Turbine Blades

A step by step guide to making our wind turbine blades

We started of by making a mold. This was done by taking a piece of MDF and cutting/sanding it to the the desired shape.

The mold is then filled with polyfill so the concave part is 'filled'. This allows us to vacuum form the shape.

The mold is then placed in the vacuum formed. The desired thickness of plastic is chosen, heated, and the shape formed.

The blade is accurately cut out using a craft knife.

The blade is then sanded off and completed. It is ready to be attached to the axis.

This is repeated as many times as is needed. We used three blades.