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Converting my windmill into a wind turbine
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Re: Converting my windmill into a wind turbine
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by TheCasualTraveler (
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Jeremy,
Good for you. Thats a beautiful old mill (in my eyes) and I wouldn't change blades either. We can go on forever with ideas but how about getting together the facts of what you have now mechanically speaking. Maybe your brother can help you put together a diagram of what you have to work with along with lots of photos of the workings behind the blades and down the tower.
I think the first thing to do is get that thing spinning nice and see what kind of RPM's you are getting out of whatever drive shaft you have. Check to see what is working and what is disconnected. Make sure you do this safely, we don't want you getting chewed up in any mechanism up there on the tower. Possibly the shaft coming down is still functioning but maybe it was disconnected above. Anyway, it's all just speculation till we know what your working with. Please check with your family to find out anything you should know about to be safe when working on it. So, go get us some more info, we'll wait here....
Andy
Converting my windmill into a wind turbine
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