Vertical Wind Turbine VAWT

Vertical Axis Wind Turbine VAWT

A beautiful wind turbine (Ø245mm x 800mm). Intended for balcony and low windspeed use.

Designed for my Ultimaker 2+ (max build volume, big nozzle, high printspeed).
Of course you can print it on every, big enough printer. I recommend to use a big nozzle (0.6mm for „Flügel 8x.stl“ with Vase Mode, 0.8mm for the rest)

short video: https://youtu.be/4xszhV_X3DU

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update

09/01/2017

Improved version of Flügel_8x.stl

19/01/2017:

upload a GCODE for the Wings (Flügel_8x.stl).
Works with ultimaker 2 and 2+.

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What you need

1x . . . . . . . M8x1000mm straight threaded rod

8x . . . . . . . M8 nut

2x . . . . . . . 608 bearing Ø22xØ8x7mm (e.g. inline skates bearings)

2x . . . . . . . bolt and nut (e.g.M4 x20)

1x . . . . . . . pipe or stick Ø12,15..., 30mm (print „Lager Ø..2x.stl” with the same diameter)

2x . . . . . . . paper clip to use them as a cotter

~820g . . . . Filament

Print settings

„Flügel 8x.stl“

PETG
Spiral Mode/Vase Mode----0.6mm Nozzle----0.3mm Layer----65mm/s Speed
There is a GCODE for the Ultimaker 2 /2+

„Achse 4x.stl“

PETG
Spiral Mode/Vase Mode----0.8mm Nozzle----0.4mm Layer----65mm/s Speed

other parts

PETG
0.8mm Nozzle----0.2-0.4 Layer----40-75mm/s Speed----Infill 15%

• There are two calibration files, the two parts should fit smoothly together.

  „Testfile Unterteil 0.8mm“ for print settings of the parts „Unterteil1x“ „Zwischenteil3x“ „Oberteil1x“. The part has a internal width of around 2mm.

  „Testfile Flügel spiral mode 0.6mm“ for the settings of „Flügel 8x.stl“. The part should have a width of 1.1- 1.5mm.

Assembly instruction

• Assembly instruction can be found under this link: https://youtu.be/cVetrYLIKok
• It is important to use a straight threaded rod.

if you have any suggestions for improvement, questions or need further information, feel free to contact me.

Gerne auch auf Deutsch :-)