Just received the latest hugh's piggot's book on wind turbine building, and in the evenings I just thought to try and make somme blades and understand the different tools needed and create a true airfoil, I have made wooden blades before, but know I finally understand the concept fully, I am very happy with them it took me maybe 3 evenings 2 to 3 hours at a time and just using hand tools, keeping the dust down, I am a carpenter and joiner so I could of used power tools and maybe do the whole thing in 3 to 4 hours, but I wanted to know how long and the effort involved with just hand tools,(easy), just make sure they are sharp and take your time, it's rather relaxing, the tools I used was just a hand saw, square, little spokeshave (definattely need this one), calipers, little hand plane, and tape measure,cheerio, hope you enjoy and visit my website:www.windchasers.eu
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nice blades…good job
well done SW. Great blades.
Hi obama I have seen 9 amps from my ametek with these wooden blades and 7 amps from my pvd blades, try different styles of blades and eventually you will find one that suits your location.
cheers humbertini900
My direct driven ametek motor only puts out 3amps max to my 12v battery bank. We have 30-50 mph gusts where I live. Ametek is alright if you’re starting to experiment. I also saw another video where motor was driven by step up belt. I think that individual has better result than what I got.
Good job on carving those blades.
My god that price i saw a comment that a guy got a 130 v motor for free! cheers
ameteks are o.k the 30v one is a good generator, however the prices are going through the roof at the moment i bought mine for $50 dollars now I have seen them going for $200+, not worth it as far as I am concerned.
cheers dean, good luck
oh thanks! Ameteks must be good!?
hi dean cheers for comments, I am not to sure about the smart bit, I can count till 9 if that helps clarify things, the motor will be an existing ametek 30v.
cheers
Hi Humbertini900 you have a skill at that !You must be very smart May i ask what generator you wil use for these great blades?
well done Ric they look the part, helical twist is good, and varies inversely from root to tip, TSR looks about 5-6 and for that length of blade in a good wind your ametek should hit 5A and stay up there all day good to have you back in the mad squad electricity from thin air.
what size and type of lumbar are you using to build your blades?
CHEERS buddy, I enjoyed it, just using sharp hand tools, bought me back a couple of years to college when you could only use hand tools before you even touched anything with a motor on it,
Looks Good brother as a wood-worker my self I know what time you have into them. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
John