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Uploaded by on Oct 25, 2011

In this video, you will learn how to build a well balanced and durable wind turbine with two items from the home construction industry. The turbine blades are cut from Bevel Siding and are attached to the bicycle rim with Hurricane ties. The first part of the video shows how I made the "Hangaround" wind turbine blades from plastic coat hangers and Styrofoam.

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  • will you look ad the wind mill heppolt wind turbine

  • @aacowboy12 @aacowboy12 I looked at the short videos. I could not find a long video on Youtube that showed all the parts. I guess that the turbine is part of the building or the building is part of the turbine. Either way, it looks like a costly project but generates electricity without burning fossil fuel and maybe contains the noise between the walls. Using vertical axis blades in a horizontal position taps a fraction of the potential power but could be a stable way to setup a large turbine.

  • Like you said, it looks happy, and you sound happy. And now that it's over I can relax, knowing you still have all your fingers! GB they have a thing called a band saw you know! (Me <---- wagging my finger at you) you be careful with that jig saw!

    Great and inspiring job as always.

    Peace

    Gill

  • @whotoinfinity Gill,Believe it or not, this is the first time that I used a jigsaw this way. I sometimes screw the jigsaw up side down under a table and let the blade pass through a small hole. This time I decided that I could use the flat jigsaw base (or jigsaw shoe) as my tabletop. Looking at the video, I saw the blade passing one inch from my thumb. However, I had already cut 3 blades and knew that the blade was very steady in its track with no possibility to move sideways. Poor man band saw!

  • nice job on the windmills

  • @michael970 Thank you! This one looks cleaner than my usual assemblies.

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  • I USED BED FRAMES FOR MY WINDMILLS TOO.

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