Ontario man turns a bulldozer into a wind turbine

[vdubnut62]

Pulsus Officium   

Ron

Huh?

Very loosely translated into Latin-"Blow Job".     
Ron

[rcavictim]

Pulsus Officium  

Ron

Huh?

Very loosely translated into Latin-"Blow Job".    
Ron

Oh OK.  Very good. 

Say is that a vertical axis wind turbine in your pants or are you just glad to see me? 

[AdeV]

Say is that a vertical axis wind turbine in your pants or are you just glad to see me? 

Now that'd make your eyes water....

[rcavictim]

OK wise guys,

Enuff gay bantor and sexual inuendo jokes.  Time to get back to serious bidness! 

Last week I made a electric wire rope winch based portable crane jig that I can quickly attach to each of the four rotating arms and lift the airfoil blade from ground level to the installed position topside and install the bolt fasteners working all by myself!  I did a test lift and bolted one blade into place took these photos and then removed the bolts and lowered the blade back to ground level.  The lift system works like a charm.  The last photo shows false color added with my new drawing tablet to see what the blade will look like when installed.

[KeithO]

HI RCA

Its not often you can use the words "audacious" and "dogged" for the same project but both are apt here.

Not to be  depressing but knowing the devil is in the details , at what percentage  of completion  do you think your at ?

As you have said , so many parts of this are major projects just by themselves.
I'd have given up at the building the ladder stage...

Cheers for the pics

Keith

[AKcrab]

What an amazing project!

Any progress updates?

Years ago I made some airboat rudders out of almuninum ribs with sheet metal skin attached with pop rivets. Don't really have any construction tips to pass on. Those rudders were simple curves. I later repurposed the rudders into a motorcycle side car. Its as tough as hell. I wouldn't count on your blade skins flying off in a storm..

Finally, are you really building a wind generator? Or a wind-powered kill dozer?

Anyone that hasn't heard of the legendary kill dozer, do yourself a favor and look it up.

[Henry W]

AKcrab,
I remember the build. Unfortunately rcavictim has not been on the forum since 2018. The topic is old.The last reply was in 2011. But it was a huge undertaking from one man. And, some of us wonder what became of it.

[Tom Reed]

His health was not great either, I hope he's ok.