Homebuilt Wind Generators Workshop
Guemes Island, Washington • October 15-20, 2012
Instructor: Hugh Piggott, Scoraig Wind Electric, Scoraig, Scotland
Support staff: Ian Woofenden, Andy Gladish, Willie McWatters, Etc.
Projects: 12 foot diameter 48 volt from Recipe Book with neo magnets.
and 7 foot diameter 12 volt new design using ferrite magnets (350 watts)
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- 7 footer alternator frame
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- 7 footer blade
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- 7 footer frame and yaw bearing
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- 7 footer on its way to Canada by bike
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- 7 footer tail dimensions
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- Ian shows the group the Store turbine
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- the wind turbine at the Store
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- view from the resort
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- Maggie, Stephen and David
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- welding the 12-footer hub
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- blade carving
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- Stephen winding coils
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- 12-footer frame
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- chatting over the coils
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- 12-footer blade carving
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- rough woodwork!
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- Erin marks out the magnet jig
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- Welding the yaw bearing to the 12-footer
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- Sunrise
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- magnet rotor mould
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- Maggie tapping the jacking screw holes
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- pouring the first resin casting
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- The wire tensioner at work
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- coil winding
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- tilting the mould over
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- The first magnet rotor comes out
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- casting the 12-footer parts
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- lid goes on the mould
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- tail shape projected digitally for marking out
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- 12 footer frame
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- 12-footer stator
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- 12-footer magnet rotor
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- magnet rotor spacing
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- Assembling the ferrite magnet rotor
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- tacking the tail
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- David setting up the tail brackets
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- The Store has a wind turbine we built in 2003
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- wrapping stainless wire around the ferrite magnets
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- casting the 7 footer parts
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- drilling the 7 footer alternator frame
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- Interesting wood to work with!
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- fixing the blades together
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- Roger poses in front of the 12 footer
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- assembling the blades
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- 12 footer alternator
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- 7 footer stator
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- I prefer to work the right way up
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- Erecting the 7 footer
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- Ready to erect
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- The two wind turbines on test on Saturday
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- Lee and Adrian
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- thunder and lightning coming along
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- the storm came in
Homebuilt Wind Generators-Broadband High from Adrian smith on Vimeo.
Wonderful images, must have been fun and the people look very happy.
Great !