Drill and tap holes into steel pipe for wind turbine

http://www.elperfecto.com/2009/07/30/wind-turbine/
A steel pipe coupling gets drilled and tapped with titanium nitride coated drill and plug tap. Eye bolts are attached to the pipe through these drilled holes. Guy wires will be attached to the eye bolts, to secure a wind turbine to its pole. This video documents one of the construction steps of a wind turbine at ElPerfecto.com.

The next step of this wind turbine construction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfOoTAuejCE

The full documentation of this wind turbine construction:
http://www.elperfecto.com/2009/07/30/wind-turbine/

Using a drill press to drill holes into a steel pipe and aluminum frame of a solar panel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpJwpYX73xM

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• wind
• turbine
• drill
• tap
• steel
• pipe

[onb22]

Thanks for taking the time to do this man, helped me out today.

[field16]

@onb22 Makes me happy to see that. Thanks for the feedback.

[5nallyg0d]

nice. so you clamp the threaded bit down and screw your item downward????

[field16]

Hi, yes, if you have a vise that won't move, it will tap nicely.

[5nallyg0d]

thanks man. hopefully i do this right or it'll totally suck if i do it bad.