Ontario man turns a bulldozer into a wind turbine

[DanG]

Sorry, was waiting for someone else to step up with this one.

Bulldozer.. .

. ..So in ancient Greek mythology, the Minotaur (or Centaur) was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man.

The vertical turbine could sure be the horns...

This creature was lured into a gigantic intricate labyrinth from which escape was impossible...

And the bull is still spinning in the labyrinth looking for an exit.

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http://arizonascorpionchess.com/ image 2 source

[rcavictim]

Sorry, was waiting for someone else to step up with this one.

Bulldozer.. .

. ..So in ancient Greek mythology, the Minotaur (or Centaur) was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man.

The vertical turbine could sure be the horns...

This creature was lured into a gigantic intricate labyrinth from which escape was impossible...

And the bull is still spinning in the labyrinth looking for an exit.

Not mythology Dan.  Those showed up in Ukraine in the abandoned woods after Chernobl and have recently been sighted near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.  Thanx for the suggestion but I'm looking for something else.

[veggie]

"Big-spinny-noisey-lightbulb-lighting-thingy"

Ohhhh cummon ! ....that's gotta be a winner ! 

veggie

[mobile_bob]

how about

"mr. peobody"



bob g

[mbryner]

My wife and I vote for the "Blowjob".   

Doesn't everyone like.....

Every man will appreciate it... and their women will be relieved...

I better quit now.

[deeiche]

rm /

[rcavictim]

Been a while since I let you guys know how my Blowjob was going.  Ha Ha!

I've gotten the four airfoils to the point of where the sheet metal skin gets riveted on and I have one done but I'm not happy with all the creases I got.  Trouble is my sheet metal is in one continuous length four feet wide and it cannot follow compound curves.  Despite my best effort to get all the ribs lined up this is just impossible to the tolerance that the sheet metal requires to go on smooth.  Anyhow here are a few pictures.

[rcavictim]

For those who wanna seen naked skin! 

[mike90045]

HOLY COW it's big.  no wonder it's taking you forever to do all that work.   Great photos

[AdeV]

I can't wait to see this thing up & running, it's going to be immense!

RCA - won't the worst of the creases hammer out using hammers/dollies? No-one will begrudge you a few dents & wrinkles once it's up in the air anyway...

[Tom Reed]

Looks like you may need to cut overlapping pieces and rivet through them to the spars. Or wait for a good blow to stretch the the skin tight. What's your plan???

[rcavictim]

Looks like you may need to cut overlapping pieces and rivet through them to the spars. Or wait for a good blow to stretch the the skin tight. What's your plan???

Tom,

Overlapping pieces with caulking gun adhesive in each splice where the rivets hold the skin to the ribs, that was in fact exactly what I was going to try on the second blade.  I was trying today to get a hold of a local who has a large sheet metal shear and brake in his home workshop.

[vdubnut62]

Pulsus Officium   

Ron

[rcavictim]

Pulsus Officium   

Ron

Huh?

[rcavictim]

Well I went and saw the fellow with the big shear and have arranged to do the cutting myself for a small fee.  Now I need to get my **s into gear.  I have not been able to get to work for a week now.  I overdid it in that past heat wave and it shut me down...again.