October 09 Day 2

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Today we did lots of work with steel and got the frame started, the flat part of the backs of all three blades was done and a start made on the leading edge on one of the blades, we also made one mould for the magnet rotors.

Lots of sparks


Hugh brought along his kelly kettle to show us, it had the water hot with just a couple of handfulls of ceder shavings, learn more about these kettles here

Kelly kettle


Working on the frame


Welding on the frame


We cut the axle shaft and welded it to a 10mm plate, this plate we will drill and bolt to the frame, it is then easy to change if ever the axle shaft wears out.

Axle shaft


Setting up the hub shaft on the frame

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