HAWT the rivet is pressed into or grind the top flat and center punch

it and drill the rivet out.

I marked the holes on each arm 75mm center to center and

drilled with a 6mm drill bit.

Dismantled an old washing machine to get the stainless steel

drum to make a patio heater. I discovered that the drum was
mounted on a aluminum casting that had chunky bearings
that though would be perfect to make a wind turbine with.
1meter length of 6" PVC sewer pipe for the blades.
To remove the bearing case from the tub I used a angle
split the pipe into the 3 segments. each segment would make grinder to cut into the segments on the base of the tub, I also
2 blades so i would have 6 blades from this pipe. did the same on
I was able to use the the inside of the
bandsaw for cutting the tub too.
segments. Once all 3 blades
I sanded the blades on where attached I
the sanding table and lined up the first
removes any fine burs blade and drilled
with wire wool to give a the hole for the
smooth edges. second bolt. i
then used the the
The rotor came from a tape measure to
washing machine drum make sure the
and is attached to the tips of the blades
drum with press in rivets. where at equal
to remove these either distances. Once
split the aluminum tube all the blades
where set i drilled the rest of the holes and bolted the blades
on to the rotor.
I was now able to test the rotor to see if the blades worked.
They worked very well, so well that I decided It would be
much safer mounted on a test stand than me just holding the
bearing casing.
The blades will need some sanding here and there to make
them perfectly balanced, I will do this in the tweaking stage
before I mount the turbine on a pole.
 SAVONIUS VAWT

TOOLS

- Jigsaw and or
band saw

- Hand saw

- Lathe

- Drill press or
hand drill

- Drill bits

- Screwdriver

- Tab tool

- Ruler

- Pencil

- Compass

- Sanding paper

- Vise

- Wrenches

- 2 clamps

PARTS

- PVC pipe

- Waterproof wood
"concrete form
plywood is the
best"( if you don't
have that you will
have to protect it
with a coating )

- 2 Bearings
( bottom one needs
to be able to handle
a load )

- Grease nipple

- Wire rod ( 2 sizes ) ( 1 big one and 4 small ones ) ( Stainless if possible )

- Bolts and washers ( 2 sizes ) ( Stainless if possible )

- A piece of 40 mm round aluminium ( Alloy ) ( it will hold the bottom

bearing )

- 2 Angle irons

- 3 eye screws
 SAVONIUS VAWT over the top of the broom handle sticking out of the top of
the shaft.
Add some screws down the side - by using thread on the
screw you can the leave a gap between the blade and shaft as
it increases efficiency.
Add the other 2 blades below, at 90 degrees to the first two.
This gives a much smoother running, and a better chance of
the blades facing the wind at startup.
Remember to cut 50mm holes in the top of each bucket half
so they fit onto the center shaft.
You can drill small holes where the top 2 blades meet the
bottom two, and tie the blade sets together with wire or cable
ties. This really stiffens the whole strucure up nicely.
With the following assumptions:
Go get at least m(air) = 1.2 kilos per cubic meter
2, or ideally 4
area(frontal) = 0.7 square meters
ball bearings
with a 25mm windspeed = 5 meters per second (about 15 kph)
(1inch) inner
diameter, and a Then Watts = 0.5 x 1.2 x 0.7 x (53)
50mm (2 inch) = 52.5 watts
outer diameter
However Savonius Vawts seldom do better than 30%, so I
While you're at better find
the store buy about a 20 to 50
some 50mm (inner diameter) PVC tube and 2 large buckets watt DC motor
(I found about 20 litres ideal).Also uy some long screws - I somewhere to
used plaster screws at least 50mm long.
Tap 2 bearings to be close to the center of the broom handle,
then slide the 2 lengths of the PVC tube and tap it down so
its a nice tight fit, then tap another bearing into each open
end of the tube.

I also fitted an end cap to one of the tube ends, as well as a

bell shaped fitting to keep the rain out (see picture). Screw try it out.
the top piece to the broom handle in the center so its fixed to
the broom handle. The broom handle has now become the
center drive shaft.

Cut both
buckets in half
so you
have 4
blades.
Then use a
holesaw to
make a
hole in the
top of each
half, so it
will fit
LENZ VAWT In my design I scaled down the diameter to approximately 18

inches and the height to 21 inches. (In hindsight, I should

have made the height 18 inches so that there would be more
of the center axis free on both ends for flexibility in
 HELICAL
The measurements of velocity test range from 5 m/s to 14 
m/s and the turbine power curve was determined by
obtaining the torque produced by the rotor in each velocity.
The results shown at the Tab. 2 are for the 1 m2 turbine. The
1500 kW/h per year are reached at the velocity of 10.2 m/s
approximately, equivalent to 6.79 m/s in the 3.4 m2 turbine.
These results are similar at the analytical data shown before.

When cutting the blades, both sheets were rolled to make

twisting on the shaft easier. Then the blades were set on the
shaft (Fig. 4-a) which has two arms where the extreme of
each blade were introduced and welded (Fig 4-b). The other
side of each blade was turned around the shaft and riveted on
it giving it to the rotor the final twist (Fig. 4-c)
Rotor construction: (a) First roll over the sheets and set on
the shaft, (b) Weld of the blades on the shaft, (c) Final roll
and rivet.

Finally, the rotor was set on a tapered rolling bearing to

reduce friction and bear high axial loads. The base was a 30 
kg steel plaque in which the rotor was welded on a PTR
structure to increase stability and reduce vibration.