Anemometer with moving bicycle

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Enjoy this anemometer featured with a little bicycle. Each part has been designed by me, it moves with few wind, I know it's useless but it's nice to watch it moving Central shaft is in carbon fiber to avoid any issue with PLA material. you need a ball bearing to let the anemometer move around and another one for central blade. Gears designed with Blender, all remaining parts using Autodesk Fusion 360 watch video here: https://youtu.be/IMhXD53sVK4 Enjoy Instructions Before you start it is advisable to polish all holes and gears(most important) depending on the quality of your 3D printing. You can start assembling 01-Blade_base and 02-Blade (3 pieces). Put a ball bearing in the back hole and then attach (with some glue) 03-Blade_base gear as shown in the image You need a 16cm shaft with 4mm diameter, up to you the material (I used a carbon fiber one). As locking device for the blade I inserted clothespin used for RC cars :) Then insert 09-support and then 10-upper_pivot in the center of the shaft. You can now insert 12-rudder. Put some glue to avoid any movement. Under 10-upper_pivot you need a ball bearing, then insert from the bottom 11-bottom_pivot which needs to be inserted in a separated pole of 16cm height or more Now you can separately assembly the bicycle. take 04-Chassis_bicyclette, polish all holes, and insert in the front hole 08-Front_gear, at the opposite side insert 05-Wheel. As linchpin I used a toothpick. Do the same operation on the rear using 06-rear_gear and 05-wheel. Now insert in the central hole 07-Central_gear with 13-Pedal. Bicycle is now completed Verify that gears move freely without any interruption or force. Insert the completed bicycle in 09-support and as shown in the image (joint should be in the center of the bicycle). Looking from the top, apply a very little angle of counterclockwise inclination. Place the blade in a way that 08-front_gear is close to 03-Blade_base gear and blade moves fluently. Once correct movement has been verified put some glue on 09-support. Now enjoy the wind with a moving bicycle going nowhere! :)