2 More CD Windmills

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I received an order for 2 more CD windmills and one had to be done for Christmas. Since these tie up the shop with parts all over the place I decided to just get them done so my shop would be open again.
These have two counter rotating fans with 9 arms on each one. The plastic parts are nylon with  aluminum rods , brass bearing fittings and all stainless fasteners.
I took some shots during the building of them and added them below.

Cheers, Jim





Before boring the bearing holes, I had to face the surface flat so the caps   would not leak in the rain. The surface of the plastic is saw cut and not the best for secure mating surfaces. I used the boring bar to 0to it to avoid another tool set up for facing.









Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

14 Comments

Nice! Good to have your jigs already to help you out. Are you going to light these up?
jim your creativity knows no bounds !

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Oh very nice Jim
Do they play Johnny Cash, Roger Miller or Roy Orbison?

Regards Rob

Smart decision, to complete the paying work first. Nice work.
Thank you all for the nice comments!!
Hi Tom. these are the first two I sold. After I delivered them, I got another job to make some parts for a bed to anchor the rails to the head board. Knocked that out last night. Good pay week!!!

Cheers, Jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Hi Rob. some of them used to before I snagged them for this project, Most of them are blank. I buy stacks of them at garage sales for 25 cents!!

Cheers, Jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

The also make good shims for the Dado and finger joint sets.

Regards Rob

Jim,

Very creative like usual.  With your jigs really speeds the process up.

daveg, SW Washington & AZ

Definitely a lot of work and detail in these.  Great job !!!
Thanks Foghorn, Ivan. Rob, Dave and Mike!!

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Great Creation Jim.... Incredible engineering!!!!

Regards......Cliff.
Love it. Nice Jim  

I wonder if there is an indoor use as a fan maybe for all of those old floppy discs?