Ok, I know I said I was going to do some extensive work on the windmill this week, but I was called out of town to help put up a garage. I spent a few hours out in the garage today and solved the problem I had with the blades hitting the pole as well as hooked up a second rim to function as a pulley to really get the ratio cranked up to try and spin the generator. The problem I’m having now is that I’m in a position where I need to either accept the fact that I will now need a much stronger wind to turn the thing, or build the 8 foot wooden blades I want to make on my second “real” windmill. For now I’m leaning toward just leaving the crappy short blades and just finishing the project and making real plans for the next one.
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