Whirligig

[oily]

Progress has been slow. Lots of interruptions and my hip is being a real pain next to my ***
From hear on out I'll build tranny's as separate units with a refining of the hardware and gear cutting.

[rippersmom]

Rob,

That is SO COOL!!!! Love it!!

Nancy in AZ

[frieke]

Really love it!!!! Your painting is great!

[oily]

Finally finished. A few sticky points on this one but it works. I want to make a few different transmissions for future models. That will eliminate the cut and fit process and hopefully most of the little problems exposed themselves. I just used wood and hardware I had on hand, I want to avoid as many metal parts as possible in the future.
On this one I used 1/4 20 bolts with Bic pen barrel bushings. The only shaft made of wood is the fan shaft and I used pvc for a bushing.
This also has the wrong type blades and pitch. It works but takes a pretty stiff breeze.

[Greenfield_Bob]

Looks great Rob

Bob

[mtnman]

Really nice, Rob! Love your detail painting. And I'd never thought of using a Bic as a bushing. Nice thing to tuck away in memory. Now what was that I was going to use as a bushing?????? Guess I can google it.

[oily]

Really nice, Rob! Love your detail painting. And I'd never thought of using a Bic as a bushing. Nice thing to tuck away in memory. Now what was that I was going to use as a bushing?????? Guess I can google it.

It was one of the smooth pens and the inside diameter is perfect for a 1/4" shaft

[JimSawyer]

I'd love to see a video of it in action....

You do realize that you're insane...right...<smirk>
Or is that brilliant.
I can never tell the difference...

[evilbadger]

Rob

What is the spring clamp on the arm of the bee? Counter-balance??? It does look pretty cool though. Can you get it to keep time? LOL

[oily]

I'd love to see a video of it in action....

You do realize that you're insane...right...<smirk>
Or is that brilliant.
I can never tell the difference...

I've got to work on that one. I did a 40 sec video and it's almost 50MB

[oily]

Rob

What is the spring clamp on the arm of the bee? Counter-balance??? It does look pretty cool though. Can you get it to keep time? LOL

LOL Yup, I'll have to give him a heavy wrist band. Notice too I didn't think about direction of rotation and Mr. Bumble flies backwards

[Stefang]

Fun project, well done. I like the flower idea and the bee. We have more than enough wind to drive it where I live.

Mike