A little windmill project

O

ol' stonebreaker

Tractorologist
Senior Member
Member
This was built by a deceased friend yrs ago and his girlfriend gave it to me. It had a 12v engine cooling fan on it the blades didn't have enough pitch to catch any wind. I got this flex fan out of a wreck and welded a piece of 5/8" all thread to some 5/8"cold rolled to fit the brg cartridges. Hole sawed a 1 1/2" hole thru the 3/16" flat and reamed it with the die grinder so the outer race would just fit and then tapered it to fit the spherical shape of the outer race. Then hole sawed a 1 1/4" hole thru the 10ga to make a brg retainer. Welded the two brg assemblys to the tower and it turned out pretty good for a guy with no lathe or milling machine.
 

Attachments

  • windmill 002 (Small).JPG
    windmill 002 (Small).JPG
    45.2 KB · Views: 20
  • windmill 003 (Small).JPG
    windmill 003 (Small).JPG
    53.4 KB · Views: 22
  • windmill 004 (Small).JPG
    windmill 004 (Small).JPG
    39.2 KB · Views: 22
Nice yard art! I've got a couple of clutch fans laying around here that I think the coils are bad in so they don't grip when it heats up. Might have to steal your idea. Good job using what you got!

DAC
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top