In this you will need common tools normally used by a fan of electronics such as a soldering iron, wire strippers and so on. For the wind generator you are going to need 8 empty pop bottles (2liter), 8 pop bottle caps, epoxy, super glue, thin light pieces of metal (for the fan part, will describe that more later) and a stepper motor.
2- Make Wind Catchers:
you need to make the wind catchers that catches the wind and turns the motor. first cut the tops off 8 pop bottles like. I cut where the label ended and i later painted them red (that part is optional). once you have 8 all cut off move on to the next step.
3- Make wind catchers "couplers":
I like to call this part the coupler because to connects two pop bottle tops, all you do is simple use epoxy to combine pop bottle caps together. combine two caps back by back like this, in the end you will have four pop bottle couplers. for added security i wrapped electrical tape around each set.
4- Make a Coordinate axes like shape sticks:
This step is fairly easy all you do is make an X shape using two pieces of thin light metal (about a foot and a half long and one inch wide) then after that part is done you secure the couplers at the end using epoxy. I haven't figured out what to call this piece so for now the "fan part" will have to do. let the epoxy harden then move on.
5- Adding the wind catchers to the fan part:
This step is very easy, all you do is screw the pop bottle tops into the couplers.
6- Adding the stepper motor (generator):
After the "fan part" is completed you have to attach the stepper motor to it. what i did was i combined the two using epoxy and secured the edges with hot glue.
7- The stand:
After the stepper motor is attached you have to make a stand for it. the way you make your stand is based on how your motor works, i had to make mine in a weird way due to the way the motor works but the stand is fairly easy, i used a piece of wood (close to a 2x4) and a rectangle piece of wood as the base. after the stand is done you have to attach the fan part with the motor to the stand, to do that you simply use epoxy to combine the two. as i said my motor is weird so i had to add a piece of wood and drill a hole through it and let the motor rest through there and i used epoxy to secure it. after all that is done and all the epoxy has set go out on a windy day and test the output with a multimeter, I would recommend testing your motor before you start this just to get an idea of how much power it outputs.
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