SOLAR ENERGY INTERNATIONAL HOMEBUILT WIND GENERATORS WORKSHOP GUEMES ISLAND WASHINGTON STATE USA APRIL 2009

INTRODUCTORY PAGE FOR WORKSHOP

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INTRODUCTION	WOODWORKING	METALWORK	ELECTRICS
SIX-FOOT TURBINE	TEN-FOOT TURBINE	FOURTEEN-FOOT TURBINE	A short video of the workshop Solar Energy International Mia's pictures Indukuri's gallery

The workshop took place on Guemes Island (near Bellingham, north of Seattle) in Washington state USA

THANKS TO IAN WOOFENDEN for organising the workshop, Andy Gladish for managing the metalwork, Dan Bartmann for being Dan, Scott LeCocq for supervisign the carving, Jason Stone for electrical guidance, Doug Moser and Michael McGuiness for fetching stuff we needed, and Win Anderson for lending us his shop.

We spent our days in and around Win's nice workshop as usual.

And our nights at the resort at the north end of the island. We had many evening events and speakers.

Here is mostly everyone at the end...

Spencer Cathey, Benjamin Warren, Hugh Piggott, Kevin Bennett, Chris Henderson, Femi Bajowa, Kathryn Lorenz, Michael Stahl, Koralie Hill, Bob Hansen, Jason Albert, Dave Lindoo (holding alternator), Jerry Kane, Karl Brugger, Mia Devine, (Skye-Laurel Riggs above), Craig Schertz, Dennis Grob, Guido Cortes, Kishore Indukuri, Andy Gladish, Ian Woofenden, and several people missing...

Here I am talking to the group at the end of Monday. Scott had got the fourteen footer blades tapered down, ready for marking the trailing edge.

Below is actually a scene from the previous week's workshop, when we took down the turbine that the class had built in 2003. It seemed to be in pretty good shape.

After lunch each day, I gave a short impromptu lecture on theory while everyone dozed on the grass in the sun.

Dan Bartmann (in blue cap) was basically there wherever he was needed most and giving his knowledge freely. Dan told us that his Otherpower crew have built 100 turbines since the last workshop in 2007. Wow.

Dan does the tossing magnet trick. It's hard to believe, but it will always land the same way up. The 'north' pole will be downward here in the northern hemisphere. Try it, but take care!

Here are the two bigger machines. We truck tested the ten-footer. The fourteen-footer went on a 20-foot mast for test and of course did not get much wind, but we saw 160 watts peak. We got a fitful northerly current of air at times during Saturday afternoon.

Above Koralie, Kevin and Kishore.

Below is a shot of the crowd in the back of the truck during a test run. Chris, Koralie, Dave, Kathryn, and Ben

The ten-foot turbine on Ian's truck. With Ian.

Rainbow view near the resort (thanks Ben).