Posted: 11:04pm 04 Oct 2005

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i ran accross this page 

so thought i would get my feet wet

and say aome darn thing i am retired and got a small mach shop here here home

have made some wind mills for the yard  they are on a 5 inch steel pipe  15 feet in the air

has twelve blade  30X8  the center has a pipe 14 whitch the bl;ade are welded to across  from tip to tip is  68

this thing will turn a good size generator

still trying to get the speed  gearing  right

 can send photo if any one like to see it

like to hear from some one

i live in the state of illinois

Posted: 12:59am 05 Oct 2005

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Hi LLoyd

Welcome to the message board. The message board had a problem with your email address, it tried to send you a message to confirm your membership, but the email message didn't get through. Can you send me a email at gizmo@thebackshed.com and I'll sort it out for you.

Yes it would be good to see some photos of your windmills.

Regards

Glenn

Posted: 05:19pm 06 Oct 2005

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Hey Lloyd,

My name is Nick Venstra. I guess I am your neighbor (I live in Indiana), and I have been reading up on home wind systemsfor the last few years with the ententions of eventually building something for myself. I am not in a very good place for wind though. I was interested in how much power you are able to generate and what sort of system you had; what sort of generator works best for you? What sort of responces have you gotten from your neighbors? Do you feed the grid?

Thanks,

Nick V.

Posted: 07:00pm 07 Oct 2005

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nick  

let me know if you get tis message  fo am having troubles

lloyd

Posted: 09:48pm 07 Oct 2005

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I got your posting, Lloyd.

As for my wind projects, I don't have access to a machine shop, so I tend to look through scrap yards for things that will work with as little modification as possable, and then do what I can with hand tools.

I have been looking for a good, low speed generator that I can make out of things I can find in a junk yard. I would like to find a large stepper motor or a servo that I can pick for cheap. The only problem is that I don't know a lot about servo motors so I am not really sure what I am looking for exactly. There are plenty of small steppers such as the ones used in coomputer printers and the sort. But I was wanting to do something on a bit larger scale.

O.K. I guess I am just getting a bit excited about finally having a place to chat with others who share my interest in wind energy. LOL

Posted: 02:56am 08 Oct 2005

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nick      good to hear from you

well have made a lot off junk  generators but the  best part i don't know what the best to dhave taken dc

have taking dc motors  but  can't tell you much about them so thought would get on here and learn the same as you are trying to do

im a young 76 so  little slow on the draw some times

have tried to send yo a picture of some the wind mill  that i made  can not get them to go so will have to have some one show me how to do it

so if you know how to send  a picture let me know

ok keep up mail for do like it

have to put my email address in

see ya  lloyd