclo escolar ¡gracias!
Wonderful way to start a herb garden and recycle bottles. Super clever!
Perfeito, adorei.
I'm assuming you would only be able to plant something with a small root system to keep them from becoming root bound. Maybe herbs?
These are gorgeous! I did this with 2L pop bottles, which weren't as pretty, but they worked well. I lined the top with a coffee filter twisted a little at the bottom and pulled through the opening so it wicked up the water.
I wish I could find a way to cut glass bottles with string..someone said to use a sting and a finger polish remover and use it like a saw and it would cut the bottle??
Thank you Grace, Studio Choo and also to Lew brewer for Youtube link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXngPx3w3M. I live in Queensland, Australia. I'll do some searching here in Australia for the glass cutter mentioned in Youtube link. Cheers
Lovely guide for using waste bottles for growing plants, Thanks.
This is a way to go green. Awesome ideas, especially in small confined apartmets. Thank you
I did this project a couple of months ago and I love them! They add some much needed green to my apartment. However, I've noticed the roots have grown in to the bottom reservoir that is full of water and I'm getting a thin layer of white, fluffy mold on the top of the soil. Is it time to move to bigger containers, or just replace the soil to prevent the mold problem?
Hey- where can you buy the screen stuff to make the netting?
such a great idea for us apartment dwellers.
I like this will have to try it
This is just awesome ..definitely going to try..once I get my glass cutter…inshallah


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With all my craft catastrophes lately, you may be surprised to hear that this morning I hosted a get-together for my friends and our kids with the sole purpose of creating spring crafts. I just had to get back on the horse and try again; can't let bad craft karma get me down. We packed seven moms, seven toddlers, and three babies into my modest home and managed to create some beautiful works of art using our kids' sweet little thumbprints. Bright colors, baby chicks, bunnies, butterflies and more! It was a very cheerful way to start our day and a delightfully easy spring craft.
I got this idea from Lila at Sweet and Lovely Crafts (worth a visit, I assure you!) and she promised an easy, festive craft for less than five dollars. And did she deliver? I promise she did!
Hers looks a bit more professional, but remember we were having what may have qualified as a circus over here. Seven toddlers and three babies? We moms were outnumbered, providing some semblance of a lunch, and still managed to pull it off! I promise that if we could do it, you can do this in the comfort of your home with your sweet little angels just fine.
Here's what you need for this Easter/Spring Thumbprint Art:
* colorful cardstock
* fingerpaint
* googly eyes
* felt
* markers
* glue
* scissors
1. Get out your spring-inspiring, colorful cardstock.
2. Fold the cardstock into quarters and cut.
3. On an individual square, trace a circle which will be the canvas for your thumbprint art.
Since we had so many projects going, we put the kids' initials on the back but you probably won't have to. Unless your kids are super-competitive or something.
4. We used fancy scallopy scissors to create a beautiful border around the circle to spice it up. Lila from "Sweet and Lovely" used a cricut to make the scalloped borders, but we definitely did not have one of those handy and scissors worked brilliantly. Lila created two circles, one slightly larger and in a different color, to create a sort of frame. Definitely worth the effort if you're not trying to juggle ten children in one craft.
5. Then there are a bunch of different options for decorations. Here's what we did, and I'm sure you could think of many more!
Depending on the size of your child's hand, you can use his/her thumb or pointer finger for the butterfly body. Jax used his pointer because we were having thumb coordination issues. Then use a different color for the wings. We used a different shade of blue for the top and bottom wings.
Then add some googly eyes, draw some antennae and a smile! See my finished butterfly at the end of this post.
Use thumbprints for the flower head and then draw or paint the stems.
One big thumprint = one big chick
One little thumbprint = one small baby chick
I had Jax and Em each make a chick using their thumbprints; his was slighter bigger than hers and it makes me smile. Some of my friends made a big chick using their own thumbprint and then their child made the baby chick. Either way, they were all really cute! Added googly eyes so that the chicks were looking at each other or following one another and painted legs and a beak. If you're super crafty, you can cut legs and a beak out of felt.
Only one of my friends undertook a bunny thumbprint, and she changed it up a bit from Lila's bunny. Lila just made a bunny face using a thumbprint and ears using pinkie print. My friend Katie and her son Andrew made a whole bunny with fingerprint ears (the white and the pink). Then they painted the rest.
And to keep you in suspense no longer, here is my children's finished thumbprint art.
Em's chick is on the left, Jax's is on the right.
I just love them.
This craft was so fun and easy and the kids really enjoyed it! Each individual thumbprint project took five minutes max, and since we had the squares ready and the paint out, there really was no mess or stress.
What you can do after this is up to you. Lila from "Sweet ad Lovely" put hers on a corkboard with "Happy Easter" underneath. I think I may put mine in a frame so that they won't get ruined year after year. Another of my friends was thinking of hanging hers from a window. The possibilities are endless! I hope you take the opportunity to make these simple but really darling spring crafts and commemorate how little your little ones' thumbprints really are! And if you do, be sure to come by "Rub Some Dirt On It" and let me know!
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RBI expects 5-5.5 per cent growth in current fiscal on good farm output
The Reserve Bank of India, on Friday, said the economy would grow by 5 to 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal, pinning its hopes on good farm output and improved exports.
"We have no reason to dispute the growth rate projected by the government at 5 to 5.5 per cent," RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan told reporters after a board meeting here.
He based his optimism on expectations of a good kharif crop, improvement in exports and core sector performance data.
"...first estimate of kharif crop is significantly above the first estimate of last year. I think if we see some pick-up in exports...core sector is improving in performance. We wosuld hope we would reach that range of 5 to 5.5 per cent," he said.
India's economic growth rate slipped to a decade low of 5 per cent in 2012-13, and declined to 4.4 per cent in the first quarter (April-June) of the current financial year.
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Referring to the Finance Ministry's decision to infuse additional funds in public sector banks to enable them to provide cheaper auto and consumer goods loans, Dr. Rajan said the scheme was still being worked out.
"I just want to emphasise that discussion is taking place on what can be done. Something will be announced as and when the scheme will be put together," he said.
Replying to questions on the initiatives taken by the RBI to combat rupee depreciation, Dr. Rajan said, "We have got $5.6 billion through swap arrangements," till date.
Soon after taking over as RBI Governor on September 4, Dr. Rajan announced the opening of a swap window facility to encourage banks to lure NRI funds.
On the report on backwardness of States by a panel he headed, Dr. Rajan said, "The committee looked at a number of issues to determine underdevelopment...we picked some arbitrary cut offs. The bottom 10 States we defined as least developed and higher 10 States we defined as developed."
However, he added, "it does not mean that the higher 10 States are rich States, and it also does not mean that the lower 10 States are very poor states." "The bottom line is that we need to offer ways to allocate funds...if you score worst, then you get more, according to this formula, and if you are improving your development, then you also get more," Dr. Rajan said.
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Meanwhile, the RBI set up a committee under former Governor Bimal Jalan to scrutinise applications for new bank licences, which are expected to be awarded by January.
"We have set up the committee under Bimal Jalan, Usha Thorat (former RBI Deputy Governor), C. B. Bhave (former SEBI Chairman) and Nachiket Mor (financial sector expert)...We will try our best to do it by January 2014," Dr. Rajan said.
The panel would make its recommendations to the Governor and deputy governors, who would make the final proposals to the committee of the RBI central board.
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Stockton CA
PointSavers offers up to 33% in point savings, depending on the hotel category and number of nights requested. This hotel is offering Seasonal Awards, so you can use fewer points when you book a stay during these dates.
2929 Constitution Drive Livermore, CA 94551
33.4 miles from Stockton
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2600 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583
38.7 miles from Stockton
11950 Dublin Canyon Road Pleasanton, CA 94588
39.2 miles from Stockton
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2805 Jones Road Walnut Creek, CA 94597
40.9 miles from Stockton
2355 North Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596
41.5 miles from Stockton
11211 Point East Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
44 miles from Stockton
46100 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538
48.2 miles from Stockton
2575 Iron Point Road Folsom, CA 95630
48.4 miles from Stockton
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