maytag power

[hiker]

old maytag whasher motor --brought back to life as a alternator--works great for keeping my battery charged--no need for my little gas gen. as long as there's

a breeze out there..--blade made from 2 by four. 6ft.--next blade will be made from a 2 by 6..7.5ft..well later ...

[BurksFallsMan]

Hiker: Is that Mytag motor using magnets?

Thanks, Wilson

[hiker]

here u go--ceramic mags plus hardrive mags on top to fill in the gap and give some

extra kick..cut the rotor square to hold the mags..a whole lot of hacksawin..

[Norm]

If it is must have some heck of a good hacksaw

blades wouldn't a job like this be nice for

 windpower?...slow and steady hacksawing no hurry

       fun....( :>) Norm

[hiker]

about 5 or six quality blades--4 or five hours--strange my right hand is the strongest---cut it out over a two day period !! and life goes on..

[Norm]

Like I said something like this .....





 hooked up to a pump rod of a small 'pumper' windmill via a bell crank....

it'd be fun watchin' the wind do the work...

           ( :>) Norm

[Ungrounded Lightning Rod]

hooked up to a pump rod of a small 'pumper' windmill via a bell crank.... it'd be fun watchin' the wind do the work...

With either a hand-driven or machine-driven hacksaw you want the blade lifted up during the backstroke.  The forward stroke mostly cuts, while the backward stroke mostly dulls the blade.  (Or so I've been told.)

Also:  Don't push down too hard during the forward stroke.  Extra pressure also heats and dulls the blade.  Let the blade do the work.

[nothing to lose]

So, any idea how much power this produces or how much wind it takes to get it started producing?

I have a few old washer and dryer motors laying around I been planning to try but I figured with my flat round mags I would end up with to much air gap in the center by the time I cut back the armature enough to keep the sides from hitting the coils.

Looks like you have as much gap or more than I was figuring, so if yours is working well I need to give mine a try now instead of waiting till I can get other mags.

Course it looks like your using square block mags instead of my flat round ones so mine may not work as well anyway, but worth a shot. Just didn't want to ruin a working motor if it wasn't going to charge as an alt.

[hiker]

had no real wind when i went out to make my test !! but with a power cord drill

it lit up 3 auto headlights super brite--so its putting out some fair power..

if i used some neo mags the power would be a lot higher--talk to jerry he seems

to now quit a bit about these kind of conversions--maybe i'll take a chance and

drive it down the road :}....later

ps; i filled in the airgap with neo mags and rounded off the side of the block

mags for a better fit..

[Norm]

  It would be fun watching the wind do the work,

  Let me reword that....It would be fun watching the wind do the work of dulling my hacksaw blade!

    Seriously 'tho.........

   Okay in my zeal I forget the little details that I learned and are common practice for sawing with a hand hacksaw which like you reminded me is more than just a simple back and forth motion...which reminds me of a Lindsay publication on how to make a machine operated hacksaw which provided for the lifting of the blade on the backstroke and downward pressure on the forward stroke.

   Also seems like it had a means of oiling the blade.

                Thanks for reminding me.

            ( :>) Norm