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| One day Workshop, Saturday, May
30, 2009! |
| On Saturday, May 30, 2009, we are planning another of our one day
workshops here at Wind Chasers! These workshops are becoming quite popular
with the turbine building crowd and usually fill up quite quickly. There
will be lot's of great information about turbine building, tower
construction, and lots, lots more! There will be lots of hands on
including winding coils, placing magnets and everyone will carve a blade
from start to finish in the afternoon. There will be discussions about
energy conservation and sizing your system properly.
The cost to attend the workshop is $125.00 which includes a set of the
latest Hugh Piggott plans and a fabulous lunch, almost worth the cost of
attending in itself! If you already have a set of Hugh's plans, the cost
is $100.00.
If you are planning to attend, please remember that we limit the number
of people to ten, and it's on a strictly first payment received, first on
the list basis, so the earlier we receive your payment, the better! Please
make all cheques payable to Craig Cook and send to:
Craig Cook, RR# 3, Tillsonburg, On. N4G 4G8
We look forward to meeting you! |
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We had another great workshop here at Wind Chasers on
Saturday, November 1! The weather was perfect and everyone had a good
time. There were lots of laughs and a lot of good information was shared.
The following is a collection of pictures from the workshop showing all
of the great activity that was going on during the afternoon blade carving
session. All of the blades turned out really well and everyone was very
pleased! |
| On Saturday, May 3, 2008, we had another very successful workshop here
at Wind Chasers. Eight intrepid future turbine builders braved the rotten,
rainy day to learn a thing or two about turbines. Despite the pouring
rain, a good time was had by all and much information was shared. Ideas
and theories were discussed and world problems were solved! Not really,
but we tried!
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| Here's a group shot of everyone just before they left for
the day, proudly holding the blades that they made during the afternoon
session of the workshop. |
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From the left, Craig, Ken, Gary, Tad, Chris, Tom, Carl, Ian
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Ken works on his blade during the afternoon session.
Tom doing some precise measuring while his son Chris looks on. |
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Gary makes the first cuts as Ian and Carl watch carefully.
Steve still working. |
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Lots of work going on! Gary waits for his turn while Steve
checks measurements on his blade.
Mike keeps a watchful eye on Steve to make sure that he does it
right! |
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Carl and Ian working on their blades.
Mike gives Steve some pointers on making the perfect blade! |
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Carl and Ian still plugging away!
Craig helps Ken with measurements. |
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After the workshop was finished for the day, Tom and Chris
got stuck on the lawn when they tried to leave. Luckily, Mike had his
electric jeep here to save the day and pull that big diesel out! Thanks
Mike! We knew that jeep would come in handy some day! |
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| May 5th, 2007
We had another great, one day, workshop here on May 5th. Eight people
attended and a good time was had by all ! Most of the people were from
Southern Ontario, but there were two gentlemen here who came from
near Rochester NY. These two men were quite interested in our electric car
since they have both built electric cars of their own back home! Craig had
a great time showing it off to everyone!
The workshop started at around 9:00 am. and finished around 5:00 pm.
Lots of good information and ideas were shared. There was a lot of hands
on learning with the coils and blades. All in all, it was a wonderful day!
Good people, great lunch and lots of laughs! |
| 9:00 am. Everyone had just arrived and were getting to know
each other an talking about what would be happening for the day. |
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Everyone busy in the shop learning how to make blades. We
spent quite a lot of time on this since it seems to be the one thing that
is most intimidating to almost everyone. All of the participants finished
a blade an took it home with them for future reference. |
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Craig helping Viz at the bandsaw. |
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Viz helping J.F. at the bandsaw!
Craig watching as Allan runs his blade through the saw. |
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Explaining some of the finer points of the blade finishing.
John at the bandsaw with his blade! |
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Fred and Allan using the grinders to get some wood off
quickly! |
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Allan, J.F, Viz and Dave working on blades.
Al using the belt sander for the finishing touches. |
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J.F. and Dan.
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More blade work! |
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And still more blade work! |
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At the tower just before the end of the day. Everyone had
lot's of questions. |
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Explaining all of the details about the tower. |
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Craig explaining how the gin pole operates. and how
important it is to have the gin pole be the proper length according to the
tower height. |
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Showing the box that holds the rectifiers where the power
gets switched from AC to DC to enable it to be stored in the batteries. |
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Craig explaining the use of winches to bring the tower up
and down. We have a winch on each end of the tower to make it a little
easier.
After everyone had left for the day, Simon decided to relax on the roof
of the electric car. Not only is it environmentally friendly, it's cat
friendly too! |
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| On November 4th, we held our first ever one day workshop. We hosted a
group of four people from the Caledon area. We were really pleased with
the workshop and everyone seemed to have a good time! There was a lot of
information squeezed into a few hours! |
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Mike, who came to help out for the day, Craig,
Jean-Marc, William, Mark, and Kris just as they were getting ready to
leave.
Jean-Marc winding a coil while the rest of the group helped count the
wraps! |
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Craig demonstrating the finer points of blade carving.
Mark showing how it really should be done! |
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Craig showing how the finished turbine is assembled.
All in all, a great day! |
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