Wind Powered Ferris Wheel 3D Printer Model

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License: CC BY-SA
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Summary

this is one of my entries in the #MakerEdChallenge It is a wind powered Ferris wheel. I got the idea from the old sawmills that have belt drive from a steam traction engine, and I thought, why not substitute a wind turbine for the traction engine? So off I went. The first thing I designed was the turbine (the first one!). It was going pretty smoothly until I tried to fit all of the parts together. I had designed the tolerances to be too tight! and plus my printer is not, well, top of the line, as you say. Even worse the driven shaft had too much friction because of the long tube that it fits through. So I drilled it out and all was OK. Second I made the jack shaft that runs between the turbine and the Ferris wheel. It had little friction because the brackets are thinner. Finally i went on to the Ferris wheel its self! Designing was a breeze. But halfway through printing (I had printed all but the little seats for it) the ramps board shorted. So, here i am, waiting for the board so I can finish printing. But after I stared at the first turbine i designed. I figured i could make it look less archaic. That was the start of V2 turbine. But as i said before, I cant print right now. So for now i am dead in the water.

As of now what i have featured is the prototype and its really messy. My printer is on the fritz but as soon as I get another ramps board in the mail ill print the newest turbine(v2 stuff)

UPDATE 7-23-15 10:39 A.M. I have uploaded the rest of the files for the power part of it. I am going to bring the carnival part of it later...

https://youtu.be/THDdqx1kwdk

https://youtu.be/-eMmR1Vd-40

https://youtu.be/FxWn3jz3c68

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