From 23rd-29th April 2016 i hosted a workshop here at Scoraig.
Seven “students”. Co-instructor Jonathan from Austria.
Project was 2.4m diameter 24-V battery charging turbine from the Recipe Book. See also the pdf guide to welding this machine. Mostly it was pretty standard, but we did a new magnet rotor mould design with wood-screws that adjust the height of the disk within the casting. This was the result of a group brainstorm session.
Accommodation at “Drift Wood” with all meals provided.
Here are some photos of the week’s events. Mostly mine but some from Jonathan and Mark, thanks!
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- Ready for action
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- Introductory powerpoint show
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- Neil, Liam and David
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- Drift Wood accommodation
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- welding under an awning
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- stator mould Josue and David
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- Neil checks the coils
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- Davy and magnet jig
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- Jonathan magnet demo
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- broken magnet!
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- setting the depth of the disk
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- disk level adjustment screws
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- resin casting
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- Josue pouring
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- moment of truth
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- Josue happy
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- Neil carving
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- some air voids in stator
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- mixed weather
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- blade carving
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- Colin’s blade
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- Josue carving
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- David on trailing edge
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- Mark roughing out blade
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- layout for holes in triangle
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- belated hole in yaw cap
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- Out on tour
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- Lowering a bigger turbine
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- insepction
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- Mark on the Tirfor
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- tacking the tail vane brackets
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- alternator assembled
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- Josue testing the rpm
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- Jonathan and Colin
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- Josue’s welding
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- Martha and the hens
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- Completed tail
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- Drilling the blade hub
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- Davy balancing
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- taking the parts next door
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- the fruition
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- The happy group
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- A nice breeze too
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- departure on 30th
Good photo collection. I want to have a workshop like this !
Those are some beautiful chickens in that first photo! Though I’m not exactly a chicken connoisseur, so what do I know? 🙂