May
28, 2005
WEEKEND
1
Windmill
Construction
Ahh..
The first day. Let's take a look at some of our stuff. This
is not complete, but we have many key items here, like the
magnets, coil wire, screws and bolts, electrical stuff,
and safety gear.
Sara
and David working on the magnet jig. The jig is a plywood
piece that will help us position the magnets when we mount
it to the rotor plate.
Cutting
the jig
closeup
on the jig
filing
the jig down
Completed
Jig!
.
The
next step is the wire coils. Derek and AnnMarie read instructions.
We need 10 coils for the stator. Here is our coil winder.
We
need to wind two wires together at once.
and
we wind, and wind, and wind
taking
the coil off the winder
testing
the coil
1
coil down, 9 more to go..
next
week... building the moulds
