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Peppyy

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More Power, Mwahahahah
« on: March 03, 2005, 09:01:18 PM »
More testing and modifications. Now that I have the double zubwoofer geared 2 to 1 there isn't any power under 8 mph. The good news is that anything over 10mph has been charging all the 12v items I can find. Even charged a dead makita battery. Have seen over 40v out of it a couple times with no load.


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I have also built another mill with my daughter. Someone gave me a broken HP printer and I looked it up on fixyourownprinter.com and decided it was a lost cause. Lots of parts, shafts, motors, gears led's. We had a good time tearing our broken electronic equiptment apart and turning what we could into another mill. No photos yet but it is definatly worth a good laugh. We used the sputnic on that one for now.

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Re: More Power, Mwahahahah
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2005, 02:45:34 PM »
I would love to see what you got out of the printer.  I have a couple motors from different printers that I was thinking of using.  I guess I should finish my current project first though!!
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Peppyy

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Re: More Power, Mwahahahah
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2005, 03:04:46 PM »
We arent planning on getting any power out of the printer mill, just enough power to light 6 led's. We used some of the gears to drive the motor about 3 to 1. I don't expect it to hold up too long but it is a fun little throw it together project.


Ok. I will go get a photo lol. It is a bit embarrising tho.http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2004/12/29/122414/17

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Re: More Power, Mwahahahah
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2005, 03:06:00 PM »
Where did that link come from ?
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Re: More Power, Mwahahahah
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2005, 04:16:06 PM »
I still think all things considered the sputnic is the most impressive. So much power from an unconventional design. Thanks for sharing your experiments.
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Re: More Power, Mwahahahah
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2005, 05:06:20 PM »
What was the load?


The Sputnic still impresses me the most.  The local junk store has some 22" ish stainless steel lids off something for a buck each.  

Hmmm... Is it worth the sticthes? Sheet metal and me don't get along. Ever. I have scars to prove it.


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Re: More Power, Mwahahahah
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2005, 05:23:47 AM »
I agree. Sputnic would be great at about 4' in diameter. Believe me I have been looking for large round sturdy plastic objects. Here is the joke I have put sputnic on for now.





It is mounted on part of an old aluminum door frame with a paneling tail.


The printer motor has a small nylon gear from the scanner paper feed. The shaft was from the printer paper feed and the large gear was from somewhere in the printer.  The 2 bushings were double gears. They are countersunk into the wood blocks and held in with some speaker clips out of an old boombox.





Darn, I have to redo that photo. Anyway, sputnic has a 7/8" hole so I used the rubber rollers that were on the shaft and mounted it with a 2 screw romex connector. It has 6 leds on it in various locations. Now to get it out in the wind, or as it goes, outside waiting for wind for the next few days.


I'll get a better photo of the gear drive today.

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