3D Printed Solar Powered Windmill

Thanks to carstenj for the 3d model! http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1836

This windmill was 3d printed on my Dimension SST1200es 3d printer. It contains eight 3d printed parts which were assembled with glue. The motor was pulled from a broken Airhogs Havoc helicopter and the solar panel was purchased from Sundance Solar.




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Science & Technology

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• 3d
• printing
• printed
• print
• rapid
• prototype
• solar
• windmill
• wind
• mill

[cjedenmark]

nice :) Thx

[team222badbrad]

Thanks for the design!

Would it be possible to modify the rotor blade and hub design so they can be simply glued in place? The current design makes it hard to glue them and makes it very hard to align the blades at the correct angles.

[GeneticallySuperior1]

Where can I purchase one of these?

[roidroid]

wow, i just came to this video after watching another video about a solar powered 3d printer. watch?v=ptUj8JRAYu8

and now i see a 3d printed windmill - that doesn't produce electricity from wind no, it produces wind from solar power.

now my head is sore haha.

i bet someone will now produce a 3d printer from wind, my head will explode.

[team222badbrad]

@douro20 Resolution isn't everything... Stratasys (Dimension) are the top sellers in the 3d printing industry.

[combatpogo]

dude thats frekin sweet!

[33apd]

Nice work Bradley!

[fronkenpoop]

Very elegant. Great build.

[cjedenmark]

That's is np, i will make it in v 2.0 :)

The first was just a test design, from CAD, 3d printing and in to IRL.