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I have build wind turbines for over 50 years. You'd do well to make a design change favoring less rotational mass. I once built a large vawt much like that shown in the beginning part of your video, but instead of moving all that mass, I chose to use one blades positioned around a circle 16 feet on diameter, catching wind from any direction, creating a vortex. I then immersed a hollow flat rectangular blade and let the vortex power it making it safe in any wind and in an emergency, a tarp tossed up on thr windward side would stop the whole thing. Think of two fly swatters joined together right next to each other held closely together at their handles, close up to the screens, all mounted horizontally about a center vertical shaft.

Good video router Groove in it and lay the chain in the groove

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What I really think? Your turbine is massive and will produce huge power. Quit playing with tiny toys and put an automotive differential down there. Firmly mounted to both the structure and mother earth...like in concrete. From there you can use belts, a transmission or whatever to get the speed you need and the diff gives you two outputs which you have plenty of power for.

Damn Veritasiusm was right.

Wouldn't that much liquid wax be more of a fire hazard ?

You could get the angle grinder out and grind the teeth on the sprockets.

You could make your wooden desk bigger and actually put the chain into a rebate, suggestion.

I built an open trestle postmill 1/4 size, still need to test it, will make a video.

What if you laid the chain down in the other orientation then have the sprocket riding on the inside with the shaft going straight up or down then you could figure out your gearing at the 90-degree angle? Then the chain would be easy to bend into any diameter circle you want or need.

I've seen people using timing belts in similar fashion. guess it depends what you've left over.

Use a belt drive, twist the belt to give the horizontal drive. While the turbine is spinning, you can lathe the v shape into your timber turntable. On the belt it's also a good idea to run a spring loaded tensioner pully. Good luck.😅

I feel like if you ran the chain on the outside of the wood circle but flipped it upright you would have to change the way your gear set but it would allow you to easily use any gear size that you wanted against that chain. Not sure if I described that well but basically instead of running your chain horizontal and bending it sideways keep it on the outside of that wouldn’t ring but flip it without cutting the gears vertical

This very interesting. Thoughts of maybe the board is acting a little bit like an ”Electret” This would possibly explain the gradual gain in voltage recognized An experiment of bombarding the board with high voltage 30 to 40KV for a period of time again similar as to how an Electret would be made only this time using the board. After bombarding the board with high voltage, bring the board back to your ladder positioned as was before again with the piece of bare copper wire pined with the nails, place your meter and see if there’s a voltage change. I’m imagining dipoles forming. My next experiment would be to somehow test for static charge or more correctly an electric charge radiating from the board. Fun experiment, I enjoyed the curiosity

Really cool, makes my mind spin. Like to make some comments but i don't want them to come off like i know anything. More of what if comments. Like putting wheels on alternators and attached around the big part of the shaft. Sails like on sailboats but used to funnel air into the turbine on a low wind days. To this day i still have not did something i always I wanted to do. This is a very interesting channel I hope I don't get booted off cuz of My strange communication skills. Thanks for reaching.

I would have just stuck magnets on the outer ring made a second platform under it for lots of copper coils rigged a battery or super capacitor bank and run the compressor or anything else off of that. Love the flaper windmill! by the by.

Is there some reason your not considering a belt ?

Cool deal glad I found your channel

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Do you think you would get more voltage/faster charging with a bare copper wire vs a shieled coax cable?

Just e but why not a canvas top ??? Would keep everything dry ???

Interesting approach. I think you're correct to switch from a wooden gear mechanism to a metal one. My primary concern with the wooden gearing is that it's okay as a prototyping tool, but for a permanent installation, I'd be worried about friction buildup, especially during the summer month's which might lead to a fire. Not great for a primarily wooden installation. I continue to watch your developments with great interest.

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I consider if perhaps using "hoverboard" wheels would work. They are essentially 250-350w 3 phase brushless motors. When driven by some exterior force it is possible to connect a 3 phase rectifier to the output and get DC. Plenty of videos show how to do that. And then smooth/straighten the bottom of your construction and put as many as it will pull. TH-cam says you can find broken hoverboards for cheap. But this may not be applicable at all for you. Anyhow, I'll get back to what I came for. Watching your video 😅

Just a suggestion for the wheel barrow tire,,, if you lean it like a motorcycle tire would lean into a corner it would work better than 90 degrees!

Why not a differential from the rear of a car/truck to convert the rotation from vertical to horizontal? Those should be fairly efficient. That said... Your plan B with a long length of worn out chain or a flat belt might be easier to put together. If you're OK with high-speed and low-torque, you could wrap a cable around the entire upper side of the windmill and have it direct drive an alternator.

Looks really good. No idea why you need compressed air but hey if thats what you need? Have at it! Suggestion? Shorten up the distance between all the drive components and the carrier bearings as tight as possible. A short shaft is much less likely to bend.

When you cut and bend the chain, you're changing the pitch of the chain, meaning that the sprocket is no longer a good fit. This will cause significant friction losses and excessive wear. You might find you do better with a different pitch sprocket, to match the final pitch of the modified chain.

Clever use of roller chain! I think you could drive a generator with a wheel like your tachometer wheel. It's at the edge of the big rotor where speeds are high, and a small wheel provides a pretty big gear ratio already. Like the little dynamos you could spin on the wheel of a bike...

Replace those wheelbarrow wheels with 3 ebike or electric scooter wheels spaced around the circumference. You've got some great ideas!

I know Nothing about electricity.... So from this point ... how do you charge a Regular Battery ? How long of a wire can you run from under the HV Lines to say an Out Building that stored batteries that then could power a barn or house .... ????

If u plan to built something with large metal surfaces inbetween the ground and the power line u need to add serval grounding point to drain that leakage current. The current can be estimated by the capacitor charrgeing time. Or it can measured safely as a voltage diffrence on a 1-100K resistor, if its conected series with the ground point and one of a diode bridge ac point.

Very interesting! It certainly worked a lot better than I expected it to, but why not flip the orientation 90 degrees and have the sprocket horizontal? It will have far less wear and friction. You could get that circle of wood more round by using a sturdy rest and a jigged router or even a jig with a circular saw. Obviously this would mean the power is still vertical, but you could attach it to a worm gear if needed (also removing the worm gear would mean you have an easy option to switch the orientation of the power output if needed).

You all realize free zero point energy is real.

DO you think this will work on a pellet stove DMI ???? Thanks

Might be able to use induction to create energy here?

transmission belt gears ? 2292 Instant Gears - Robert Murray-Smith - th-cam.com/video/vEftBFe4c-M/w-d-xo.html Lotsa magnets ? magnetic gears ? th-cam.com/video/sgplai24yRo/w-d-xo.html

I can picture this design working really well on top of a water tower. It could fill the tower whenever there is enough wind and then the full tank could provide ballast.

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Nice idea . If you have a V pulley instead of sprocket that would work to drive air compressor. You will need a pressure blow off valve for safety with that. I belt drive with a idler pulley to keep tension would be great .

take a truck rear end, pumkin and axels and do that...youll get more torque

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The upside down trolley wheel with suspension, BUT on a castor. This (lowest friction) wheel's sole job; to keep the distance between the magnets on the bottom of the pan, and a coil or 3 mounted unsuspended with the wheel/s... :) Or a magnetic gearbox or drive. Lotsa vids on that Magnetic levitation bearing. To take the load of the 'now guide' bearing. You need to put a measurable load on every type of drive. The finger torque test looks good :) but tells us little. That data adds interest...

Thanks for trying the peg gears I asked about! Seemed like a shoe-in, since they're at the beginning of your intro and were common in pre-industrial wind and water mills. I'm still somewhat in favor of them; if made in wood, the surfaces will naturally wear into the optimal shape, and become hard and smooth as they rub together. It has something to do with the lignin in the wood being forced to the surface like squeezing a sponge, but over longer times and higher pressures. Cool chain idea, though! Don't think I've ever seen that, pretty clever. Looking forward to seeing what you do next.

Great stuff! You might take a look at Matthias Wandel's involute gear generator. Even cut out of plywood, when done with care the involute shape can significantly reduce losses to friction.

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If this does not work out for you, have you ever considered a very small car rear end? Diff and at least one axle. I would not think it would create too much drag on system. They turn very easily.

thanks for the video , great project!

Why not attach the chain directly to the bottom of the wind turbine?

I think with a larger flywheel and gear box before your main sprocket and you'll have one heck of a good windmill. Very nice!!