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1Print the STL-files
We used 3 perimeters of 0,7mm, but more perimeters equalling 2mm wall thickness should also work. Make sure you are accustomed printing larges pieces as these warp and loosen from the bed easily. A heated chamber made from cardboard helped us raising the temperature to 30-35°C.
- Speed: 60mm/s
- Rafts: Doesn't Matter
- Supports: Yes
- Resolution: 0.15mm
- Infill: 8%
- Filament material: PLA
- Filament_brand: Anything cheap
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2Make some glue
Dissolve ~150g scrap PLA in 300ml DCM to create a gap filling glue that will chemically weld the parts together. Let it sit for 24h to dissolve properly.
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3Weld all blade parts together
Stack the 5 pieces that make up the blade on top of each other and add DCM-glue in between. Firmly pressing both parts together after you applied the glue. Be careful that they line up properly!
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4Glue the generator parts together
Add glue to each part and press everything together firmly for half a minute. That should be enough to hold everything in place.
Warning! Only glue the top 4 parts together, and the bottom 4 parts. Don't add top and bottom together yet because the stator has to be fitted in between.
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5Build a tool to wind coils
A coil winder can be made from leftover scraps of wood and bolts. Make life easy and print coilwinder.stl so you have the perfect coil core.
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6Wind the first coil
After you have turned 90 times, put some glue on the outside to prevent unwinding of the coil.
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7Carefully take the coils out from the coil winder
Repeat this and the previous step until you have 9 identical coils.
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8Set-up the mould
Print mould.stl 4 times and glue them together with the DCM-glue from the previous steps. After that, grease the mould and fit all 9 coils in it on a equal distance from eachother and with the same side up (all turning in the same direction).
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9Fill the mould with resin
Pour the polyester resin in the mould until it is full and clamp a thick piece of plywood on top so it doesn’t fold. Remember, we want to keep the stator as thin as possible!
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10Remove the lid
Let the mould sit for 24h, after that it can be opened again.
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