Dad’s Windmill and Weather Station

Dad’s Windmill and Weather Station
Building and Testing


Dad's winding table	Custom built coil winder	Spool holder	Finished products	Larger gauge coils

Labeled with turns and gauges	Smaller gauge coils	Other coils for testing	Custom Built Testing Facility	Adaptablel for blades

Coil located at bottom	Hand crank	Coils changed with "C" clamps	Add light bulbs for load	Treadmill motor

Treadmill motor specs.	12V car cooling fan motor	Custom small shaft adapter	Junk motor for parts	Building the rotor

Using pipe coupling	Adding plastic end caps	Adding magnets	Plastic peanut jar	This one get threaded shaft

Finished rotor	Choosing the bearings	Finished time to test	A better build	Name plate

Pipe coupling	Add flat washers	Add 1/2" set screw collar	Wield together	Need 5/8" hole

Now we can center the hole	THANKS JOHN BEGELL!!	Perfectly centered hole	Add shaft	Choose magnets

Attaching magnets to the rotor	Bearings will not fit	Turning bearing hole	Press fit the bearings	Checking run out

Run out is good	Dad's at home weather station	Davis running over 10 years	At home windsock	begelltool.com