Electric Generator Wooden Generator
Material: Following are the material that you need in order to construct a wooden electric generator. Wood dowel 3/8" diameter Wood Dowel 1" diameter. Rod magnet 3" long Insulated copper wire 1.2 Volt Screw Base light Bulb Base for the light bulb Small sand paper Wood Glue 1/2 Square foot Balsa wood (1/8" diameter) Preparation: If you are buying a kit, all the wooden parts are included and they are already cut to the size. So you just need to connect them. If you don't have a kit, prepare the wooden parts as follows: Cut two square pieces from the balsa wood (3.5" x 3.5"). Make a 3/8" hole in the center of each square. Cut four 1" x 3 7/16. Cut a 3/4" piece from the 1" wood dowel. Make a 3/8" hole in the center of it. Insert a 6" long 3/8" wood dowel in the hole, apply some glue. center it and wait for it to dry. Make another hole with the diameter of your rod magnet in the center of the larger wood dowel piece for the magnet to go through. *Adult supervision and professional help is required for all cuttings and hole* makings. Procedure: (If you buy a kit, make sure to read the procedure suggested in your kit) Insert the magnet in the hole of the wood dowel. Center it and use some glue to secure it. Use one large square balsa wood and four smaller rectangular balsa woods to make a box. Insert your wood dowel into the hole in the center of the box. At this time the magnet is inside the box. Place the other large square to complete the box. Apply some glue to the edges and wait for the glue to dry. By now, you have a box and inside the box you have a magnet that can spin when you spin the wood dowel. Wrap the copper wire around the box and use masking tape to secure it. Note that more copper wire around the box results more electricity. Remove the insulation from the...