really small wind

[wiredwrong]

I live in a town that does not allow wind turbines, i want some small yard art style windmills just to keep a small trickle charge into my battery ,can anyone recommend any links or user names  for me to look at.

[Bluevitz-RS]

What about one of those VAWT with 5 blades I see on eBay?

[wiredwrong]

Id rather build it myself out of scraps I was thinking that ghurd and maybe ed and and few others has ornamental type mills, ive been searching the board but seem to get side tracked easily, i was hoping someone had come up with a good solid machine thats easy to copy

[zap]

ghurd, gotwind2, and Tritium are members that have done some small stuff.

http://www.fieldlines.com/index.php/topic,140073.msg936126.html#msg936126

http://www.fieldlines.com/index.php/topic,140841.msg943207.html#msg943207

I used the search term "tiny"

[jawnn]

I googled sculptural wind turbines and saw some very nice things, I think I should  thbuild one  my self.

They can't stop you from building a sculpture.

[mroy0404]

Id rather build it myself out of scraps I was thinking that ghurd and maybe ed and and few others has ornamental type mills, ive been searching the board but seem to get side tracked easily, i was hoping someone had come up with a good solid machine thats easy to copy

I could send you the part programs for this turbine.
http://www.fieldlines.com/index.php/topic,147324.0.html

[coldspot]

I've built a few very small yard  ornaments
using small "stepper motors"
from old computer parts and things
they light up a few LED's each and
can use normal yard toys for blades
Search stepper motors maybe

[hiker]

take a step back in time...this fourm.............. scroll down to wood 103--click on here..........easy build....there use to be a even simpler turbine--called the wood a-x    cant seem to find that one.............

 http://www.otherpower.com/learningcurve.html

[hiker]

hmm....for some reason that link does not work?  it was....must be murfy at work !

[Mary B]

Link works, interesting read!