Short overview:

Description:

The Nerdiskerator is a design for a disk generator that is mostly made from 3D printed parts. Additionally it is a component for "WinDIY" the 3D printed wind turbine (Infos here: https://hackaday.io/project/172328-windiy-hawt-wind-turbine). 

But that doesn't mean that the Nerdiskerator can only be driven with a wind turbine. For the future I am also planning to develop a water turbine, which can then also generate energy from hydropower. :)

The design of the Nerdiskerator is mostly finished. A first protoype is already built. Actually I'm planning to build a new version that should include all final improvements. :)

Videos of several design steps:

A video of the winding of the coils via the "WinDIYingThing" (an automatic coil winding machine that I used to manufacture the coils properly):
(ProjectLog: https://hackaday.io/project/172442-windiyingthing-automatic-coil-winder)

ToDo:

Finished features:

Why:

The Nerdiskerator was initially a coincidental project that arose out of curiosity. It all started with getting cheap neodymium magnets at the flea market. As a technically easily enthusiastic person, I struck directly when buying without actually knowing what I could actually use the magnets for.

I thought its a shame to simply use the magnets as fridge magnets. I like to build practical things and also wanted to do something useful with the magnets.
Of course, the first technically useful use that came to mind was, to generate energy.

When I thought about that, it came to my mind that I knew theoretically how a generator works and how it is built. But now when it came to the practical construction, however, I was a bit lost at first. During my research, I also noticed that there were already a few designs for a disk generator made from the 3D printer. Unfortunately, no design would have matched my magnets.

I think most people who built disk generators made it smarter. They first thought about how the disk generator should be constructed and THEN bought the right magnets. For me it was the other way around. I had magnets but no suitable generator for it. So I gradually started designing a disk generator to match the magnets I already had. :)

Needed Sensors and actuators for the "Nerdiskerator-controller":

Details about that here: https://hackaday.io/project/172445-nerdiskerator-a-3d-printed-disk-generator/log/179672-the-nerdiskerator-controller-and-problem-solving-vakuum-chamber

Sensors:

Actuators:

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