ok, so we've been working a little bit and we've come up with what we're actually doing, or at least that's what it looks like.
our final product isn't actually helical, but it looks like it, kind of, and it works just as well for what we're doing, and it's easier to make.
we're going to use chicken wire as our skeleton, then cover it in either plastic wrap or aluminum foil or something like that.
we will use a lamppost as our vertical pole which will attach to the flesh of the turbine and the gear at the bottom.
we will be using part of a bike frame with a gear on it as the base, then gearing this to another gear which will be attached to a motor which has not yet been chosen.
we will either attach directly from the bike frame to richard's pole or we will attach to a piece of wood in between. we will probably go directly.
and we need to get moving. the next time we'll all be together will be thursday, the day before this needs to work.
2 comments:
I'm glad to see the post. Use sentences in your posts with reasonable grammar rules - please capitalize the beginnings of sentences and proper nouns.
I haven't seen quite enough posts from others who are helping, too.
More work is being done than represented, so please do some catching up on the progress and ideas as they are emerging. Others should be contributing also.
Thanks,
~Richard.
Here is an email from Robert Schongalla:
"..Oh, Wendy and I did to some gardening at her rock garden near the wind machines. They have been fun to watch – each performing under very different wind conditions. The multi-pin-wheel one works frequently under low wind. The large one with the bicycle fork really took off and spun quite fast and loudly at one point. The modified Savonius (sp) spins, too. (Haven't seen the wooden one move.) Great project!!!..."
and another from Andy Lawrence, Ethan's dad:
"..To Richard,
Thank you for sending me your note and links, it is great to see the
progress SBS can make when working together.
Good luck wind farming!
Have fun (not always easy)!.."
and from Ann Sauderson:
"..They look beautiful. I’d like to see them there forever…or perhaps a hundred more!..."
~Richard
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