This video describes the manufacturing process of a 2.4m rotor diameter small wind turbine as described in Hugh Piggott’s ‘Wind Turbine Recipe Book’, including manufacturing details for the wooden blades and hub, the generator stator and coils, the generator rotor and magnets, the generator metal support frame, and the wind turbine tail boom and vane.

Content
Blade Rotor / 1. Blade Curving / 1. Chord 0:29
Blade Rotor / 1. Blade Curving / 2. Twist 1:27
Blade Rotor / 1. Blade Curving / 3. Thickness 3:09
Blade Rotor / 1. Blade Curving / 4. Airfoil 8:55
Blade Rotor / 1. Blade Curving / 5. Repairs 10:41
Blade Rotor / 1. Blade Curving / 6. Root Cut 10:56
Blade Rotor / 2. Rotor Hub 11:07
Blade Rotor / 3. Rotor Assembly / 1. Placing Rear Rotor Hub 13:43
Blade Rotor / 3. Rotor Assembly / 2. Placing Front Rotor Hub 15:30
Blade Rotor / 3. Rotor Assembly / 3. Making Rotor Hub Holes 16:33
Blade Rotor / 3. Rotor Assembly / 4. Finished Blade Rotor 17:58
Blade Rotor / 4. Rotor Balance 18:11
Steel Structures / 1. Metal Cutting And Welding Practice 18:36
Steel Structures / 2. Generator Frame 18:56
Steel Structures / 3. Tail Hinge 26:10
Steel Structures / 4. Tail Boom 27:04
Generator / 1. Moulds / 1. Rotor Moulds 32:09
Generator / 1. Moulds / 2. Stator Moulds 33:26
Generator / 2. Stator / 1. Coil Winding 34:28
Generator / 2. Stator / 1. Connecting Stator Coils 39:42
Generator / 3. Rotor / 1. Magnet Guide 40:45
Generator / 3. Rotor / 2. Jacking Holes 43:03
Generator / 3. Rotor / 3. Placing Magnets 43:34
Generator / 4. Castings / 1. Preparing Fiber Glass 47:18
Generator / 4. Castings / 2. Waxing Moulds 48:38
Generator / 4. Castings / 3. Casting Rotors 48:58
Generator / 4. Castings / 4. Casting Stator 54:15
Generator / 4. Castings / 5. Opening Moulds 59:04
Generator / 5. Assembly / 1. Mounting Back Rotor Disk 18:36
Generator / 5. Assembly / 2. Mounting Stator 01:05:22
Generator / 5. Assembly / 3. Mounting Front Rotor Disk 01:07:21
Generator / 5. Assembly / 4. Adjusting The Air Gap 01:09:54
Tail Vane 01:11:18
Wind Turbine Assembly 01:11:26
Wind Turbine Installation 01:11:47
Credits 01:12:22


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