A Good Windy Day for VAWT Testing: Build #3 of VAWT Made from Wood Siding
For the last couple of months I wanted to test out the VAWT made from wood siding. I was curious if it would generate any power. But, as always, there was always something more pressing to be finished first. Finally, during a weekend I was finishing up the deck project, the wind was really blowing. Thought it […]
End Cuts, Wind Turbine Projects
Build #4- Gear System for the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project
Once again, I was at the local recycling centre taking some newspapers and cans back. Spotted a discard base to a food blender in a pile of rubbish. A light bulb went off in my head and I remembered that the coils in a blender were normally always made for actual copper and not aluminum strand […]
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Part 1 of the Breadmaker VAWT Project – Pulley & Shaft
It’s been almost a half a year since the last vertical axis wind turbine project and thought it was necessary for an update. This particular project started with another gleaned treasure from the local dump: a Breadman Automatic Bread Maker TR-444. A bread making machine or bread maker is a home appliance for baking bread. […]
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Power generation, Wind Turbine Projects
Build #3 of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) from Cedar Wood Siding
This is the third version of the vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) made from cedar siding lumber. It’s very close to the Lenz style of VAWTs. These type of wind turbines are fun to build. Lots of room for improvements and coming up with new ideas. For example: – the hubs with bearings, came from my […]
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Power generation, Wind Turbine Projects
VAWT Made From Wood Siding
This video and blog post is about a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) made from mostly a wood called Western Red Cedar. It has contains images from the first attempt 2 years ago and video update of of the second attempt with modified blades/airfoils. It’s a fun project to work on, especially when it’s in your living […]
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