Wooden wind generator

Daox · 12-07-10, 12:56 PM

Wooden blades? No, all wood (nearly) construction! Pretty cool actually. Doesn't produce much power though. But, it is pretty small too.

Wooden wind generator

Ryland · 12-08-10, 12:17 AM

I was just thinking about that wind turbine the other day, I read about it when they had the story in home power 8 years ago, my favorite part is the magnetic dirt from the driveway.

Daox · 12-08-10, 06:24 AM

lol yeah I thought that was pretty ingenious!

Patrick · 12-08-10, 09:25 AM

This one's cool too. More metal but more power. Real bearings help. Wood - AX, another wooden wind generator.

Ryland · 12-08-10, 10:32 AM

It's projects like this that give otherpower credibility, sure they made a wind generator out of wood and it didn't perform as well as something you buy, but it performed as well as one made out of wood and on a budget could do, because it was designed well from the ground up instead of just tossing together random parts.

cdig · 02-27-11, 04:12 PM

gawd I wish I had that much extra time on my hands...

markocale · 03-12-11, 05:04 AM

too much for me

03-27-11, 03:20 PM

It's cool that it's made out of wood instead of plastic.

09-07-11, 04:39 AM

I would like to thanks for the time you've contributed in composing this post. This is great.

alicetom222 · 06-29-12, 08:54 AM

The power ratings usually given by the manufacturers for wind turbines are nearly useless, in that they are determined at wind speeds much higher that you will normally see. A good rough formula to keep in mind in evaluating different wind turbines

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Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	lol yeah I thought that was pretty ingenious! __________________ Current project - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-08-10, 10:32 AM	#5
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	It's projects like this that give otherpower credibility, sure they made a wind generator out of wood and it didn't perform as well as something you buy, but it performed as well as one made out of wood and on a budget could do, because it was designed well from the ground up instead of just tossing together random parts. Last edited by Ryland; 12-08-10 at 10:41 AM..

12-08-10, 12:17 AM	#2
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	I was just thinking about that wind turbine the other day, I read about it when they had the story in home power 8 years ago, my favorite part is the magnetic dirt from the driveway.

12-08-10, 09:25 AM	#4
Patrick Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: East Coast of Florida, USA Posts: 149 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	This one's cool too. More metal but more power. Real bearings help. Wood - AX, another wooden wind generator.

02-27-11, 04:12 PM	#6
cdig Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	gawd I wish I had that much extra time on my hands...

03-12-11, 05:04 AM	#7
markocale Lurking Renovator Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Zagreb Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	too much for me

03-27-11, 03:20 PM	#8
Angmaar Guest Posts: n/a	It's cool that it's made out of wood instead of plastic.

09-07-11, 04:39 AM	#9
guerciofernando Guest Posts: n/a	I would like to thanks for the time you've contributed in composing this post. This is great.

06-29-12, 08:54 AM	#10
alicetom222 Lurking Renovator Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: USA Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The power ratings usually given by the manufacturers for wind turbines are nearly useless, in that they are determined at wind speeds much higher that you will normally see. A good rough formula to keep in mind in evaluating different wind turbines