final project

today i wrote my project proposal other than that nothing to interesting

today my proposal was accepted after a few changes and now a can start drawing.

today i started the drawing of my props and the shape of them. they were going to be made out of wood but i decided to make them out of red acrylic instead. and i got all of the drawing done today too like my wind mill base useing v carve

for my project i need a car alternator to get power from the spinning blades but now i realise that it would be to difficult to mount so i'm happy that i didn't work out

today i have to go to a hardware store to get a bearing to help spin the blades i was looking at thinvaverse to see if any good ones were printable but there are no good ones and i will also need a wooden dowel to put the props on.

today i started printing the first wedge to put the props at an angle i am very skeptical about how well it will work

i also got the base of my wind mill "cut " out it was about 1 mm thick in some spots in the center so i used a chisel and broke around the circle and eventually it popped out. it was a little messy around the edges but it was easy to fix with a jig saw to cut the splinters off and then i finished it with a thorough sanding.

next i went to town on the side supports cutting them to more reasonable lengths that are easier to use.

after piecing the base together i mounted the bottom plate onto the main pole it was successful after making the pole level with a sander then mounting it was a breeze.

then i cut out with the laser printer the part that would hold the dowel and it was successful then i had to think of how to mount the bearing to the wood i just cut out i use a small amount of hot glue to have the bearing turn with the dowel then i found an issue the bearing kept falling out so i printed another plate to keep it from falling then there was to much friction and the bearing wouldn't spin as well as i wanted it so i put a improvised hot glue riser to put a space between the wood and the bearing

then i took that and adhered the bearing and guled it onto the bottom plate with wood glue because there was no easy way to screw it on.

next after it dried overnight i put the second plate on at an angle to have less friction on the dowel

then i started gluing the props onto the prop plate with trusty gorilla glue

then after that i took the finished props and used 3 screws to put the prop plate on and then adhered the top plate on and then i finished and it works great