[ELECTRON] wind turbine DIY

[Ben]

At the forest cafe in Edinburgh there is regular meetups on wednesday
nights from 6pm-9pm building bike generators and then moving on to
building wind trubines also if your interested...

BC

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:22 AM, David Thomson
<davidwmc.thomson at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a 3 day course run in Wales by a Hugh Piggot.  I bought his book a
> few years back, it looks good (I yet to build a turbine though).
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> http://www.scoraigwind.com/
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> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:15 PM, makerfair
> <mcmadsat09-makerfairglasgow at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>> We were discussing schemes to make small wind turbines for the open day. i
>> cant locate the one I was thinking of but this one looks do able :
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>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Wind-Turbine-Model-Construction-That-Generates-Rea/
>> This is a savonius which looks simple enough to make but doesnt explain
>> how he fixed the generator motor to it.
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Wind-Powered-Yard-Light/#step0
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>> Main needs will be motor and some sort of bearing.
>> Regards
>> Nina Baker
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