How to Make Homemade Wind Turbine Blades

While it's common to find PVC pipes used for creating wind turbine blades, PVC can be harmful to human health and eventually to the environment. Bamboo, on the other hand--if you can find it locally--is a durable, safe and sustainable alternative for making homemade wind turbine blades.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 pieces of large bamboo: four inches in diameter, 24-48 inches long
• Measuring tape
• Saw
• Angle grinder with sanding disk or sanding block

1. Step 1

   Cut the bamboo lengthwise into thirds.

2. Step 2

   Mark six inches up the stalk from one end.

3. Step 3

   At the end opposite your mark, cut two inches along the circumference and down the stalk to the marked point at the other end.

4. Step 4

   Sand the blades into a wing or airfoil shape.

Tips & Warnings

• To save time, use a circular saw.
• Be extremely careful when handling the blades once they are attached to the turbine--if the wind starts to blow the blades can spin at very fast speeds.

Build a Wind Generator

n order to build a wind generator of your own just follow our 4 step plan...

Step 1: Build A Wind Generator
All of the Steps are linked together in sequence so start here. This article is a great place to start. Just click on the link on the left. Here you will find a preliminary parts list, what you will need in the way of tools and general wind energy terms as well as links to find the wind data for your area.

Step 2:Build A Wind Generator Tower

In this step you will learn what kinds of tower options are available, what size tower you will need and also where to find free towers in your own neighborhood.You might even get paid to take down that free tower, sometimes the owners want them down so bad they will pay you to take away your new wind generator tower.

Step 3: Wind Generator Plans to Build A Wind Generator

Now that you’ve learned the basics, it’s time to let our 10 years of research go to work for you.Our dedicated research staff has put together this list of the very best, least expensive wind generator plans for you.

Step 4: Batteries to Build a Wind Generator

Learn all about batteries for your renewable energy system, including building a battery reconditioning system to turn old and discarded batteries into new (or almost new), this is probably the biggest money saving tip that we learned in all of our years of building renewable energy systems.

Putting it all together. In this wind generator article you will find all of the other technical stuff you will need from wiring your wind generator to charge controllers in order to build a wind generator.

The 3 Steps to Cheaper Homemade Electricity Solutions

Rising energy costs are causing more of us to seek homemade electricity solutions. Below are 3 keys to ensure you create your own homemade electricity without blowing the budget.

Evaluate your own needs.

Many 'alternative energy' suppliers offer an 'energy audit' service before recommending a homemade electricity solution. Why pay for something you can easily do yourself? Simply go from room to room noting all light bulbs and electric appliances, their energy requirements should be labelled on them. Add all the electricity requirements together and you have completed your own energy audit. Many homemade electricity solutions take your electricity requirements total and add 30% to cater to any spikes in electricity usage.

Build Your Own Homemade Energy Solution.

We have been lead to believe that homemade energy generation is difficult, even impossible. However it’s easier than we realise. You can even start a family or friends "homemade electricity project". Information is available on the internet that can get you started on a homemade energy solution for under $200 and takes you through a step by step process for creating your own micro-wind and solar generators.

Obtain "Pre-Loved" Batteries

A big cost for any homemade electricity project is energy storage. New batteries are expensive, however many companies discard batteries that still work well. Some companies have policies that dictate forklift batteries must be disposed of once they take longer to charge than the manufacturer's specification. You can pick these batteries up for almost nothing and use them to store your homemade electricity. Charge time is not a problem with homemade electricity solutions as most of them run on a trickle charge system anyway.

Conclusion

Energy companies (and governments) have made homemade electricity generation sound hard, however this is just not the case. Being the first household in your neighbourhood to wave goodbye the energy bills is an exciting prospect.