13:57 pause - You know you're living a surreal blessed life when you turn your camera toward the giant pinwheel that's bolted to your pickup truck and it's sitting beneath a full arching rainbow. 😆
What a cool project. I'm sure plenty of other people are going to say it too, but it'd be interesting to hook up a chain to the bicycle cassette and see if it could turn a small generator. I'm sure it wouldn't be useful for much, but it'd fun.
I swear Paul the things you are into building an playing with is like looking in a mirror haha :) I bought a recumbent about 10 years ago, modified the heck out of it into a fully electric vehicle and Its still running happily to this day, and I have just bought a houseboat to turn into my completely self sufficient minamalist home, I have been agonising about how to manage a ship to shore without taking up much space and I have come up with a two part single person boat design i was going to make out of ply and fibre... You have just blown that concept out of the water! I found your stuff randomly and I am guessing you will have videos on all the materials you have worked with, so I daresay I have found my next binge watching campaign! Thank you for documenting and sharing your ideas, It was an unexpected and pleasant find.
This is awesome! I was looking for exactly this, a big pinwheel windmill. I'm in no position to make demands 😅, but it'd be really awesome if you attached it to a DC generator to see how much power this could make!
I really love this idea concept of a coroplast pinwheel makes me think what if you use it as a wind turbine for off-grid purposes? use it as a wind turbine for off-grid purposes to power up lights or something like that in case of a power outage is there's a lot of wind that could create some power. I live in Southern Colorado where there's a lot of wind. Everybody in my neighborhood getting solar panels but I feel if they use a combination between solar panels and wind turbines when The Not So sunny days are around and still be able to generate some power. I love this video as I love all your videos. I look forward to seeing the next one
Fantastic ! I wouldn't worry about the neighbors thinking that you're crazy. If they start making moves to have you committed then you might want to worry! 😂Thanks for the video Paul!
What a great project for ham radio field day. We were going to be solar power next year, but I now think we may try to be solar and wind power. I am going to try to duplicate your project with a few modifications. Thank you for your tips.
Merlins old school garage has a video on turning a car alternator into an arc welder. Would be interesting to see a wind powered welder. Anyways this is really cool. Thanks for sharing
Paul … Excellent design; beautiful build!!! You never cease to amaze me!!!! I can’t wait for your next build!!!!! Me and mine wish you and yours all things great and good; take care, be safe, best wishes and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 👨🌾✝️🙏🐩
would make the axis at 90 degrees, secured with a French hand. in the northern hemisphere I would put it to turn to the left. (coriolis effect) your project is very good. Tranks. hugs from brazil
I would suggest some alluminium poles and a 4 point connector to join them to the cassette shaft to lighten the load. Also, you might be able to diminish that drooping pressure on the shaft connection to the 2" square if you use a threaded rod nut and a washer (probably would be easier to put the fins on too lol) that way you can control how big the air scoops are and potentially move the center of gravity closer to the support beam. Better balance
Might be a good idea to put a whole bunch of them on a single shaft and at the end of the shaft you could put a year there and run it down to a generator at whatever ratio you want
Brilliant and inspiring Paul. Good engineering test, and I'm wondering if swapping the wood for aluminum, carbon fiber or aluminum tubes, and eventually the Coroplast for Aluminum sheet might up the durability and failure point to truly dangerous levels?.
Why not consider using something like that as a water turbine you could put a bunch of them on a shaft dipping in the water putting Float On The Water Somewhere and generate some electricity that way
what a far-better world (ie: USA) if Shop Class became a requirement in all Schooling!! Dang shame its NOT...anymore!! :-((( THAT's how one makes...America great again...for real!
Awesome. I'm guessing there are a few times when the neighbors say "Hmmm. I wonder what Paul's up to now?". Thanks for sharing!
13:57 pause - You know you're living a surreal blessed life when you turn your camera toward the giant pinwheel that's bolted to your pickup truck and it's sitting beneath a full arching rainbow. 😆
I noticed that too when editing the video clip. What a stroke of luck!
What a cool project. I'm sure plenty of other people are going to say it too, but it'd be interesting to hook up a chain to the bicycle cassette and see if it could turn a small generator. I'm sure it wouldn't be useful for much, but it'd fun.
Thank you for the hint with the nuts very cool idea for small edge
Thanks so much for doing this project! Several lols along the way.
You are too funny Paul, Sorry I laughed when the coroplast hit you on the chin.. hehe
Dang, I wish I lived in your neighborhood! great project!
I swear Paul the things you are into building an playing with is like looking in a mirror haha :) I bought a recumbent about 10 years ago, modified the heck out of it into a fully electric vehicle and Its still running happily to this day, and I have just bought a houseboat to turn into my completely self sufficient minamalist home, I have been agonising about how to manage a ship to shore without taking up much space and I have come up with a two part single person boat design i was going to make out of ply and fibre... You have just blown that concept out of the water! I found your stuff randomly and I am guessing you will have videos on all the materials you have worked with, so I daresay I have found my next binge watching campaign! Thank you for documenting and sharing your ideas, It was an unexpected and pleasant find.
This is awesome! I was looking for exactly this, a big pinwheel windmill. I'm in no position to make demands 😅, but it'd be really awesome if you attached it to a DC generator to see how much power this could make!
I really love this idea concept of a coroplast pinwheel makes me think what if you use it as a wind turbine for off-grid purposes?
use it as a wind turbine for off-grid purposes to power up lights or something like that in case of a power outage is there's a lot of wind that could create some power.
I live in Southern Colorado where there's a lot of wind. Everybody in my neighborhood getting solar panels but I feel if they use a combination between solar panels and wind turbines when The Not So sunny days are around and still be able to generate some power.
I love this video as I love all your videos.
I look forward to seeing the next one
Awesome, another kid at heart!!!
🤔🤔🤔alternator, batteries, inverter belt or chain and a little bit of wire! I think you may be onto something!😊
7:25 - Perfect demonstration of man's bimanous limitations. So relatable.
Fantastic ! I wouldn't worry about the neighbors thinking that you're crazy. If they start making moves to have you committed then you might want to worry! 😂Thanks for the video Paul!
What a great project for ham radio field day. We were going to be solar power next year, but I now think we may try to be solar and wind power. I am going to try to duplicate your project with a few modifications. Thank you for your tips.
Merlins old school garage has a video on turning a car alternator into an arc welder. Would be interesting to see a wind powered welder. Anyways this is really cool. Thanks for sharing
That was a whole lot of FUN!
Nice work next try it with sheet metal and steel supports. You have the skills.
Paul … Excellent design; beautiful build!!! You never cease to amaze me!!!! I can’t wait for your next build!!!!! Me and mine wish you and yours all things great and good; take care, be safe, best wishes and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 👨🌾✝️🙏🐩
Very cool Paul.
Very nice and great addition to the flower garden :)
would make the axis at 90 degrees, secured with a French hand. in the northern hemisphere I would put it to turn to the left. (coriolis effect) your project is very good. Tranks. hugs from brazil
❤ this guy! Engineers rock
I would suggest some alluminium poles and a 4 point connector to join them to the cassette shaft to lighten the load. Also, you might be able to diminish that drooping pressure on the shaft connection to the 2" square if you use a threaded rod nut and a washer (probably would be easier to put the fins on too lol) that way you can control how big the air scoops are and potentially move the center of gravity closer to the support beam. Better balance
Might be a good idea to put a whole bunch of them on a single shaft and at the end of the shaft you could put a year there and run it down to a generator at whatever ratio you want
Wouldn't some sort of vertical windmill be better? 🤔😁👍👍🇺🇸
He never ceases to amaze
👍😎👍 that ought to work 😂🤣. Thanks for always trying something very interesting that I’ve never thought of before. Happy New Year 🎉
Brilliant and inspiring Paul. Good engineering test, and I'm wondering if swapping the wood for aluminum, carbon fiber or aluminum tubes, and eventually the Coroplast for Aluminum sheet might up the durability and failure point to truly dangerous levels?.
Nice, the truck too
nice rainbow in the second to last shot 13:56
now you can make it harvest wind power
I’ve thought that windmills might be considered less of an eyesore if they were designed by creative thinkers. Nice project!
@ 7:54 that would be my speed. what a great project. :):):):)
Awesome! I love it
Very cool
I love it ❣️ Very, very cool !!!
When doing stuff like that...
My wife: but why?
Me: because I can, or just why not?
Love it
I saw a blue pickup truck with a pinwheel in the back I thought I was high!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I saw this vide
I think if you left the wood slats off it would work better, the pin wheels you buy for toys use only the plastic without any supports.
Magnifique
Even minor asymmetries will probably introduce enough force and flex to destroy that wheel hub in a short time. Fun experiment though.
Ivgot to try something similar im always thinking about windmills and kitys
😎 cool now build a bigger one made of metal and install it on a mountain watch it spin
Why not consider using something like that as a water turbine you could put a bunch of them on a shaft dipping in the water putting Float On The Water Somewhere and generate some electricity that way
Are you going to power a real scale whirligig with that pin wheel ?
How does it pivot to meet the wind?
what a far-better world (ie: USA) if Shop Class became a requirement in all Schooling!! Dang shame its NOT...anymore!! :-((( THAT's how one makes...America great again...for real!
i was just thinking wind generator.
wind genset
come on make a full size pop pop boat no one will make it
That's a thought....
I second this! Like in the movie Ponyo!💞
Love how your brain works. But standing on an overturned bucket as a step stool makes me cringe for your safety.
I spent years doing the bucket walk before I bought stilts. I was a drywall finisher.