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Have you checked out the 600W Halbach Motor Project.
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You can purchase the Halbach Motor Kit on the Mash Market.
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This clock mechanism is available on the Mash Market.
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Check out Christoph’s newest project - the Oct O'Clock.
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Inside view of the mechanisms inside the Oct O’Clock.
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Looks like a robot? It's actually a part to the filament winder.
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This usable utility vise can be snapped together.
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All the printed parts to the 3d-printed utility vise.
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The parts for the slew bearing are really quite simple.
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Crossed roller slew bearing designed using Fusion360. Check out this Christoph project.
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600W motor requires a little more winding for a lot more power.
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Assemble all your tools and supplies before attempting to complete the build of the motor.
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Halbach motor design requires 2 sizes of magnets.
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This first iteration of the brushless motor led to many changes. 3D Printing is changing the world.
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The 3D printed parts to the brushless motor make a colorful collage! See for yourself what these parts represent.
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Assembling all the 3D printed parts and electronics for the windpowerWriter.
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We’re busy printing parts for the high school science project utilizing the 3D printed brushless motor. We believe 3D printing in education fosters creativity and independent thinking.
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The winding tool is a 3D printed part that make the brushless motor assembly easier.
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A completed solar water distiller tile.
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RC plane utilizing propeller design and 3D printed brushless motor.
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A variation on the 3D printed propeller design.
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This 3D printed coupler is tested as part of the water turbine project.
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RC Plane testing 3D printed propellers.
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The Pelton Wheel used in the water turbine project.
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3D printed links for holding together the “tiles” for the solar water distiller.
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The Pelton Wheel, as shown in this diagram, is part of the water turbine project under development.
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Watch Christoph Laimer's page for the project files to create this award winning piece, the Tourbillon Watch.
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Another Christoph Laimer project - watch for the files for this mechanical clock available soon.
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The windpowerWriter in action. Part of the fun with this project is programming the arduino to write your own personal message.
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Cut-away of the housing unit for the windpowerWriter showing placement of the internal parts.
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The windpowerWriter consists of many 3d-printed parts, as shown in this diagram.
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LEDs, which will be controlled by the programmed Arduino, are tested for the windpowerWriter.
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A final 3D Printed WindpowerWriter. Join makeSEA and download the files to create your own version.
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Connecting the Arduino that controls the LEDs in the windpowerWriter.
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Find the print files for spatulas of all shapes and sizes in the Library of Useful Objects.
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Mounting the makesea motor in the windpowerWriter.
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LEDs, controlled by the programmed Arduino are inserted in the blades of the windpowerWriter.
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Cable ties of all sizes are part of the Library of Useful Objects.
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Check out the Snap Fit Clips available in the Library of Useful Objects and download the files when you join makeSEA.
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Fitting the electronics into the windpowerWriter.
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All the parts to the windpowerWriter are ready for assembly. Join makeSEA to access the files.
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This one piece box with a flexible hinge is another of the pieces found in the Library of Useful Objects.
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Jars with screw on lids - whoever has enough? Print these out in all shapes and sizes.
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Find out how to select the magnets for the brushless motor.
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A rotor with 2mm magnets was used in the testing.
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The magnet is firmly fixed on the ground.
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A permanent magnet is fixed on the lever above the coil.
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Measuring, ranking and comparing the magnets before selecting.
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Measure the basic characteristics of the motor by using it as a generator.
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The goal of this project is 3D-printing a fully functional Wind Turbine at small scale.
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The stator height is still 20mm in order to reuse the existing rotor with the 2mm magnets.
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I’m using a scope to measure the RPM and the voltage.
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The main housing needs to have space for a generator (same size as the 3d-printed brushless motor).
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The first iteration of the brushless motor.
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3D Printed Components of the wind turbine project.
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Propeller shaft will have 5mm diameter and 2 ball bearings, and the generator is mounted coaxial with the propeller shaft.
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The size of the objects is at the maximum of the build volume for an Ultimaker 2.
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In the beginning I bought conductive and magnetic PLA from Proto Pasta.
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3D Printed Brushless Motor consists of 4 main printed parts.
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3D Printed Brushless Motor requires some additional non-printed pieces.
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3D Printed Brushless Motor, Rotor: Use Magnets PETG or ABS.
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3D Printed Brushless Motor, Motor Winding Tool - wires can be taped to the handle or tucked inside.
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3D Printed Brushless Motor, Stator Winding Core.
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Torque increases almost perfectly with the square of the speed.
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Torque is more of a challenge, but with some physics, math, and a construction with a 20cm long lever and a scale measuring at a resolution of 0.1 g, it can be calculated.
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All of the experiments performed to get familiar with conductive PLA.
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I installed a hair dryer and heated it until the main block was feeling really hot.
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The result when I was using the Makerbot Slicer with default PLA values and the magnetic PLA from Proto Pasta.
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Finally, I reduced the temperature to 210° and I’m very satisfied with the final result.
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The filament looked normal. It only had a small bulge between the cold and the hot part.
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The cleaner box can be removed and added to a filament without unloading the filament from the extruder.
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Aluminum foil was used for better contact.
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The design is a single connected wire with various shapes.
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It was quite a challenge to find good slicer settings for getting this printed.
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While the result got better with each printing iteration, all of a sudden the magnetic PLA stopped printing.