MakerBot Dynamo
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Published on November 24, 2011
This thing was Featured on November 26, 2011
Description
Introducing: The MakerBot Dynamo!
Ever wish you could convert some of that youthful energy into something a bit more useful? Well using the MakerBot Dynamo kit, store.makerbot.com/makerbot-dynamo.html now you can!
The MakerBot Dynamo is worlds first opens-source, human powered, energy creation device!
Just crank the handle to create real, honest, hardworking electricity.
How do you know its working? Well there's an LED that lights up or course! See your effort in action as it's converted from motion to electricity to light!
And if a LED not exciting enough for you, just think of all the other wonderful things you can power, one hand crank at a time.
See Video of the Dynamo in action: youtu.be/8Brkd5BL_gU
Ever wish you could convert some of that youthful energy into something a bit more useful? Well using the MakerBot Dynamo kit, store.makerbot.com/makerbot-dynamo.html now you can!
The MakerBot Dynamo is worlds first opens-source, human powered, energy creation device!
Just crank the handle to create real, honest, hardworking electricity.
How do you know its working? Well there's an LED that lights up or course! See your effort in action as it's converted from motion to electricity to light!
And if a LED not exciting enough for you, just think of all the other wonderful things you can power, one hand crank at a time.
See Video of the Dynamo in action: youtu.be/8Brkd5BL_gU
Instructions
Non-Printed Parts-
The electronics and non-printed parts are available in the Dynamo kit from the MakerBot Store
store.makerbot.com/makerbot-dynamo.html
Printing Instructions-
Print out Gears.stl and Dynamo.stl
Assembly Instructions-
makerbot.com/support/projects/dynamo/
Printing Notes-
Dynamo.stl should be printed with 1 or 2 extra shells at 10% infill
Gears.stl should be printed with 0 extra shells at 30% infill.
Created by Thingiverse user Skimbal, the designer of the Sim City Playset and Turtle Shell Racers
The electronics and non-printed parts are available in the Dynamo kit from the MakerBot Store
store.makerbot.com/makerbot-dynamo.html
Printing Instructions-
Print out Gears.stl and Dynamo.stl
Assembly Instructions-
makerbot.com/support/projects/dynamo/
Printing Notes-
Dynamo.stl should be printed with 1 or 2 extra shells at 10% infill
Gears.stl should be printed with 0 extra shells at 30% infill.
Created by Thingiverse user Skimbal, the designer of the Sim City Playset and Turtle Shell Racers
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Gadgetman
on
December 3, 2011
said:
Cute, but...
Stick a NEMA14 stepper in there and put on a proper handle, and you may actually be able to get some power out of it. (A lot of homebuilt wind turbines use steppers)
RyGuy
on
November 25, 2011
said:
I had an extra motor, yellow LED and M3 hardware hanging around so I quickly printed and BAM! I'm hand cranking short burst LED light! Thanks for the generator, my 3yr old daughter thinks it is pretty neat! :-D
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another idea would be to add in a capacitor, that way the light wont turn off in the small amount of time it takes to re-position your hand to turn the handle again