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randya
09-23-08, 04:41 PM
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/adreen_2007/metalfan.jpg

AEO
09-23-08, 04:53 PM
I like how metal just slices through flesh and bone.
Taerom
09-23-08, 04:58 PM
Wellies? Yeah, that's metal...

Maelstrom
09-23-08, 05:07 PM
ummm....I resemble that remark (at least in my taste in music, I haven't looked like that since the 80's)
Serendipper
09-23-08, 05:25 PM
ummm....I resemble that remark (at least in my taste in music, I haven't looked like that since the 80's)


Well, they did stop making fans like that in the 80's. The new designs are much more streamlined.
AEO
09-23-08, 05:27 PM
I took the cowling off of my plastic fan, but it just doesn't mangle fingers like a metal one can.
Serendipper
09-23-08, 05:30 PM
I'm a huge rock fan. I live near Stone Mountain.
randya
09-23-08, 05:39 PM
I've got an old Vornado like that, but I can't stand the music

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2572659895_b9ac17f52d.jpg?v=0
efrobert
09-23-08, 05:44 PM
Fail
Taerom
09-23-08, 05:58 PM
\m/ :D \m/
cyclokitty
09-23-08, 06:35 PM
Copper is nice, but not a huge amount of copper. Maybe a pound or two.
Flatballer
09-23-08, 07:00 PM
Damn. I was hoping that the thread title was a serious one. I had a picture of a huge metal fan already picked out. Alas, it was too easy to be true.

http://www.leica-geosystems.com/news/images/windmill.jpg
Taerom
09-23-08, 07:07 PM
Damn. I was hoping that the thread title was a serious one. I had a picture of a huge metal fan already picked out. Alas, it was too easy to be true.

[IMG]http://www.leica-geosystems.com/news/images/windmill.jpg[IMG]

Fail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYJul2ykZs)
Flatballer
09-23-08, 07:12 PM
^Haha. That's why they put brakes on them now, or feather them, or both. That one's brakes must've failed or something.
mlts22
09-23-08, 10:00 PM
Most likely its the ones where the brakes failed, causing it to spin out of control. At least the blades were not thrown a great distance as one of the YouTube vids of a small one showed.
x136
09-23-08, 10:03 PM
Fail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYJul2ykZs)What they don't mention is that that thing was powering half the state by the time it stuffed it.
AEO
09-23-08, 10:10 PM
What they don't mention is that that thing was powering half the state by the time it stuffed it.

you saying IT was the cause of the great north eastern black out of 2003? :D
oh the memories :roflmao2:
CliftonGK1
09-23-08, 11:04 PM
I'm 6 and a half feet tall and weigh an eighth of a ton. I'm a huge fan of anything I'm a fan of.
Serendipper
09-23-08, 11:07 PM
Fail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYJul2ykZs)



OMG that's crazy.





I want one.
UnsafeAlpine
09-24-08, 06:20 AM
I'm 6 and a half feet tall and weigh an eighth of a ton. I'm a huge fan of anything I'm a fan of.

Are we talking metric ton or standard ton?
apricissimus
09-24-08, 08:15 AM
Windmills are like the opposite of fans.
apricissimus
09-24-08, 08:17 AM
Here we go:

http://www.aoc.gov/cvc/photos/images/bigfan_lg.jpg
ModoVincere
09-24-08, 08:18 AM
Windmills are like the opposite of fans.

incorrect. A fan can be used as a windmill. An electric motor is pretty much the same as a generator.
apricissimus
09-24-08, 08:21 AM
incorrect. A fan can be used as a windmill. An electric motor is pretty much the same as a generator.

but... Intended purpose?
ModoVincere
09-24-08, 08:22 AM
but... Intended purpose?

Use things all the time in ways they weren't intended to be used. :D
trsidn
09-24-08, 08:32 AM
incorrect. A fan can be used as a windmill. An electric motor is pretty much the same as a generator.

not really...
A generator needs something external to turn it. A motor does the turning.
Both have copper windings though.
ModoVincere
09-24-08, 08:34 AM
not really...
A generator needs something external to turn it. A motor does the turning.
Both have copper windings though.

take an electric motor and turn it, and electricity can be generated. This is how a lot of home tinkerers start out generating small amounts of electricity. I know, because I have been looking into doing so myself.
trsidn
09-24-08, 08:36 AM
take an electric motor and turn it, and electricity can be generated. This is how a lot of home tinkerers start out generating small amounts of electricity. I know, because I have been looking into doing so myself.

This is true. You will need something external to turn the rotor to make it a generator.
CliftonGK1
09-24-08, 09:54 AM
Are we talking metric ton or standard ton?

Standard ton.

2000 / 8 = 250
KingTermite
09-24-08, 10:06 AM
Here's a HUGE metal fan!

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_WObo40F-m8I/R89NlqnarPI/AAAAAAAAAaw/2G4jmqkWcc4/IMG_6354.JPG
KingTermite
09-24-08, 10:06 AM
Standard ton.

2000 / 8 = 250

Don't let him lie to you....he's down to 230s or even 220s now.
CliftonGK1
09-24-08, 12:01 PM
Don't let him lie to you....he's down to 230s or even 220s now.

Was down to 235. Just weighed in at 246 this morning, down from 250 2 weeks ago.
x136
09-24-08, 01:40 PM
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/580/snapshot20080614220616ax6.jpg

WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!