How To Make A Windmill Fan

Here is another great way to add some windmill styled décor to your outdoors without actually building a windmill.

How to make a windmill fan. Here i show you how i make the blades and hub. Turn a ceiling fan into a wind turbine generator. 1 you re gonna need a square. Years ago cedar cypress and redwood were commonly used but some manufacturers used fir to save money.

I looked at some old pc fans i have and thought that they can be used as small wind turbines. You can follow simply any of the. Follow a diagram while making. Take some old wooden ceiling fan blades and turn them into gorgeous windmill inspired décor that you can sit in your garden or hang from the deck or porch railing.

This will be used to. Cut out the hexagon template. This will be used to create the sides of your windmill step 2 create the template for the top. How to make windmill blades 1.

Most builders dipped fan sections in white lead based paint a time or two to preserve them. In order to build a real life windmill. When you find an original fan section the paint is often thick where it puddled after being dipped. To prevent getting cut on sharp metal edges round the edges of the blades with a metal file.

Draw a polygon shape on a large sheet of cardboard or paper. If you are making it for a school project. Step 1 create your side templates. Draw a hexagon with 9 5 sides on a sheet of cardboard or heavy paper.

It can be converted. The shape should be 9 inches on top 12 inches on bottom and 20 inches tall. Giesbert nijhuis 3 649 270 views. To catch the most wind locate your windmill away from buildings and trees.

Materials needed to make paper windmill 1 square piece of paper 2 glue 3 scissors 4 drinking straw 5 stick of wood 6 nail steps of how to make a paper windmill. Real life wind mill blade material. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The pc fan is brushless dc bldc motor.

We will have to note down the shape. Cut out the template. Old pc fan wind turbine in 10 minutes. If you use paper use a heavyweight paper such as butcher paper or posterboard.

As an alternative to making folded sheet metal blades recycle the blades from an antique metal fan instead. For a longer lasting windmill use pressure treated wood dowels.